Preventing antimalarial drug resistance with triple artemisinin-based combination therapies

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Increasing levels of artemisinin and partner drug resistance threaten malaria control and elimination globally. Triple artemisinin-based combination therapies (TACTs) which combine artemisinin derivatives with two partner drugs are efficacious and well tolerated in clinical trials, including in areas of multidrug-resistant malaria. Whether early TACT adoption could delay the emergence and spread of antimalarial drug resistance is a question of vital importance. Using two independent individual-based models of Plasmodium falciparum epidemiology and evolution, we evaluated whether introduction of either artesunate-mefloquine-piperaquine or artemether-lumefantrine-amodiaquine resulted in lower long-term artemisinin-resistance levels and treatment failure rates compared with continued ACT use. We show that introduction of TACTs could significantly delay the emergence and spread of artemisinin resistance and treatment failure, extending the useful therapeutic life of current antimalarial drugs, and improving the chances of malaria elimination. We conclude that immediate introduction of TACTs should be considered by policy makers in areas of emerging artemisinin resistance.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Nature communications - 14(2023), 1 vom: 29. Juli, Seite 4568

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nguyen, Tran Dang [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Bo [VerfasserIn]
Amaratunga, Chanaki [VerfasserIn]
Dhorda, Mehul [VerfasserIn]
Tran, Thu Nguyen-Anh [VerfasserIn]
White, Nicholas J [VerfasserIn]
Dondorp, Arjen M [VerfasserIn]
Boni, Maciej F [VerfasserIn]
Aguas, Ricardo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9RMU91N5K2
Antimalarials
Artemether
Artemether, Lumefantrine Drug Combination
Artemisinin
Artemisinins
C7D6T3H22J
Folic Acid Antagonists
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 31.07.2023

Date Revised 02.08.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41467-023-39914-3

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM360166156