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Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 3 March 2020
Main ID:  ISRCTN58063971
Date of registration: 22/07/2005
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Imperial College London (UK)
Public title: The role of hypovolaemia In the acidosis of severe malaria in children
Scientific title: The role of hypovolaemia In the acidosis of severe malaria in children
Date of first enrolment: 01/05/2001
Target sample size: 53
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN58063971
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Randomised controlled trial (Treatment)  
Phase:  Phase II
Countries of recruitment
Kenya
Contacts
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Affiliation: 
Name: Kathryn    Maitland
Address:  KEMRI KEMRI Centre for Geographic Medicine P.O. Box 230 - Kilifi Kenya
Telephone: +254 (0)73 3411022
Email: kmaitland@kilifi.mimcom.net
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria:
1. A clinical feature of severe malaria (prostration, coma or deep breathing) plus P. falciparum
2. A base deficit of more than eight
3. Parental consent

Exclusion criteria:
1. Clinical features of oedematous malnutrition
2. Features suggestive of pulmonary oedema (oxygen saturations <90% and bilateral creptitations)
3. Raised intracranial pressure (unequal pupillary reaction to light and/or raised blood pressure concurrent with bradycardia)
3. Refusal of consent


Age minimum:
Age maximum:
Gender: Not Specified
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Severe malaria
Infections and Infestations
Malaria
Intervention(s)
Open phase II randomised trial comparing the safety and efficacy of volume expansion with 0.9% saline or human albumin to control in children with severe malaria and moderate acidosis (base deficit of eight to 15) and comparing safety and efficacy of 0.9% saline and human albumin as volume expansion in children with severe malaria complicated by severe acidosis (base deficit of more than 15).
Primary Outcome(s)
Percentage reduction in acidosis by eight hours.
Secondary Outcome(s)

1. Death
2. Severe adverse events
3. Neurological sequalae
Secondary ID(s)
062258
Source(s) of Monetary Support
The Wellcome Trust (UK) (grant ref: 062258)
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Status:
Approval date:
Contact:
Not provided at time of registration
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted:
Date Completed: 01/10/2002
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