Population pharmacokinetics of intravenous artesunate: a pooled analysis of individual data from patients with severe malaria.

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There are ~660,000 deaths from severe malaria each year. Intravenous artesunate (i.v. ARS) is the first-line treatment in adults and children. To optimize the dosing regimen of i.v. ARS, the largest pooled population pharmacokinetic study to date of the active metabolite dihydroartemisinin (DHA) was performed. The pooled dataset consisted of 71 adults and 195 children with severe malaria, with a mixture of sparse and rich sampling within the first 12 h after drug administration. A one-compart...

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Authors: Zaloumis, S; Tarning, J; Krishna, S; Price, R; White, N

• Journal: CPT: pharmacometrics and systems pharmacology
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 11
• Pages: e145
• Publication date: 2014-01-01
• DOI: 10.1038/psp.2014.43
• EISSN: 2163-8306
• Language: English