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Register:	ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on:	16 December 2017
Main ID:	NCT02213211
Date of registration:	07/04/2014
Prospective Registration:	No
Primary sponsor:	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Public title:	School-based Programme of Malaria Diagnosis and Treatment in Southern Malawi
Scientific title:	Impact of a School-based Programme of Malaria Diagnosis and Treatment on School Attendance in Southern Malawi
Date of first enrolment:	April 2014
Target sample size:	3667
Recruitment status:	Completed
URL:	https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02213211
Study type:	Interventional
Study design:	Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).
Phase:	N/A

Countries of recruitment
Malawi

Contacts

Name:	Don P Mathanga, MBBS
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Affiliation:	Malaria Alert Centre, College of Medicine, Malawi

Name:	Katherine E Halliday, PhD
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Affiliation:	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Name:	Simon J Brooker, DPhil
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Affiliation:	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Student enrolled at participating schools in standards 2, 4 and 6

- Provision of informed consent from parent or guardian

- Provision of assent by student

Exclusion Criteria:

- Student unwilling to participate in the study

- Student known to have a chronic medical condition, which will affect their school
attendance

Age minimum: 5 Years
Age maximum: 18 Years
Gender: All

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Malaria

Intervention(s)

Drug: Artemether lumefantrine

Primary Outcome(s)

School attendance [Time Frame: 1 year]

Secondary Outcome(s)

Anaemia [Time Frame: 1 year]

Child wellbeing [Time Frame: 1 year]

Stakeholder perceptions of LTK intervention [Time Frame: End of intervention period]

Cost effectiveness [Time Frame: 1 year]

Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia [Time Frame: 1 year]

Secondary ID(s)

6432

1057

QA475

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors

Secondary Sponsor(s)

Save the Children

Ethics review

Results

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