Status:
COMPLETED
Intermittent Preventive Treatment (IPTp) Versus Rapid Diagnostic Testing (RDT) and Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy
Lead Sponsor:
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Collaborating Sponsors:
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Conditions:
Malaria
Anaemia
Eligibility:
FEMALE
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
Among the best practices recommended for malaria control during pregnancy is ensuring effective case management of malaria illness. However, this is often not practiced because (1) malaria infection i...
Detailed Description
General objective To show that the long-lasting insecticide-treated nets(LLIN)///// plus RDT screening and treatment strategy is not inferior to LLIN plus SP-IPTp in reducing the burden of malaria dur...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Her pregnancy is confirmed at 16 to 24 weeks at their first booking.
- She is willing to participate and complete the test schedule, and has given informed consent.
- She is willing to have supervised delivered at maternity units in the district.
- She lives within the study district.
Exclusion
- She has a past obstetric and medical history that will adversely affect the interpretation of outcomes such as repeated stillbirths and eclampsia.
- She has a haemoglobin level below 5.0 g/dl.
- She has malaria that is severe enough to require parenteral medication.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 1 2007
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
3333 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00432367
Start Date
February 1 2007
End Date
September 1 2009
Last Update
October 20 2016
Active Locations (1)
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Juaben Government Hospital
Juaben, Ashanti Region, Ghana