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Clinical Trials/PACTR202007553348930
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Parasite Clearance of Two Commonly Administered Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapies in Under-Five Children With Uncomplicated Malaria at Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex, Ile-Ife.

Ahmed Abdulakeem0 sites122 target enrollmentStarted: June 15, 2020Last updated:
Conditions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
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Status
Not yet recruiting
Sponsor
Enrollment
122

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
2 Year(s) to 5 Year(s) (—)
Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • (i)All patients between the age of 6 month and 59 months with signs and symptoms of acute uncomplicated malaria.
  • (ii)Axillary temperature =37.5 ºC or history of fever during the past 24 hr.
  • (iii)Ability to swallow oral medication.
  • (iv)Microscopically confirmed asexual forms of P. falciparum with parasite density count of between 2000 and 200 000 parasites / µl.
  • (v)Willingness of the parent/guardian to comply with protocol as regards the study visit schedule.

Exclusion Criteria

  • (i)Those having symptoms and signs of severe falciparum malaria.
  • (ii)A febrile condition due to diseases other than malaria e.g. measles, acute lower respiratory tract infection.
  • (iii)Patients having severe malnutrition.
  • (iv) Patients with sickle cell anaemia.
  • (v)History of use of medication such as erythromycin, azithromycin, clindamycin and Septrin that might interfere with antimalarial pharmacokinetics.
  • (vi)History of hypersensitivity to any of the study drugs will be excluded from the study.

Investigators

Sponsor
Ahmed Abdulakeem

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