Effectiveness and safety of 7-day high-dose primaquine and single-dose tafenoquine versus 14-day low-dose primaquine in patients with Plasmodium vivax malaria (EFFORT): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, controlled, superiority trial.
Degaga TS, Pasaribu AP, Tripura R, Ghanchi N, Rajasekhar M, Adhikari B, Ley B, Bamboro SA, Jabbar FA, Hasibuan N, Tego TT, Zehra S, Qurashi B, Mnjala H, Lee G, Li P, Kazi AM, Safitri W, Yulita Y, Siagian DSP, Syahputra D, Hadi H, Muhammad T, Ibrahim A, Syed N, Dost K, Puspitrasari AM, Kariodimedjo PP, Rai A, Rumaseb A, Sutanto E, Ean M, Khan A, Sokha M, Commons RJ, Weston S, Noviyanti R, Peto T, Callery JJ, Ali U, Mehmood T, Dondorp A, Devine A, Setiawan E, Mwaura M, Cassidy-Seyoum S, Temesgen R, Abate DT, Erjabo EB, Gessa GG, Kiros FG, Usmani MI, Raza A, Woyessa A, Hailu A, Simpson JA, Karahalios A, Beg MA, von Seidlein L, Dysoley L, Auburn S, Price RN, Thriemer K.
Degaga TS, et al.
Lancet Infect Dis. 2026 Jun;26(6):614-626. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(25)00729-7. Epub 2026 Feb 11.
Lancet Infect Dis. 2026.
PMID: 41690325
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Clinical Trial.
BACKGROUND: Shorter courses of primaquine and single-dose tafenoquine have potential to improve the prevention of recurrent Plasmodium vivax infections, but there are few data on their comparative effectiveness when provided unsupervised. ...Patients were treated wi …
BACKGROUND: Shorter courses of primaquine and single-dose tafenoquine have potential to improve the prevention of recurrent Plasmodium …