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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02047981
Date of registration: 24/01/2014
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: University of California, San Francisco
Public title: Mortality Reduction After Oral Azithromycin: Mortality Study MORDORIMort
Scientific title: Evaluating Impact of Azithromycin Mass Drug Administrations on All-cause Mortality and Antibiotic Resistance: Mortality Trial
Date of first enrolment: December 2014
Target sample size: 190238
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02047981
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Malawi Niger Tanzania United Kingdom United States
Contacts
Name:     Tom M Lietman, MD
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Affiliation:  University of California, San Francisco
Name:     Catherine A Cook, MPH
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Affiliation:  University of California, San Francisco
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Communities

- The community location in target district.

- The community leader consents to participation in the trial

- The community's estimated population is between 200-2,000 people.

- The community is not in an urban area.

Individuals - All children aged 1-60 months (up to but not including the 5th birthday), as
assessed via biannual census.

Exclusion Criteria:

Individuals

- Refusal of village chief (for village inclusion), or refusal of parent or guardian (for
individual inclusion)



Age minimum: 1 Month
Age maximum: 60 Months
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Childhood Mortality
Intervention(s)
Drug: Placebo
Drug: Azithromycin
Primary Outcome(s)
All-cause Mortality Rate in Children Aged 1-60 Months [Time Frame: 24 Months]
All-cause Mortality Rate in Children Aged 1-60 Months [Time Frame: 36 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
All-cause and Cause-specific Health Clinic Visits in 1-60 Month-old Children [Time Frame: 24 months]
Cause-specific Mortality Rate in Children Aged 1-60 Months, as Assessed From Verbal Autopsy (Niger Only) [Time Frame: 24 Months]
Cause-specific Mortality Rate in Children Aged 1-60 Months, as Assessed From Verbal Autopsy (Tanzania Only) [Time Frame: 24 Months]
Cost-effectiveness of Mass Azithromycin Administration, Per Averted Childhood Death [Time Frame: 24 months]
Cause-specific Mortality Rate in Children Aged 1-60 Months, as Assessed From Verbal Autopsy (Malawi Only) [Time Frame: 24 Months]
Secondary ID(s)
OPP1032340-A
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Johns Hopkins University
Ethics review
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 03/01/2020
Date Completed:
URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT02047981
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