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Dondorp, Background on Malaria and Combination Anti-Malarial Drug Therapy Background on Malaria and Combination Anti-Malarial Drug Therapy FDA Workshop: Clinical Trial Design Considerations for Malaria Drug Development 30 June 2016 Prof. Arjen M. Dondorp Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit The 5 human Plasmodium species P. falciparum P. vivax Anopheles P. knowlesi P. malariae P. ovale H. sapiens M. fascicularis/ nemestrina Life-cycle of Plasmodium White et al; Lancet 2014 Artemisinins: the best drugs for reducing malaria mortality Log-rank p=0.0002 SEAQUAMAT Asia 4 countries N=1,461 Δ=35% (202 children) AQUAMAT Artesunate Africa 9 countries Δ=23% N=5,425 Quinine (all children) Dondorp et al. Lancet 2010; SEAQUAMAT investigators group. Lancet 2005 Broader stage specificity explains superiority of artemisins rapid action, broad stage specificity, safe, easy administration White; Science 2009 Differences in potency TOTAL PARASITES Artesunate best drug to treat severe malaria 1012 Fastest for the artemisinins 1010 Detection limit 108 106 104 104 103 102 10 Reduction/ 48h-cycle 102 MQ, PQP, 0 Artesunate Malarone Doxycycline 0 1 2 3 4 WEEKS = artemisinin resistance Courtesy NJ White Differences in pharmacokinetics 100% M C P Plasma concentration (%) concentration Plasma A Q 0% 0 1 2 3 4 Time after start treatment (weeks) Courtesy NJ White Artemisinin resistance: a prelude to ACT failure 1. W-Cambodia 2007-2008 2012-2013 2012-2014 Slow clearance DHA-piperquine efficacy DHA-piperquine 42-day failures Source CNM Cambodia/ WHO Map by Richard Maude Dondorp et al. Amaratunga et al. N Eng J Med 2009 Lancet Infect Dis 2016 The molecular marker for artemisinin resistance: Kelch 13 K13 mutations in the “propeller region” strongly associates with the slow clearing phenotype multiple SNPs in the propeller region, but: only 1 mutation per clone seems permitted Ariey et al. Nature 2013 Regional distribution of Kelch13 ∆ propeller 2015 Menard et al. N Engl J Med 2016 jumping versus popping Neighbour –joining tree of samples carrying K13 SNPs Median Joining Haplotype Network K580Y mutant found in Myanmar did not spread from Cambodia of K13 Mutations and SNPs within Linkage Disequilibrium -it arose independently in Myanmar of the K13 Propeller Protein Shannon Takala-Harrison et al Miotto et al. Nature Gen 2015 J Infect Dis 2014 Artemisinin resistance: selects for partner drug resistance 2. Thai-Myanmar border 2010 2010 2001-2013 1995-2011 Aung Pyae Phyo et al. Carrara et al. Lancet 2012 PLoS Med 2013 Resistance to artemisinins or partner vs ACT failure *Burkina Faso, Rwanda ** Rwanda, Zambia, DRC Artemisinin resistance → treatment failure after artesunate-mefloquine, also with little MQ resistance SMRU Aung Pyae Phyo et al. Thai-Myanmar border ACC 2016 Antimalarial drug resistance ⇒ ↑ transmission Resistance More drug used Delayed response More clinical cases Recrudescent infections Larger reservoir Increased gametocyte carriage Mefloquine : x4.0 Fansidar : x4.1 Increased transmission Chloroquine : x2.9 – x12 Drakely et al. 2004; Price et al. 1996; Bousema et al 2003 Barnes & White 2005 The doom scenario: for artemisinins/ ACTs? Spread of resistance: chloroquine & pyrimethamine 1980 1980 1960 1959 1957 1970 1997 1982 1978 Dondorp et al Adapted from Chris Plowe Nat Rev Microbiol. 2010 Options with failing ACTs using existing drugs 1st. Triple therapies (TACT): DHA-PQP-MQ; AM-LUM-AQ: TRAC II 2nd. Arterolane-piperaquine: TRAC II 3rd. 5-day regimen of DHA-PQP or AM-LUM Needs trialing & reassurance of safety concerns (QTc-prolongation); new problem: PQP resistance. 4th. Drug rotation of DHA-PQP and MAS3, guided by prevalence of PfMDR1 copy-number 5th. Sequential use of two different ACTs (e.g. DHA-PQP and MAS3) 6th. Artesunate-pyronaridine efficacy<90%; cross resistance with PQP?? TACT: DHA-piperaquine + mefloquine No interaction Possible counter-acting Reasonably matching re QTc time resistance mechanisms PK-profiles Price et al. Lancet 2004 TACT: Artemether-lumefantrine + amodiaquine Artemether-Lumefantrine Treatment Artesunate-amodiaquine failure Counter-acting resistance mechanisms PfMDR1 N86Y Reasonably matching PK-profiles PfMDR1 D1246Y Venkatesan et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2014 Conclusions: Combination therapy • Fast acting drug (artemisinin) confers survival advantage • Partner drug with longer half life permits construction of 3 day regimen • Combination increases genetic barrier to resistance • Significantly increases complexity in terms of drug development Conclusions II: resistance • Artemisinin resistance now with us: -Expanding in SE Asia; not yet in Africa -Contributes to treatment failure -Selects for partner drug resistance -Might increase transmissibility • Partner drug resistance: -Increasing problem in SE Asia (Greater Mekong Subregion) • Few options left in GMS: -Triple combination therapies • New antimalarials urgently needed! -Choice of partner drug no longer trivial… Global Portfolio of Antimalarials Research Translational Product development Access Lead Human Patient Patient Regulatory Preclinical Post approval optimization volunteers exploratory confirmatory review Artemether- DHODH 1 project P218 MMV048 OZ439/FQ Tafenoquine Rectal Artesunate * UTSW/UW/Monash UCT/TIA GSK Cipla/Strides/WHO-TDR lumefantrine Novartis (Biotec) Sanofi Dispersible 1 Novartis Open Source Drug 2 projects DDD498 ACT-451840 KAE609 Dihydroartemisinin - Arterolane/ Artesunate GSK Actelion Discovery Merck Serono Novartis piperaquine Piperaquine for injection Univ. 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