Clinical trials: Malaria Prophylaxis
Sickle Cell Anemia, Malaria
Sulfadoxine- Pyrimethamine Versus Weekly Chloroquine for Malaria Prevention in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia
Malaria is fatal and increases the risk of death among children with sickle cell anemia. Chemoprophylaxis significantly improves quality of life in these children.
- Trial name
- NCT00399074
- Testing
- sulfadoxine pyrimethamine
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 220 people
- Sponsor
- Makerere University
Anemia, Iron-deficiency
Effectiveness of Selling Micronutrient Sprinkles in Rural Kenya
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of household-based distribution of evidence-based health products and to measure the health impact of these combined interventions on a population basis.
- Trial name
- NICHE (NCT01088958)
- Testing
- Micronutrient powders (Sprinkles)
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 7,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Malaria, Severe Malaria
Monoclonal Antibodies in Children With Severe Anaemia or Severe Malaria to Prevent Malaria After Hospital Discharge
Background and rationale: Hospitalised children with severe anaemia remain at high risk of dying or requiring hospital readmission for at least 6 months after discharge.
- Conditions
- Malaria, Severe Malaria, Severe Anaemia, Post Discharge
- Trial name
- L9LS-pd (NCT07082205)
- Testing
- Antimalarial monoclonal antibodies, Dihydroartemisinin - Piperaquine (DP)
- Where
- 2 sites in Kenya
- Volunteers
- 398 people
- Sponsor
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Malaria, Malaria Prophylaxis
Boosting the Impact of SMC Through Simultaneous Screening and Treatment of Roommates
Malaria represents a major public health concern in sub-Sahara Africa. Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is one of the largest preventive measures.
- Conditions
- Malaria, Malaria Prophylaxis, Mass Testing and Treatment
- Trial name
- SMC-RST (NCT04816461)
- Testing
- Amodiaquine Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamin administration, Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine, Standard HRP2-RDT
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 526 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Sante, Burkina Faso
Malaria
Safety, Tolerability and Immunogenicity of PfSPZ Vaccine in an Age De-escalation Trial in Equatorial Guinea.
This trial will evaluate the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of PfSPZ Vaccine in healthy Equatoguinean adults, adolescents, children and infants who receive doses of 0.9x10^6, 1.8x10^6 or 2.7x10^6 PfSPZ Vaccine via…
- Trial name
- NCT02859350
- Testing
- PfSPZ Vaccine, PfSPZ Challenge (for CHMI), Normal Saline
- Where
- Equatorial Guinea
- Volunteers
- 135 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sanaria Inc.
Sickle Cell Anemia in Children, Malaria
Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine or Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine for the Chemoprevention of Malaria in Sickle Cell Anaemia
Sickle Cell Anaemia (SCA) is an inherited disease that makes the body produce red blood cells with abnormal sickle-shaped cells. The sickle-shaped cells are rigid, not flexible and break up easily resulting in anaemia.
- Trial name
- CHEMCHA (NCT04844099)
- Testing
- Dihydroartemisinin Piperaquine
- Where
- 3 sites in Malawi, Uganda
- Volunteers
- 723 people
- Sponsor
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Malaria
Monthly Versus Two Doses of Ante-Natal Intermittent Preventive Treatment With Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine
Randomized controlled prospective comparative study
- Trial name
- NCT03599596
- Testing
- Sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine
- Volunteers
- 136 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University College Hospital, Ibadan
Malaria
Intermittent Preventive Treatment During Pregnancy in Benin
Malaria in pregnancy is one of the most important preventable causes of low birthweight worlwide and a major cause of severe maternal anaemia contributing to maternal mortality.
- Trial name
- NCT00274235
- Testing
- sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine / mefloquine
- Where
- Benin
- Volunteers
- 1,600 people
- Sponsor
- Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement
Malaria, HIV Infections
HIV Protease Inhibitors for the Prevention of Malaria in Ugandan Children
HIV and malaria are major causes of morbidity and mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa and children bear the greatest brunt of both diseases. No single existing intervention is likely to control malaria in Africa.
- Trial name
- PROMOTE-PEDS (NCT00978068)
- Testing
- Lopinavir/Ritonavir (LPV/r), Nevirapine (NVP), Efavirenz (EFV)
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 176 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Malaria in Pregnancy, HIV Infections
Influence of Chloroquine on HIV Viral Load Among Pregnant Women in Uganda
There is conflicting evidence regarding the influence of HIV infection on the success of malaria prevention in pregnancy and effect on pregnancy outcome.
- Trial name
- NCT00132535
- Testing
- sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine intermittent preventive treatment, chloroquine
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 2,548 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Malaria
Comparison of Two Strategies for the Delivery of IPTc
Antimalarial chemoprophylaxis can reduce morbidity and mortality from malaria in children. However, this approach to malaria control has not been implemented widely because of concerns over its possible effect on the development…
- Trial name
- NCT00376155
- Testing
- sulfadoxine /pyrimethamine plus amodiaquine
- Where
- The Gambia
- Volunteers
- 14,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Malaria, Malaria in Pregnancy
A Randomized Controlled Trial for Intermittent Preventive Treatment in Pregnancy With Fansidar in Solomon Islands
The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) with Sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine compared to chloroquine prophylaxis in Honiara, Solomon Islands for prevention of…
- Trial name
- IPTpRCT (NCT00964691)
- Testing
- Sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine, Chloroquine prophylaxis
- Where
- Solomon Islands
- Volunteers
- 2,504 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Solomon Islands
Malaria
The Combined Use of Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) and Long-lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) for Malaria Prevention
The study is a cluster randomised trial to compare the effectiveness of indoor residual spraying (IRS) combined with the use of long lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) with the effectiveness of LLINs alone for preventing malaria…
- Trial name
- NCT01697852
- Testing
- Indoor residual spraying with bendiocarb, LLIN by universal coverage campaign
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 22,300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Malaria
Kilimanjaro IPTi Drug Options Trial
Malaria and anaemia are major causes of morbidity and mortality in children in sub-Saharan Africa. Administration of three courses of sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine (SP) as intermittent preventive treatment (IPTi) to infants when they…
- Trial name
- NCT00158574
- Testing
- sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine, mefloquine, Chlorproguanil-dapsone
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 2,419 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Malaria Parasitaemia, Birth Weight
Different Approaches for Delivery of IPT in Pregnancy in Burkina Faso
IPT/SP was adopted in 2005 by The Ministry of Health (MoH) of Burkina Faso to replace chemoprophylaxis with CQ in pregnancy. The new strategy is being implemented but no delivery approach was defined and presumably IPT/SP will…
- Conditions
- Malaria Parasitaemia, Birth Weight, Anaemia
- Trial name
- NCT00494416
- Testing
- delivery approaches of malaria intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 11,523 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Malaria
Efficacy of Amodiaquine-artesunate in Children Aged 6-59 Months With Uncomplicated P. Falciparum Malaria
We will be studying the clinical efficacy of amodiaquine-artesunate currently being studied in an intermittent preventive therapy in infants (IPTi)trial in the same area in order to correlate preventive efficacy seen in IPTi with…
- Trial name
- IPTi DRWG (NCT00425763)
- Testing
- AQAS
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 110 people
- Sponsor
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Malaria, Stillbirths
The Impact of Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine Use At Scale on Newborn Outcomes in Nigeria
The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility of the scale-up of sulphadoxine- pyrimethamine (SP) for the preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy in three Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Sokoto State, Nigeria.
- Trial name
- MIPP-NG (NCT02758353)
- Testing
- Community distribution of SP
- Volunteers
- 31,493 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc.
Malaria, Vivax
Ph 2B/3 Tafenoquine (TFQ) Study in Prevention of Vivax Relapse
The purpose of this two part study is to test the safety and efficacy of Tafenoquine (with Cholorquine) as a radical cure for Plasmodium vivax (P.vivax) malaria relative to the control Chloroquine.Part 1 aims to select an…
- Trial name
- NCT01376167
- Testing
- Chloroquine 600mg, Chloroquine 300mg, Tafenoquine 50mg
- Where
- 14 sites in Bangladesh, Brazil and 6 more
- Volunteers
- 851 people
- Sponsor
- GlaxoSmithKline
Anaemia, Malaria
Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Malaria in Infants in Navrongo Ghana
Evaluation of the safety and effectiveness of malaria intermittent chemotherapy and iron supplementation delivered through Expanded Programme on Immunisation vaccination clinics.
- Trial name
- NCT00857077
- Testing
- Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine
- Where
- Ghana
- Volunteers
- 2,485 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Malaria
Intermittent Preventive Treatment in Infant in Mali
Studies have shown that Intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi) with Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP)reduced the incidence of clinical malaria and anemia without modifying infants' serological response to EPI vaccines.
- Trial name
- NCT00766662
- Testing
- Sulfadoxine pyrimethamine
- Where
- Mali
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bamako