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Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2016
Main ID:  ISRCTN98835811
Date of registration: 27/09/2012
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: AlterSanté (France)
Public title: Cotrimoxazol to prevent malaria in HIV-infected pregnant women in Sub-Saharan Africa
Scientific title: Effectiveness of Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole to prevent malaria in HIV-infected pregnant women in P. falciparum-endemic Sub-Saharan Africa: a randomized controlled trial
Date of first enrolment: 01/01/2009
Target sample size: 300
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN98835811
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Multicenter open-label non-inferiority randomized study (Prevention)  
Phase:  Not Applicable
Countries of recruitment
Togo
Contacts
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Affiliation: 
Name: Elise    Klement
Address:  Centre Médical de Bligny Route de Bligny 91640 Briis-sous-forges France
Telephone: +33 (0)683 479 439
Email: eklement@altersante.org
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. HIV1
2. Women <28 weeks of pregnancy
3. CD4 >200/mm3
4. Hb >7 g/L

Exclusion criteria: 1. Age<15
2. HIV2 or HIV1+2
3. Allergy or ongoing sulfamides treatment


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Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Malaria HIV vertical transmission
Infections and Infestations
Plasmodium falciparum malaria
Intervention(s)
Women who volunteered were randomized to receive either daily 80/400mg trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (CMX) or intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) with 1000/50mg sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) as follows: first dose at inclusion day, then 1 dose per month until delivery. Women were followed monthly clinically and biologically (Hb and blood smear) free of charge, and were asked to deliver in the study center. At delivery a placenta sample was collected. Babies were followed until the age of 3 months.
Primary Outcome(s)
Incidence of malaria during pregnancy, calculated as the number of malaria events per person year.
Secondary Outcome(s)
1. Blood parasitaemia in women and new-born
2. Treatment tolerance
3. Pregnancy outcome
4. Birth weight
5. Placental malarial infection
Secondary ID(s)
Source(s) of Monetary Support
AlterSanté (France)
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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