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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2016 Dec 29;15(3):231–240. doi: 10.1080/14787210.2017.1271713

Table 1.

Clinical trials using ivermectin for controlling malaria transmission

ID number Status Study Condition Interventions Outcomes: Primary (secondary) Reference
NCT02511353 (ClinicalTrials.gov) Recruiting Efficacy and Safety of High-dose Ivermectin for Reducing Malaria Transmission: A Dose Finding Study Malaria Drug (3-day course): dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine+placebo; dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine+ivermectin (300 μg/kg/day) ; dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine+ivermectin (600 μg/kg/day)) Mosquito survival (Number of clinical malaria cases, AUC and Cmax for ivermectin and piperaquine, Hb concentration, Safety) no
NCT02509481 (ClinicalTrials.gov) Active, not recruiting Repeat Ivermectin Mass Drug Administrations for Control of Malaria: a Pilot Safety and Efficacy Study Malaria, Lymphatic Filariasis Drug: Ivermectin+Albendazole (1×);
Ivermectin+Albendazole (1×) + repeated ivermectin (5× at 3 weeks interval)
Incidence of clinical malaria episodes (Force of infection, Soil-transmitted helminths, EIR, Safety) no
NCT01603251 (ClinicalTrials.gov) Completed Trial of Artemether-Lumefantrine Alone and in Combination With Ivermectin to Reduce Post-Treatment Malaria Transmission Malaria Drug: Artemether-lumefantrine combination (3-day course, twice a day) + placebo (1st and 5th dose of AL); Artemether-lumefantrine combination + single dose Ivermectin (200 μg/kg with 1st dose of AL, placebo with 5th dose of AL); Artemether-lumefantrine combination + repeated dose Ivermectin (200 μg/kg with 1st and 5th doses of AL) Safety (Mosquitocidal activity) [11]

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