ArticleCPT: pharmacometrics & systems pharmacology2013
Population Pharmacokinetics of Lumefantrine in Pregnant and Nonpregnant Women With Uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in Uganda.
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- Artemether-lumefantrine dosing for malaria treatment in young children and pregnant women: A pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic meta-analysis.PLoS medicine · 2018Pooled it
- Systematic literature review and meta-analysis of the efficacy of artemisinin-based and quinine-based treatments for uncomplicated falciparum malaria in pregnancy: methodological challenges.Malaria journal · 2017Pooled it
- Pregnancy-Associated Changes in Pharmacokinetics: A Systematic Review.PLoS medicine · 2016Pooled it
- The influence of pregnancy on the pharmacokinetic properties of artemisinin combination therapy (ACT): a systematic review.Malaria journal · 2016Pooled it
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- A Randomized Controlled Trial of Three- versus Five-Day Artemether-Lumefantrine Regimens for Treatment of Uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in Pregnancy in Africa.Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy · 2020Trial
- Artemisinin-based combination therapy in pregnant women in Zambia: efficacy, safety and risk of recurrent malaria.Malaria journal · 2017Trial
- Four artemisinin-based treatments in African pregnant women with malaria.Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi · 2016Trial
- Artemether-Lumefantrine Pharmacokinetics and Clinical Response Are Minimally Altered in Pregnant Ugandan Women Treated for Uncomplicated Falciparum Malaria.Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy · 2015Trial
- Lumefantrine and Desbutyl-Lumefantrine Population Pharmacokinetic-Pharmacodynamic Relationships in Pregnant Women with Uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum Malaria on the Thailand-Myanmar Border.Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy · 2015Trial
- Artemether-lumefantrine co-administration with antiretrovirals: population pharmacokinetics and dosing implications.British journal of clinical pharmacology · 2015Trial
- CYP3A and CYP2D6 variability in antimalarial pharmacokinetics and pharmacogenetics across populations: a narrative review.Malaria journal · 2026Review
- Population pharmacokinetics of lumefantrine in pregnant and non-pregnant Nigerian women receiving efavirenz-based antiretroviral therapy.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2026Article
- Population pharmacokinetics of lumefantrine in pregnant and non-pregnant women with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Western Kenya.British journal of clinical pharmacology · 2026Article
- Comparison of lumefantrine, mefloquine, and piperaquine concentrations between capillary plasma and venous plasma samples in pregnant women with uncomplicated falciparum and vivax malaria.Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy · 2024Article
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- Magnitude of Drug-Drug Interactions in Special Populations.Pharmaceutics · 2022Review
- Malaria PK/PD and the Role Pharmacometrics Can Play in the Global Health Arena: Malaria Treatment Regimens for Vulnerable Populations.Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics · 2021Review
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Abstract
Pregnancy alters the pharmacokinetic properties of many antimalarial compounds. The objective of this study was to evaluate the pharmacokinetic properties of lumefantrine in pregnant and nonpregnant women with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Uganda after a standard fixed oral artemether-lumefantrine treatment. Dense venous (n = 26) and sparse capillary (n = 90) lumefantrine samples were drawn from pregnant patients. A total of 17 nonpregnant women contributed with dense venous lumefantrine samples. Lumefantrine pharmacokinetics was best described by a flexible absorption model with multiphasic disposition. Pregnancy and body temperature had a significant impact on the pharmacokinetic properties of lumefantrine. Simulations from the final model indicated 27% lower day 7 concentrations in pregnant women compared with nonpregnant women and a decreased median time of 0.92 and 0.42 days above previously defined critical concentration cutoff values (280 and 175 ng/ml, respectively). The standard artemether-lumefantrine dose regimen in P. falciparum malaria may need reevaluation in nonimmune pregnant women.CPT: Pharmacometrics & Systems Pharmacology (2013) 2, e83; doi:10.1038/psp.2013.59; advance online publication 13 November 2013.
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