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Last refreshed on: 27 May 2013
Main ID:  NCT01231880
Date of registration: 29/10/2010
Primary sponsor: Makerere University
Public title: School Based Malaria Control in Ugandan Schoolchildren SBMC
Scientific title: School-based Malaria Control: Impact of Intermittent Preventive Treatment on Malaria Morbidity and Cognitive Function in Ugandan School Children
Date of first enrolment: February 2011
Target sample size: 740
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01231880
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Countries of recruitment
Uganda
Contacts
Name:   Joaniter I Nankabirwa, MSc CEB
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Affiliation:  Makerere University Kampala
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age = 6 - 14 years

- Pupils enrolled at participating school

- Willingness of the parent/guardian to provide consent

- Provision of assent by pupil (those above 8 years)

Exclusion Criteria:

- Known allergy or history of adverse reaction to study medications

- Intention of changing of schools during the follow-up period

- History (obtained from the parent/guardian) of any known serious chronic disease
requiring frequent medical care



Age minimum: 6 Years
Age maximum: 14 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Malaria
Intervention(s)
Drug: Four monthly IPT with dihydroartemisinin Piperaquine (DP)
Drug: Monthly IPT using DP
Drug: Placebo given every month
Primary Outcome(s)
Cognitive function tests [Time Frame: 1 year]
Risk of Clinical Malaria [Time Frame: 1 year]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Prevalence of anemia [Time Frame: 1 year]
Risk of adverse events [Time Frame: 1 year]
Risk of hospital admissions [Time Frame: 1 year]
Risk of parasitemia [Time Frame: 1 year]
School performance [Time Frame: 1 year]
Secondary ID(s)
MCDC-SBMC
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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