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Safety of rectal artesunate in pregnancy - an assessment of pregnancy outcomes in a randomised controlled trial in Bangladesh

Completed
Conditions
Artesunate use in pregnancy
Infections and Infestations
Malaria
Registration Number
ISRCTN48295733
Lead Sponsor
ICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR)
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
684
Inclusion Criteria

1. Pregnant women
2. Consent of patient or parent/guardian
3. Participation in survival benefit of early treatment with rectal artesunate

Exclusion Criteria

1. Males
2. Non pregnant female enrolled into study ISRCTN83979018
3. Absence of informed consent from patient or parent/guardian

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
As this study is a sub-study within a larger trial that has mortality as the main outcome, this should be considered as the same outcome for this trial.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1. Proportion of anomalies in live-born, proportion of stillborn and late foetal deaths (artesunate versus placebo)<br>2. Determination of effect on foetal viability in second and third trimester and inadvertent exposures in first trimester (artesunate and placebo)<br>3. Determination of neonatal and maternal mortality (artesunate versus placebo)<br>4. Assessment of developmental delays (artesunate versus placebo)<br>5. Determination of proportion of children with low birth weight (artesunate versus placebo) in the subgroup of patients assessed prospectively
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