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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-3-29
pubmed:abstractText
A recent drug efficacy trial reported Coartem (artemether-lumefantrine) to be highly effective against Plasmodium falciparum in children less than 5 years of age in Papua New Guinea (PNG). In contrast, we have observed high levels of treatment failures in non-trial conditions in a longitudinal cohort study in the same age group in PNG. Recrudescences were confirmed by genotyping of three different marker genes to provide optimal discrimination power between parasite clones. After excluding genetic host factors by genotyping potentially relevant cytochrome P450 loci, the high number of treatment failures in our study is best explained by poor adherence to complex dosing regimens in combination with insufficient fat supplementation, which are both crucial parameters for the outcome of Coartem treatment. In contrast to the situation in classic drug trials with ideal treatment conditions, our field survey highlights potential problems with unsupervised usage of Coartem in routine clinical practice and under program conditions.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1476-1645
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
82
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
529-34
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-7-27
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20348494-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:20348494-Antimalarials, pubmed-meshheading:20348494-Artemisinins, pubmed-meshheading:20348494-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:20348494-Cohort Studies, pubmed-meshheading:20348494-Dietary Fats, pubmed-meshheading:20348494-Dietary Supplements, pubmed-meshheading:20348494-Drug Combinations, pubmed-meshheading:20348494-Drug Resistance, pubmed-meshheading:20348494-Ethanolamines, pubmed-meshheading:20348494-Fluorenes, pubmed-meshheading:20348494-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:20348494-Genotype, pubmed-meshheading:20348494-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20348494-Malaria, Falciparum, pubmed-meshheading:20348494-Papua New Guinea, pubmed-meshheading:20348494-Patient Compliance, pubmed-meshheading:20348494-Plasmodium falciparum, pubmed-meshheading:20348494-Protozoan Proteins
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Treatment with coartem (artemether-lumefantrine) in Papua New Guinea.
pubmed:affiliation
Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't