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The effect of worm infections during pregnancy on immunisations and infections in infants

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Helminthiasis
Infections and Infestations
Registration Number
ISRCTN32849447
Lead Sponsor
ondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (UK)
Brief Summary

1. 2005 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16371154 2. 2007 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17555783 3. 2007 design review in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17327245 4. 2009 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19296834 5. 2010 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20067426 6. 2011 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21176950 7. 2011 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21888656 8. 2011 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21255083 9. 2011 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21810307 10. 2012 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22728750 11. 2012 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23236367 12. 2013 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23816281 13. 2014 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25100338 14. 2017 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28178298 15. 2019 results in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30219845/ (added 06/08/2020)

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
2500
Inclusion Criteria

1. Pregnant women (aged 14 to 47 years) in the second or third trimester
2. Resident in the study area
3. Planning to deliver at Entebbe Hospital
4. Willing to know Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) status

Exclusion Criteria

1. Anaemia (more than or equal to 8 g/dl), bloody diarrhoea
2. Clinical evidence of severe liver disease
3. History of adverse reaction to anthelminthics
4. Already enrolled in previous pregnancy
5. Abnormal pregnancy (e.g. bleeding)

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
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Secondary Outcome Measures
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