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Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
Main ID:  NCT02938975
Date of registration: 05/08/2016
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Ifakara Health Institute
Public title: Field Efficacy Of Insecticide Treated Uniforms And Skin Repellents for Malaria Prevention URCT
Scientific title: Field Efficacy Of Insecticide Treated Uniforms And Skin Repellents To Reduce Malaria Incidence In Military Personnel On Active Duty In Regions Of Hyperendemicity
Date of first enrolment: November 2017
Target sample size: 1500
Recruitment status: Not yet recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02938975
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Prevention. Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Tanzania
Contacts
Name:     Sarah J Moore, PhD
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Affiliation:  Ifakara Health Institute
Name:     Mercy Nyika
Address: 
Telephone: +255788-720602
Email: mnyika@ihi.or.tz
Affiliation: 
Name:     Sarah J Moore, PhD
Address: 
Telephone: +255764802622
Email: smoore@ihi.or.tz
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Member of a platoon passes physical examination - no underlying health risks females that
are not pregnant malaria negative at enrolment consents to participate

Exclusion Criteria:

Not assigned to a platoon underlying health risks - does not pass physical examination
pregnant female (pregnant females are not recruited into the army) malaria positive at
enrolment does not consent to participate



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 40 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Malaria
Intervention(s)
Other: Ultra 30 Insect Repellent Lotion (30% Lipo DEET)
Other: Placebo lotion
Other: Army combat uniform
Other: Permethrin Factory-Treated Army Combat Uniforms
Primary Outcome(s)
Incidence of Plasmodium falciparum malaria through monthly measurement of malaria positivity by direct polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to detect parasite DNA [Time Frame: Monthly active case detection for 12 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Incidence of clinical malaria through monthly measurement malaria positivity of SD Bioline Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test to test for parasite antigen [Time Frame: Active and passive case detection for 12 months]
Compliance with intervention as measured through spot checking and weighing of repellent bottles [Time Frame: Monthly assessment of intervention compliance with uniforms and lotions provided for 12 months]
Protective efficacy of uniforms measured by reduction in Anopheles arabiensis bites among those wearing uniforms for a sub-sample of uniforms tested under laboratory conditions with free flying mosquitoes [Time Frame: After 12 months]
Secondary ID(s)
BIT014 PR001 V01
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute
U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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