Status:

COMPLETED

Determining the Impact of Scaling up Mass Testing, Treatment and Tracking on Malaria Prevalence in Ghana

Lead Sponsor:

Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research

Collaborating Sponsors:

Ghana National Malaria Control Programme

Communities

Conditions:

Malaria Asymptomatic Parasitaemia

Eligibility:

All Genders

2+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Globally, malaria prevalence in 2016 was reported to have increased with 445,000 deaths, 91% of which occurred in sub-Sahara Africa with more than 75% being children. Individuals who carry the malaria...

Detailed Description

Background Malaria continues to pose a serious burden to the local populations in sub-Sahara Africa. Several efforts have been made to scale up interventions that work such as preventing man-vector co...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Overall inclusion criteria for MTTT:
  • Be aged 2 months or older
  • Be resident in the study area
  • Have completed and signed the consent for adults or assent form for children 12-17 years.
  • Inclusion Criteria for children in the subgroup study:
  • Be age range 6 months to 14 years
  • Be resident in the study area for the period of the study.
  • Be willing to participate
  • Parent or guardian have completed and signed consent form
  • Provided assent for children 12-17 years

Exclusion

  • If an individual intents to stay less than one year in the study site
  • Be absent at some time because he/she is schooling in a boarding school
  • Has a life threatening illness (excluding malaria).

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 31 2023

Estimated Enrollment :

5861 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04301531

Start Date

March 1 2020

End Date

January 31 2023

Last Update

May 6 2023

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Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research

Accra, Greater, Ghana, +233