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Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial Evaluating the Ophthalmic Safety of Single-Dose Tafenoquine in Healthy Volunteers.


ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION:Tafenoquine has been recently registered for the prevention of relapse in Plasmodium vivax malaria. OBJECTIVE:This study assessed the pharmacodynamic effects of 300-mg single-dose tafenoquine on the retina. METHODS:This phase I, prospective, multicenter, randomized, single-masked, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study was conducted between 2 February 2016 and 14 September 2017 at three US study centers. Adult healthy volunteers were randomized (2:1) to receive either a single 300-mg oral dose of tafenoquine or matched placebo on day 1. Ophthalmic assessments, including spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and fundus autofluorescence (FAF), were conducted at baseline and day 90 and evaluated for pre-determined endpoints by an independent, masked reading center. RESULTS:One subject in each group met the composite primary endpoint for retinal changes identified with SD-OCT or FAF, i.e., one out of 306 (0.3%) with tafenoquine, one out of 161 (0.6%) with placebo. Both cases had unilateral focal ellipsoid zone disruption at day 90 with no effect on best-corrected visual acuity. The tafenoquine-treated subject had this abnormality at baseline, and was enrolled in error. There was no difference in ophthalmic safety between tafenoquine and placebo. CONCLUSION:There was no evidence of any pharmacodynamic effect of 300-mg single-dose tafenoquine on the retina or any short-term clinically relevant effects on ophthalmic safety. This clinical trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov (identifier: NCT02658435).

SUBMITTER: Ackert J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6689320 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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<h4>Introduction</h4>Tafenoquine has been recently registered for the prevention of relapse in Plasmodium vivax malaria.<h4>Objective</h4>This study assessed the pharmacodynamic effects of 300-mg single-dose tafenoquine on the retina.<h4>Methods</h4>This phase I, prospective, multicenter, randomized, single-masked, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study was conducted between 2 February 2016 and 14 September 2017 at three US study centers. Adult healthy volunteers were randomized (2:1) to recei  ...[more]

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