FIC - Training in malaria research in Uganda

Completed

• Conditions: Prolonged convulsions; Infections and Infestations; Malaria

• Registration Number: ISRCTN13964268
• Lead Sponsor: Fogarty International Center (FIC) (USA)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2005-12-02
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 350

Inclusion Criteria

1. Age between 3 months to 12 years
2. Admission to Acute Care Unit during the study period
3. A child who presents to the Acute Care Unit with convulsions
4. Provision of informed consent to continue participation in the study

Exclusion Criteria

1. Documented evidence of having recieved parenteral anticonvulsant in the past 24 hours
2. Cessation of convulsion before adminstration of study drug
3. Parent/caretaker verbally declines to participate in the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Time taken to terminate convulsion within 10 minutes without re-occurence of the convulsion in an hour.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Time taken to re-occurence of convulsion after initial control<br>2. Time taken to terminate the convulsion within 10 minutes<br>3. Proportion of children who get respiratory depression within one hour after adminstration of the study drug