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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03431675
Date of registration: 06/02/2018
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Epicentre
Public title: Ciprofloxacin for the Prevention of Meningococcal Meningitis 2018
Scientific title: Cluster-randomized Trial to Evaluate the Impact of Ciprofloxacin Prophylaxis as a Response to a Meningococcal Meningitis Epidemic
Date of first enrolment: March 1, 2019
Target sample size: 0
Recruitment status: Withdrawn
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03431675
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Prevention. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Niger
Contacts
Name:     Rebecca F GRAIS, PhD
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Affiliation:  Epicentre
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Resident in a village included in the study area

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients currently exhibiting symptoms of meningitis (to be immediately referred for
further care)

- Persons with a known allergy to fluoroquinolone antibiotics.



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Meningitis, Meningococcal
Intervention(s)
Drug: Ciprofloxacin
Primary Outcome(s)
Meningitis attack rate [Time Frame: From enrollment of a village through study completion, an average of 2 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Proportion of participants with ciprofloxacin-resistant enterobacteriaceae in their stools [Time Frame: Prior to ciprofloxacin dosing (day 0) and at 7 and 28 days post-ciprofloxacin dosing]
Proportion of patients who received ciprofloxacin who develop meningitis [Time Frame: From enrollment of a village through study completion, an average of 2 months]
Meningitis attack rate by age [Time Frame: From enrollment of a village through study completion, an average of 2 months]
Meningitis attack rate by sex [Time Frame: From enrollment of a village through study completion, an average of 2 months]
Secondary ID(s)
Cipro chemoprophylaxis 2018
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Medecins Sans Frontieres, Netherlands
Ethics review
Results
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