Can improved housing provide additional protection against clinical malaria over current best practice? A household-randomised controlled study

Durham University (UK)0 个研究点目标入组 805 人开始时间: 2014年9月23日最近更新: 2021年4月26日

适应症

试验速览

•Houses must meet the following criteria to be selected:
•1. Thatched roofs
•2. Intact walls (no cracks)
•3. Be single-storey square buildings
•4. Open eaves
•5. No more than four rooms
•6. No ceiling (which is equivalent to closed eaves)
•7. No screening
•8. At least two resident children aged six months to 13 years old (needed in case the study child leaves the study)
•Children must be:
•1. Aged 6 months to 13 years old
•2. Resident in houses enrolled in the study
•3. Whose parents/carers give written, informed consent for their child to be included in the study
•Assent will also be sought from eligible children >11 years old after the purpose of the study and what is required has been explained to them according to their capability. In the case of school-age children, only those who live in their village during term-time will be eligible for enrolment. In order for the results from this study to be as generalizable as possible, no distinctions will be made in terms of medical condition or physical health.

•1. Children for whom informed consent is not or cannot be provided
•2. Children aged under 6 months or over 13 years on 1st June for the year of survey
•3. Children expected to be non-residence during several month of the transmission season

发起方

Durham University (UK)