This is a Clinical Study to Assess Whether the Combination of SJ733 and Tafenoquine Will be a Safe and Rapidly Acting Anti-malarial for the Radical Cure of P. Vivax Malaria

Starting soon · Phase 2 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Malaria, Malaria Vivax, Radical Cure

In brief

The goal of this Phase 2b study is to examine the safety and efficacy of the combination of SJ733, an investigational agent, and tafenoquine for the radical cure of uncomplicated P. vivax malaria monoinfection in adult participants and determine the contributions of SJ733 to the effect. SJ733 will be administered in a 1-, 2-, or 3-day treatment schedule in combination with a single dose of tafenoquine.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07430592

Run by

R. Kiplin Guy

People needed

104

Starts

2026-10-01

Expected to finish

2028-11-20

Last updated by the study team

2026-07-30

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 76. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Body weight between 45 kg and 90 kg inclusive.
• Presence of mono-infection of P. vivax confirmed by: Fever, as defined by axillary temperature ≥ 37.5°C or oral/rectal/tympanic temperature ≥ 38°C, or history of fever in the previous 24 hours (history of fever must be documented) and, Microscopically confirmed parasite infection: 1,000 to 40,000 asexual parasite count/µL blood
• Written informed consent provided by participant, in accordance with local practice. If the participant is unable to write, witnessed consent is permitted according to local ethical considerations.
• Ability to swallow oral medication.
• Ability and willingness to participate and to comply with the study requirements.
• Agreement to hospitalization for at least 72 hours and/or until malarial parasites are not detected by microscopy on 2 consecutive occasions.
• Agreement to come back to the hospital on Days 4, 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42, 60, 120, and 180.
• A female participant meets eligibility in this study if she is non-pregnant, non-lactating and if she is of: non-childbearing potential defined as: post-menopausal (12 months of spontaneous amenorrhea or <6 months of spontaneous amenorrhea with serum FSH >40 mIU/mL), pre-menopausal and has had a hysterectomy, a bilateral oophorectomy (removal of the ovaries), or a bilateral tubal ligation with medical report verification, negative pregnancy test or, child-bearing potential, with a negative pregnancy test at screening, and agrees to comply with one of the following during the treatment stage of the study and for a period of 75 days after stopping study treatment:
• i. Use of oral, implantable, or injectable hormonal contraceptive, either combined or progestogen alone, used in conjunction with barrier method (condom or diaphragm).
• ii. Use of an intrauterine device with a documented failure rate of <1% per year.
• iii. Double barrier method consisting of condom and diaphragm. iv. Male partner who is sterile prior to the female participant's entry into the study and is the sole sexual partner for that female.
• v. Complete abstinence from intercourse throughout the study and for a period of 75 days after stopping study treatment.
• A male participant meets eligibility in this study if he meets one of the following conditions:
• is sterile prior to participating in the study.
• agrees to the use of a contraceptive method (such as a condom) through the administration of study treatment and for a period of 75 days after stopping study treatment.
• agrees to complete abstinence from intercourse throughout the study and for a period of 75 days after stopping study treatment.

You may not qualify if…

• Signs and symptoms of severe/complicated malaria according to the World Health Organization Criteria 2010.
• Mixed Plasmodium infection or Plasmodium mono-infection with any Plasmodium species other than P. vivax.
• Severe vomiting, defined as more than three times in the 24 hours prior to the planned first dose of drug, or severe diarrhea defined as 3 or more watery stools per day.
• Severe malnutrition (defined as the weight-for-height being below -3 standard deviation or less than 70% of median of the NCHS/WHO normalized reference values).
• The presence of a significant medical or psychiatric condition, or any other serious or chronic clinical condition requiring hospitalization, or any other condition that in the opinion of the investigator precludes participation in the study.
• Female participants must not be lactating or pregnant as demonstrated by a negative serum point-of-care pregnancy test pre-dose (the result of the pre-dose assessment must be confirmed negative prior to dosing).
• Employment under the direct supervision of the investigators or study staff.
• Clinically significant alterations to hematologic or clinical chemistry parameters that in the opinion of the investigator precludes participation in the study, including:
• AST/ALT > 3 x upper limit of normal range (ULN) and total bilirubin is normal.
• AST/ALT > 2 x ULN and total bilirubin is >1 and <2 x ULN and conjugated bilirubin is > 2x ULN.
• Serum creatinine levels > 2 x ULN
• Uncorrected electrolyte abnormalities [> 3x ULN or LLN]
• i. Potassium[hypokalemia] ii. Magnesium [hypomagnesemia] e. Hb level < 9 g/dL f. Platelet level < 50,000/mm3
• Clinically significant alterations to cardiac function
• Unstable angina with elevated serum cardiac biomarkers, ECG changes, etc.; those with NSTE-ACS, NSTEMI, STEMI, or definite acute coronary syndrome.
• Congestive heart failure
• Recent history of Myocardial Infarction
• QT prolongation (>450 milliseconds (ms) in men and 460 ms in women)
• Participation in a clinical study of another small investigational molecule within 30 days or investigational biologic within 90 days prior to study enrollment or planning to begin such participation during the study.
• Received any antimalarial treatment (alone or in combination) in the past containing:
• Tafenoquine within the previous 4 months
• Piperaquine, mefloquine, naphthoquine or sulphadoxine / pyrimethamine within the previous 5 months
• Amodiaquine or chloroquine within the previous 5 months
• Any artemisinin (artesunate, artemether, arteether or dihydroartemisinin), quinine, halofantrine, lumefantrine and any other anti-malarial treatment or antibiotics with antimalarial activity (including cotrimoxazole, tetracyclines, quinolones and fluoroquinolones, and azithromycin) within the past 3 months.
• Known history of hypersensitivity, allergic, or adverse reactions to SJ733, tafenoquine or other 8-aminoquinolines, or chloroquine or other 4-aminoquinolines.

Where it is running

• Asociación Civil Selva Amazónica (ACSA) — Iquitos, Loreto, Peru

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