Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01231880
School Based Malaria Control in Ugandan Schoolchildren
School-based Malaria Control: Impact of Intermittent Preventive Treatment on Malaria Morbidity and Cognitive Function in Ugandan School Children
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 740 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Makerere University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 6 Years – 14 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The investigators hypothesize that schoolchildren treated with IPT using DP over one year of follow-up will have a different risk of clinical malaria compared to those treated with placebo.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DRUG | Four monthly IPT with dihydroartemisinin Piperaquine (DP) | Given every 4 months (once a school term) |
| DRUG | Monthly IPT using DP | Given every month |
| DRUG | Placebo given every month | No active ingredient |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2011-02-01
- Primary completion
- 2012-09-01
- Completion
- 2012-09-01
- First posted
- 2010-11-01
- Last updated
- 2013-05-23
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Uganda
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01231880. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.