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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00529620
Date of registration: 13/09/2007
Primary sponsor: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Public title: Three Alternative Drug Regimens for Malaria Seasonal Preventive Treatment in Senegal
Scientific title: Randomized Trial of Effectiveness and Acceptability of Three Alternative Regimens for Malaria Seasonal Intermittent Preventive Treatment in Senegal
Date of first enrolment: September 2007
Target sample size: 1833
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00529620
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Countries of recruitment
Senegal
Contacts
Name:   Paul J Milligan, PhD
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Affiliation:  London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Name:   Badara Cisse, PhD
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Affiliation:  Universite Cheikh Anta Diop
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- age 2 to 59 months in September 2007

Exclusion Criteria:

- history of allergy to study drugs



Age minimum: 2 Months
Age maximum: 59 Months
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Malaria
Intervention(s)
Drug: dihydroartemisinin plus piperaquine
Drug: sulfadoxine pyrimethamine plus piperaquine
Drug: sulfalene-pyrimethamine plus amodiaquine
Primary Outcome(s)
Incidence of malaria [Time Frame: Four months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Adverse events reported by the mother: vomiting, headache, fever, nausea, diarrhea [Time Frame: within 4 days of the start treatment]
Compliance with the treatment regimen [Time Frame: Recorded 4 days after the start of treatment]
Haemoglobin concentration [Time Frame: Measured 1 month after the last treatment, in December]
Prevalence of P.falciparum parasitaemia [Time Frame: Measured by microscopy 1 month after the last treatment, in December]
The proportion of children carrying P.falciparum genotypes associated with resistance to sulfadoxine and pyrimethamine [Time Frame: Measured in December]
Secondary ID(s)
5184
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Cheikh Anta Diop University, Senegal
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