Evaluation of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) to uncomplicated falciparum malaria patients in Purworejo District, Central Java, Indonesia
Abstract: Artemisinin-based
Combination Therapy (ACT) to treat uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria
has been applied in Purworejo District, Central Java, Indonesia, since2004.
However evaluation of the two ACT regimens used ie: Artesunate Amodiaquine(AAQ)
and Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine (DHP) co-administered with Primaquine (PQ)has
not been performed. This study aims to evaluate the efficacy and side effects
of AAQ+PQ and DHP+PQ treatment in uncomplicated falciparum malaria in
Purworejo. In this descriptive and observational study, 46 Pf infected patients
who fullfill the inclusion and exclusion criterias were recruited from December
2010 to August 2011. Standard ACT treatment were given to the patients followed
by WHO drug efficacy evaluation for28 days. The clinical symptoms and adverse
events was also evaluated over the course ofthe treatment. From all recruited
subjects, 37 patients received DHP+PQ and 9 patients received AAQ+PQ. On the
DHP+PQ treated patient, all subjects were free of asexual and sexual parasites
by Day-3 while on AAQ+PQ treated patient, this parasite clearance was achieved
faster as early as on D-2 at the latest. On the otherhand, the disappearance of
fever was also last longer in DHP+PQ treated patient which in one patient last
on D-14, while in AAQ+PQ treated patient, the symptom of fever dissappeared by
D-2 at the latest. No Early or Late Treatment Failures were found on either
DHP+PQ or AAQ+PQ treatment as well as clinical and parasitological failures.
However, the presenceof adverse events cause by both drugs should not be
ignored to ensure drug compliance.
Keywords : falciparum malaria
– artesunate + amodiaquine – dihydroartemisinin + piperaquine - treatment
failure - adverse events
Author: Michael Bhadi Bia, E.
Elsa Herdiana Murhandarwati, Neil F Lobo, William A Hawley, . Supargiyono
Journal Code: jpkedokterangg160175
