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Register: PACTR
Last refreshed on: 29 April 2013
Main ID:  PACTR201202000272122
Date of registration: 06/01/2011
Primary sponsor: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Public title: Intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine versus intermittent screening and treatment of malaria in pregnancy
Scientific title: Intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine versus intermittent screening and treatment of malaria in pregnancy
Date of first enrolment: 2009-10-01
Target sample size: 5000
Recruitment status: Open to recruitment: actively recruiting participa
URL:  HTTP://www.pactr.org/ATMWeb/appmanager/atm/atmregistry?da=true&tno=PACTR201202000272122
Study type:  interventional
Study design:  Parallel: different groups receive different interventions at same time during study,
Randomised,
Permuted block randomisation; block size is 10; not variable,
llocation was determined by the holder of the sequence who is situated off site,
 
Countries of recruitment
South Africa
Contacts
Name: Harry  Tagbor
Address:  Kumasi Ghana
Telephone: +233 ***********
Email: Harry.Tagbor@lshtm.ac.uk
Affiliation:  London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK
Name: Manuela   Claite
Address:  London United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 207 299 4710
Email: Manuela.Claite@lshtm.ac.uk
Affiliation:  London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Presence of a first or second pregnancy.
2. Gestation between 16 to 30 weeks inclusive at first booking as determined by symphysio-fundal measurements.
3. Provision of written informed consent to join the trial.
4. Residence in the study area and intention to stay in the area for the duration of the pregnancy.

Exclusion criteria: 1. Absence of informed consent.
2. An intention to leave the study area before delivery.
3. A history of sensitivity to sulphonamides.
4. Clinical AIDS or known HIV positivity.
5. Presence of any systemic illness likely to interfere with interpretation of the results of the trial.


Age minimum: 16 Year
Age maximum: 45 Year
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Malaria
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Intervention(s)
Primary Outcome(s)
Low birth weight
Maternal anaemia
Placental malaria
Secondary Outcome(s)
Acceptability of each approach by pregnant women and antenatal clinic staff
Adverse outcome of pregnancy ? abortions, still births and neonatal deaths.
Cost per cases of maternal anaemia (severe and non-severe) and peripheral malaria averted.
Episodes of clinical malaria
Feasibility and costs of each approach to the control of malaria in pregnancy
Maternal anaemia
Occurrence of congenital abnormalities
Peripheral blood parasitaemia
Serious adverse events in the mother
Secondary ID(s)
NCT01084213
Source(s) of Monetary Support
EDCTP
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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