Status:

COMPLETED

Compliance to Artesunate-Amodiaquine Therapy for Uncomplicated Malaria in Rural Ghana

Lead Sponsor:

Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana

Collaborating Sponsors:

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Conditions:

Malaria

Eligibility:

All Genders

10+ years

Brief Summary

With a change in malaria treatment policy to use combination antimalaria therapy, it is envisaged that compliance to combination therapy would be less than that of monotherapy that was being used for ...

Detailed Description

Primary objective: • To determine compliance to artesunate-amodiaquine therapy among patients diagnosed with acute uncomplicated malaria in the Kintampo District Hospital. Secondary objectives: 1. ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion criteria:
  • Male and female patients aged above ten years reporting at the Kintampo district hospital.
  • Diagnosed as having Plasmodium falciparum uncomplicated malaria.
  • Axillary temperature ≥37.5oC but less than 40 oC or history of fever in preceding 24 hr.
  • Ability to tolerate oral therapy.
  • Patient who live and can be located in the Kintampo District.
  • Consent of patient and/or care giver (in the case of children)
  • Exclusion criteria:
  • Pregnant women.
  • Children ten years and below (to be catered for in the child antimalarial efficacy studies mentioned above).

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    October 1 2005

    Trial Type :

    OBSERVATIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    September 1 2006

    Estimated Enrollment :

    411 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00873938

    Start Date

    October 1 2005

    End Date

    September 1 2006

    Last Update

    April 30 2010

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    Kintampo Health Research Centre

    Brong Ahafo Region, Kintampo, Ghana