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Register: PACTR
Last refreshed on: 29 May 2023
Main ID:  PACTR201702002012425
Date of registration: 02/02/2017
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: EDCTP
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: 01/03/2017
Target sample size: 1440
Recruitment status: Pending
URL:  https://pactr.samrc.ac.za/TrialDisplay.aspx?TrialID=2012
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Parallel: different groups receive different interventions at same time during study,Randomised,Computerized random number generation,No allocation concealment  
Phase:  Not Applicable
Countries of recruitment
Ghana
Contacts
Name: Susan    Adu-Amankwah
Address:  University of Ghana Legon-Accra Ghana
Telephone: +233244734811
Email: sadu-amankwah@noguchi.ug.edu.gh
Affiliation:  Clinical Trials Coordinator
Name: Dziedzom    de Souza
Address:  University of Ghana Legon-Accra Ghana
Telephone: +233244434966
Email: ddesouza@noguchi.ug.edu.gh
Affiliation:  Research Fellow
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Residency in the disease endemic community for at least 12 months
2. Willingness to provide informed consent/assent
3. Willingness to donate blood (per the protocol)

Exclusion criteria: 1. Recent residents (<12 months)
2. Inability to give informed consent
3. Pregnant and lactating women
4. Children below the age of 5.


Age minimum: 5 Year(s)
Age maximum: 90 Year(s)
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Lymphatic Filariasis
Lymphatic Filariasis
Lymphatic Filariasis
Intervention(s)
Expanded frequency group
Control group
Primary Outcome(s)
Change from baseline prevalence of Lymphatic Filariasis at 24 months
Secondary Outcome(s)
Evaluation of community acceptability of twice-yearly treatment, through questionnaires and focus group discussions
Longitudinal assessment of transmission dynamics of Lymphatic Filariasis for modelling the impact of treatment
Feasibility of scale-up of twice-yearly treatment, through questionnaires and focus group discussions
Secondary ID(s)
NCT03036059
Source(s) of Monetary Support
EDCTP
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical research
Ethics review
Status: Approved
Approval date: 04/01/2017
Contact:
NMIMR IRB
Status: Approved
Approval date: 11/04/2017
Contact:
Ghana Health Service Ethics Review Committee
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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