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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03036059
Date of registration: 03/11/2016
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research
Public title: Twice Yearly Treatment for the Control of LF
Scientific title: Cluster Randomized Community-based Trial of Annual Versus Biannual Single-dose Ivermectin Plus Albendazole Against Wuchereria Bancrofti Infection in Human and Mosquito Populations
Date of first enrolment: May 19, 2017
Target sample size: 1462
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03036059
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Ghana
Contacts
Name:     Dziedzom K de Souza, PhD
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Affiliation:  Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Residency in the disease endemic community for at least 12 months

- Willingness to provide informed consent/assent

- Willingness to donate blood (per the protocol)

Exclusion Criteria:

- Recent residents (<12 months)

- Inability to give informed consent

- Pregnant and lactating women

- Children below the age of 5.



Age minimum: 5 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Lymphatic Filariasis
Helminth Infection
Intervention(s)
Drug: 400 µg/kg Ivermectin + 400 mg Albendazole
Primary Outcome(s)
Change from baseline prevalence of Lymphatic Filariasis at 24 months [Time Frame: 0 and 24 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Evaluation of community acceptability of twice-yearly treatment, through questionnaires and focus group discussions [Time Frame: 24 months]
Longitudinal assessment of transmission dynamics of Lymphatic Filariasis for modelling the impact of treatment [Time Frame: 0, 12, 24, 30 months]
Feasibility of scale-up of twice-yearly treatment, through questionnaires and focus group discussions [Time Frame: 24 months]
Secondary ID(s)
TMA 2015 CDF - 976
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ghana Health Services
Ethics review
Results
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