Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01843764
Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Assessment of Initial Clearance and Detection of Recurrent Malaria Infections
Efficacy of Plasmodium Falciparum Specific Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Assessment of Initial Clearance and Detection of Recurrent Infections After Antimalarial Treatment
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 53 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Anders Björkman · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 6 Months – 59 Months
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The aim of the study was to follow clearance of malaria infections and detection of new malaria episodes after initiation of antimalarial treatment in Tanzanian children. For this purpose the investigators used five diagnostic tools, 2 Rapid Diagnostic tests based on Histidine Rich Protein 2(HRP2) and Lactate dehydrogenase(LDH), 2 microscopical methods and one polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The investigators followed the 53 enrolled children during 42 days.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | HRP2 and LDH based rapid diagnostic tests for P.falciparum |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2009-06-01
- Primary completion
- 2011-04-01
- Completion
- 2012-06-01
- First posted
- 2013-05-01
- Last updated
- 2013-05-03
Locations
2 sites across 1 country: Tanzania
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01843764. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.