Status:
COMPLETED
Assessment of Use of Rapid Diagnostic Testing in the Context of Home Management With ACTs
Lead Sponsor:
Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Collaborating Sponsors:
Makerere University
Ministry of Health, Uganda
Conditions:
Malaria
Pneumonia
Eligibility:
All Genders
4-59 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This study is to assess the value of incorporating a malaria RDT based strategy in HMM. The primary activity of the study wil be a two armed cluster randomised trial in two study sites in Uganda, one ...
Detailed Description
This is an open, cluster randomised multicentre two arm trial in the three countries of Burkina Faso, Ghana and Uganda. Clusters are villages (catchment populations) of individual community health wor...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Children between 4-59 months of age with a history of fever in the last 24 hours presenting to the community medicine distributor
Exclusion
- Children classified as having severe illness according to IMCI guidelines. Children suffering from Chronic disease(s), those with reported anti malarial or antibiotic treatment (intervention) arm in previous two weeks and those whose caregivers refuse to consent to participate
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
6456 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00720811
Start Date
October 1 2009
End Date
January 1 2012
Last Update
March 16 2012
Active Locations (4)
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1
Sapone Site
Saponé, Burkina Faso
2
Kassena Nankana Site
Kassane, Ghana
3
Iganga Site
Iganga, Uganda
4
Mbarara Site
Mbarara, Uganda