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Safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and activity of the novel long-acting antimalarial DSM265: a two-part first-in-human phase 1a/1b randomised study

Overview of attention for article published in Lancet Infectious Diseases, March 2017
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Title
Safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and activity of the novel long-acting antimalarial DSM265: a two-part first-in-human phase 1a/1b randomised study
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Lancet Infectious Diseases, March 2017
DOI 10.1016/s1473-3099(17)30171-8
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James S McCarthy, Julie Lotharius, Thomas Rückle, Stephan Chalon, Margaret A Phillips, Suzanne Elliott, Silvana Sekuloski, Paul Griffin, Caroline L Ng, David A Fidock, Louise Marquart, Noelle S Williams, Nathalie Gobeau, Lidiya Bebrevska, Maria Rosario, Kennan Marsh, Jörg J Möhrle

Abstract

DSM265 is a novel antimalarial that inhibits plasmodial dihydroorotate dehydrogenase, an enzyme essential for pyrimidine biosynthesis. We investigated the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of DSM265, and tested its antimalarial activity. Healthy participants aged 18-55 years were enrolled in a two-part study: part 1, a single ascending dose (25-1200 mg), double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled study, and part 2, an open-label, randomised, active-comparator controlled study, in which participants were inoculated with Plasmodium falciparum induced blood-stage malaria (IBSM) and treated with DSM265 (150 mg) or mefloquine (10 mg/kg). Primary endpoints were DSM265 safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics. Randomisation lists were created using a validated, automated system. Both parts were registered with the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry, number ACTRN12613000522718 (part 1) and number ACTRN12613000527763 (part 2). In part 1, 73 participants were enrolled between April 12, 2013, and July 14, 2015 (DSM265, n=55; placebo, n=18). In part 2, nine participants were enrolled between Sept 30 and Nov 25, 2013 (150 mg DSM265, n=7; 10 mg/kg mefloquine, n=2). In part 1, 117 adverse events were reported; no drug-related serious or severe events were reported. The most common drug-related adverse event was headache. The mean DSM265 peak plasma concentration (Cmax) ranged between 1310 ng/mL and 34 800 ng/mL and was reached in a median time (tmax) between 1·5 h and 4 h, with a mean elimination half-life between 86 h and 118 h. In part 2, the log10 parasite reduction ratio at 48 h in the DSM265 (150 mg) group was 1·55 (95% CI 1·42-1·67) and in the mefloquine (10 mg/kg) group was 2·34 (2·17-2·52), corresponding to a parasite clearance half-life of 9·4 h (8·7-10·2) and 6·2 h (5·7-6·7), respectively. The median minimum inhibitory concentration of DSM265 in blood was estimated as 1040 ng/mL (range 552-1500), resulting in a predicted single efficacious dose of 340 mg. Parasite clearance was significantly faster in participants who received mefloquine than in participants who received DSM265 (p<0·0001). The good safety profile, long elimination half-life, and antimalarial effect of DSM265 supports its development as a partner drug in a single-dose antimalarial combination treatment. Wellcome Trust, UK Department for International Development, Global Health Innovative Technology Fund, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Brazil 1 <1%
Unknown 148 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 27 18%
Student > Ph. D. Student 23 15%
Student > Master 20 13%
Student > Bachelor 13 9%
Other 12 8%
Other 27 18%
Unknown 27 18%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 26 17%
Medicine and Dentistry 23 15%
Chemistry 17 11%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 14 9%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 14 9%
Other 20 13%
Unknown 35 23%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 22. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 June 2017.
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#1,699,521
of 25,394,764 outputs
Outputs from Lancet Infectious Diseases
#2,000
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#32,402
of 323,020 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Lancet Infectious Diseases
#36
of 108 outputs
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