(+)-Mefloquine was under investigation in clinical trial NCT00931697 (Study to Investigate the Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacokinetics of AD 452 [(+)-Mefloquine] Compared With Racemic Mefloquine) to compare the efficacy of (+) Mefloquine vs. racemic [Mefloq…

Arterolane is under investigation in clinical trial NCT03452475 (Comparison of Arterolane-piperaquine Versus Arterolane-piperaquine+mefloquine Versus Artemether-lumefantrine in Kenyan Children).

Chloroquine is an aminoquinolone derivative first developed in the 1940s for the treatment of malaria.[A191655] It was the drug of choice to treat malaria until the development of newer antimalarials such as [pyrimethamine], [artemisinin], and [mefloquine].[A…

Malaria is a protozoan disease that places an enormous burden on human health in endemic areas around the world. The 2020 World Health Organization malaria report indicates a 60% decrease in the global malaria fatality rate between 2000 to 2019.[L30618] Despi…