2023
Artemether-lumefantrine efficacy among adults on antiretroviral therapy in Malawi
Nyangulu W, Mungwira R, Divala T, Nampota-Nkomba N, Nyirenda O, Buchwald A, Miller J, Earland D, Adams M, Plowe C, Taylor T, Mallewa J, van Oosterhout J, Parikh S, Laurens M, Laufer M. Artemether-lumefantrine efficacy among adults on antiretroviral therapy in Malawi. Malaria Journal 2023, 22: 32. PMID: 36707795, PMCID: PMC9881508, DOI: 10.1186/s12936-023-04466-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntiretroviral therapyLumefantrine levelsTreatment failureDrug-drug interactionsACPR ratesMalaria infectionTrimethoprim-sulfamethoxazolePCR correctionTreatment efficacyUndetectable HIV RNA viral loadEfavirenz-based antiretroviral therapyHIV RNA viral loadUncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malariaHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionArtemether-lumefantrine efficacyCohort of PWHEfavirenz-based regimensImmunodeficiency virus infectionRNA viral loadPlasmodium falciparum malariaMalaria treatment failurePopulation of adultsRandom-effects modelTherapeutic efficacy monitoringLumefantrine exposure
2020
Efficacy and tolerability of artemisinin-based and quinine-based treatments for uncomplicated falciparum malaria in pregnancy: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis
Saito M, Mansoor R, Kennon K, Anvikar AR, Ashley EA, Chandramohan D, Cohee LM, D'Alessandro U, Genton B, Gilder ME, Juma E, Kalilani-Phiri L, Kuepfer I, Laufer MK, Lwin KM, Meshnick SR, Mosha D, Mwapasa V, Mwebaza N, Nambozi M, Ndiaye JA, Nosten F, Nyunt M, Ogutu B, Parikh S, Paw MK, Phyo AP, Pimanpanarak M, Piola P, Rijken MJ, Sriprawat K, Tagbor HK, Tarning J, Tinto H, Valéa I, Valecha N, White NJ, Wiladphaingern J, Stepniewska K, McGready R, Guérin PJ. Efficacy and tolerability of artemisinin-based and quinine-based treatments for uncomplicated falciparum malaria in pregnancy: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis. The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2020, 20: 943-952. PMID: 32530424, PMCID: PMC7391007, DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(20)30064-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsArtemisinin-based combination therapyIndividual patient dataQuinine-based treatmentsUncomplicated falciparum malariaPregnant womenArtemether-lumefantrineFalciparum malariaTreatment failureOne-stage individual patient dataSystematic reviewPatient dataObservational cohort studyAcute adverse eventsClinical Trials RegistryGametocyte carriageQuinine monotherapyAsexual parasitaemiaFever clearanceAdverse eventsCohort studyParasite clearanceTreatment guidelinesTrials RegistryCombination therapyRisk factorsAn Individual Participant Data Population Pharmacokinetic Meta-analysis of Drug-Drug Interactions between Lumefantrine and Commonly Used Antiretroviral Treatment
Francis J, Barnes KI, Workman L, Kredo T, Vestergaard LS, Hoglund RM, Byakika-Kibwika P, Lamorde M, Walimbwa SI, Chijioke-Nwauche I, Sutherland CJ, Merry C, Scarsi KK, Nyagonde N, Lemnge MM, Khoo SH, Bygbjerg IC, Parikh S, Aweeka FT, Tarning J, Denti P. An Individual Participant Data Population Pharmacokinetic Meta-analysis of Drug-Drug Interactions between Lumefantrine and Commonly Used Antiretroviral Treatment. Antimicrobial Agents And Chemotherapy 2020, 64: 10.1128/aac.02394-19. PMID: 32071050, PMCID: PMC7179577, DOI: 10.1128/aac.02394-19.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrug-drug interactionsAntiretroviral therapyDolutegravir-based antiretroviral therapyPotential drug-drug interactionsDay 7 concentrationsIndividual participant dataConcomitant efavirenzLopinavir-ritonavirLumefantrine exposureLumefantrine regimenAntituberculosis treatmentUncomplicated malariaAntiretroviral treatmentHIV infectionTreatment failurePopulation pharmacokineticsLumefantrine concentrationsLarger body weightBody weightEfavirenzParticipant dataLumefantrineMalariaAdult participantsRifampin