Table 1 PbVac parasite clearance following administration of clinically relevant schedules and doses of selected drugs to mice

From: Pre-clinical evaluation of a P. berghei-based whole-sporozoite malaria vaccine candidate

Drug

Schedule (hpi)

Dose in humans (w)

Dose in mice (w/W)

Parasitemia at treatment initiation

Day of parasite clearance

 

t = 0/6/24/48

t = 0–600 mg

t = 0–64 mg/kga

Onset

3

Chloroquine

 

t = 6/24/48–300 mg

t = 6/24/48–32 mg/kga

~1.5%

2

Coartem®

t = 0/8/24/36/48/60

80 mg ART

8.4 mg/kg ARTa

Onset

3

  

480 mg LMF

50 mg/kg LMFa

~1.5%

3

Malarone®

t = 0/24/48

1 g ATV

25 mg/kg ATVb

Onset

3

  

400 mg PRG

10 mg/kg PRGb

~1.5%

3

  1. hpi hours post-infection, ART artemether, LMF lumefantrine, ATV atovaquone, PRG proguanil
  2. aAllometry-scaled dose
  3. b¼ of allometry-scaled dose