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Macrofilaricidal Efficacy of Repeated Doses of Ivermectin for the Treatment of River Blindness

Martin Walker
Hanwei Fang
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J. Gardon
Joseph Kamgno
Maria-Gloria Basáñez
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Background: Mass drug administration (MDA) with ivermectin is the cornerstone of efforts to eliminate human onchocerciasis by 2020 or 2025. The feasibility of elimination crucially depends on the effects of multiple ivermectin doses on Onchocerca volvulus. A single ivermectin (standard) dose clears the skin-dwelling microfilarial progeny of adult worms (macrofilariae) and temporarily impedes the release of such progeny by female macrofilariae, but a macrofilaricidal effect has been deemed minimal. Multiple doses of ivermectin may cumulatively and permanently reduce the fertility and shorten the lifespan of adult females. However, rigorous quantification of these effects necessitates interrogating longitudinal data on macrofilariae with suitably powerful analytical techniques. Methods: Using a novel mathematical modeling approach, we analyzed, at an individual participant level, longitudinal data on viability and fertility of female worms from the single most comprehensive multiple-dose clinical trial of ivermectin, comparing 3-monthly with annual treatments administered for 3 years in Cameroon. Results: Multiple doses of ivermectin have a partial macrofilaricidal and a modest permanent sterilizing effect after 4 or more consecutive treatments, even at routine MDA doses (150 µg/kg) and frequencies (annual). The life expectancy of adult O. volvulus is reduced by approximately 50% and 70% after 3 years of annual or 3-monthly (quarterly) exposures to ivermectin. Conclusions: Our quantification of macrofilaricidal and sterilizing effects of ivermectin should be incorporated into transmission models to inform onchocerciasis elimination efforts in Africa and residual foci in Latin America. It also provides a framework to assess macrofilaricidal candidate drugs currently under development.
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Martin Walker, Sébastien Pion, Hanwei Fang, J. Gardon, Joseph Kamgno, et al.. Macrofilaricidal Efficacy of Repeated Doses of Ivermectin for the Treatment of River Blindness. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2017, 65 (12), pp.2026-2034. ⟨10.1093/cid/cix616⟩. ⟨hal-02429016⟩
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