Effectiveness and Safety of Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Malaria Using Either Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine or Artesunate-amodiaquine in Reducing Malaria Related Morbidities and Improving Cognitive Ability in School-aged Children in Tanzania
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Active, not recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- 3180
Summary
- Conditions
- Anemia
- Malaria,Falciparum
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Design
- Allocation: RandomizedIntervention Model: Parallel AssignmentIntervention Model Description: A randomized, controlled, open label study assessing the effectiveness and safety of 2 antimalarial drugs for IPTsc, namely DP and ASAQ by a 3-arm trial using a "balanced block design" with the "standard of care" arm as reference.Masking: None (Open Label)Primary Purpose: Prevention
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 5 years and 15 years
- Gender
- Both males and females
Description
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Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT03640403
- Collaborators
- Universiteit Antwerpen
- Investigators
- Principal Investigator: John PA Lusingu, MD, PhD National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania Principal Investigator: Jean-pierre Van geertruyden, MD, PhD Global health institute, University of Antwerp, Belgium.