# 2018 Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Biology & the Japanese Society for Mathematical Biology

8-12 July 2018
Australia/Sydney timezone

## New mathematical models for artemisinin-induced parasite killing and growth retardation in blood-stage $\textit{Plasmodium falciparum}$

11 Jul 2018, 15:30
30m
New Law School/--102 (University of Sydney)

### New Law School/--102

#### University of Sydney

60
Oral Presentation Minisymposium: Mathematical modelling of malaria: Dynamics within-host and between-hosts

### Speaker

James McCaw (University of Melbourne)

### Description

Falciparum malaria is a major parasitic disease causing widespread morbidity and mortality globally. Artemisinin derivatives – the most effective and widely-used antimalarials that have helped reduce the burden of malaria by 60% in some areas over the past decade – have recently been found to induce growth retardation of blood-stage Plasmodium falciparum when applied at clinically relevant concentrations. Furthermore, novel in vitro experiments indicate a complex relationship between drug concentration, the duration of exposure, and the rate of parasite killing.

In this presentation I will discuss how extensions to the pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic (PK-PD) modelling paradigm are required to explain in vitro observations and discuss the implications for our understanding of drug action. Given the stage sensitivity of the parasite to drug and the short half-life of the artemisinin derivates in vivo, our model-based analyses suggest how drug resistance may manifest and how alternative dosing strategies, or alternative antimalarials with altered pharmacokinetic properties, may aid in maintaining clinical efficacy.

### Primary author

James McCaw (University of Melbourne)

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