Study Groups
WWARN facilitates a number of collaborative Study Groups to undertake individual patient data meta-analyses to answer specific research questions about malaria treatments and antimalarial drug resistance. Gathering and combining data sets from multiple studies increases sample sizes, so that effects, including smaller effects, and effects on sub-populations can be identified with greater certainty. Working together and combining data from different regions and populations is improving our understanding of drug resistance and strengthening global efforts to control and eventually eliminate malaria.
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The Alternative MiP Prevention Strategies (AMPS) Study Group’s aim is to determine the safety and efficacy of novel strategies for the control of mala...
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Analysis of the effect of primaquine dose on tolerability and Plasmodium vivax recurrence.
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Determining what affects White Blood Cell (WBC) count at baseline and during acute phase of malaria infection.
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The Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine (SP) resistance Study Group’s aim is to provide open access to, and establish maps with, the most recent data on SP res...
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Pooled analyses of the efficacy and safety of single low-dose primaquine to interrupt P. falciparum malaria transmission.Data collection has closed an...
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Analysis of how age impacts the effect of primaquine dose on efficacy in patients with Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium ovale malaria
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The First Trimester Safety of ACTs Study Group’s aim is to establish the evidence-base and safety profile to inform decision-making on the use of arte...
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The sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) resistance Data Access Group’s aim is to provide maps and open access to the most recent data on molecular markers...
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This is an extension of the WWARN Haemoglobin-Haematocrit Relationship in Malaria Study Group and the Antimalarial–Antiretroviral Analy...
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Determining the effects of pregnancy on piperaquine pharmacokinetics. The analysis aims to contribute evidence needed to inform recommendations on the...
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The overall aim of the IPTp and SP-resistance-associated mutations Study Group is to quantify how parasites with the sextuple mutant pfdhps and pfdhfr...
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The Study Group was formed in January 2024 to update and expand the WWARN work of the K13 Genotype-Phenotype Study Group, which was published in BMC M...
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The Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine for Intermittent Preventive Treatment in Pregnancy Study Group aims to determine the safety and efficacy of intermi...
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This is an extension of a planned dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DP) Safety Study Group, which aims to consider the effect of HIV disease and co-admi...
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Baseline information on parasitological response to ACTs in AsiaA pooled analysis to assess the baseline early parasitological response after artemisi...
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Exploring the impact of malaria during pregnancy on infant anaemia, malaria, morbidity and growth – an individual participant meta-analysis.
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Sub-study groups include the Artemether-Lumefantrine / ARV PK Study Group and the ACT-ARV Safety Study Group.
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Analysis of how age impacts the effect of primaquine dose on gastrointestinal tolerability in patients with Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium ovale mala...
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Baseline information on parasitological response to ACTs in AfricaA pooled analysis to assess the baseline early parasitological response after artemi...
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Analysing PK/PD data to identify inadequate drug exposure and inform dosageA pooled lumefantrine pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) analysis is b...
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Analysing PK/PD data to identify inadequate drug exposure and inform antimalarial dosageA pooled pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) analysis of ...
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Analysis of risk factors of Plasmodium vivax early and late recurrence. Published in July 2018.
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A pooled analysis on the relationship between K13 molecular marker and parasite clearance data. The Study Group closed to new participants in Dec...
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Effect of AS-AQ mg/kg dosing strategies on the risk of treatment failureA pooled analysis to assess the impact of weight adjusted (mg/kg) dose variati...
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Parasite clearance after treatment with an artemisinin monotherapy or ACTThis Study Group characterises parasite clearance stratified by location, tre...
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Effect of DP mg/kg dosing strategies on the risk of treatment failureA pooled analysis to assess the impact of weight adjusted (mg/kg) dose variations...
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A population pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic model of pyrimethamine and sulfadoxine in participants who received either sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP)...
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A pooled analysis of Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte carriageThe purpose of this Study Group is to assess the risk factors for treatment failure asso...
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A pooled analysis that assessed the effect of various nutritional indicators in treatment outcome in children aged 6-59 months treated with artemisini...
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Role of candidate molecular markers of lumefantrine and amodiaquine resistanceThe Artesunate-Amodiaquine/Artemether Lumefantrine (AS-AQ/AL) Molecular ...
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The AL Dose Impact Study Group was first established in 2011. The Study Group first met in December 2011 at the ASTMH Annual Meeting to discuss the St...
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Analysis of the consequences of symptomatic Plasmodium vivax infections on anaemia before and after antimalarial treatment
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Determining the optimal Artemether-lumefantrine antimalarial dosing for young children and pregnant women: A pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic meta...
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Analysing PK/PD data to identify inadequate drug exposure and inform dosageA pooled piperaquine pharmacokinetic analysed the exposure to piperaquine i...
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