Status:
COMPLETED
School-based Programme of Malaria Diagnosis and Treatment in Southern Malawi
Lead Sponsor:
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Collaborating Sponsors:
Save the Children
Conditions:
Malaria
Eligibility:
All Genders
5-18 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Malaria is an important contributor to ill-health experienced by school-children and may have profound consequences for their learning and educational achievement, and there is a small, but growing, b...
Detailed Description
This study is a cluster-randomised trial with a comparison group to assess the impact of school-based malaria case management, with malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for diagnosis and artemisinin-...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Student enrolled at participating schools in standards 2, 4 and 6
- Provision of informed consent from parent or guardian
- Provision of assent by student
Exclusion
- Student unwilling to participate in the study
- Student known to have a chronic medical condition, which will affect their school attendance
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2014
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 1 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
3667 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02213211
Start Date
April 1 2014
End Date
March 1 2015
Last Update
January 4 2017
Active Locations (1)
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Malaria Alert Centre, College of Medicine
Blantyre, Malawi