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. 2022 Jun 21;2022(6):CD006404. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006404.pub4
Study design Author 
(year)
Country Patient selection Sample size (per protocol pop.) Length of follow‐up (days) Trial sponsor Baseline liver function tests? Excluded participants with raised liver enzymes
Single arm Bui 2020 Vietnam Adults + children 155 42 BMG USAID Yes Yes
Han 2020 Myanmar Adults  + children (≥ 6 years) 390 42 BMG USAID No No
Leang 2016 Cambodia Adults + children 117 42 BMG No Yes
Leang 2019a Cambodia Adults + children (≥ 7 years) 224 42 BMG USAID No Yes
Leang 2019b Cambodia Adults + children (≥ 7 years) 121 42 BMG No Yes
Cohort event monitoring Lutete 2021a Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Côte D'Ivoire, Republic of the Congo Adults + children 7746 28 MMV Yes No
Dose escalation Ramharter 2008 Gabon Children (2 to 14 years) 59 42 MMV Shin Poong Pharma Yes Yes
All studies used Pyramax as the study drug, which was supplied by Shin Poong Pharmaceuticals. All studies used a dose of 180 mg pyronaridine plus 60 mg artesunate, except Ramharter 2008, which was a dose‐escalation study using four doses: 48 mg of pyronaridine tetraphosphate and 16 mg of artesunate; 72 mg of pyronaridine tetraphosphate and 24 mg of artesunate; 96 mg of pyronaridine tetraphosphate and 32 mg of artesunate; 60 mg of pyronaridine tetraphosphate and 20 mg of artesunate.
Abbreviations: BMG: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; MMV: Medicines for Malaria Venture.