Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
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2025-12-25 @ 1:38 AM
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2025-12-25 @ 1:38 AM
NCT ID:
NCT00209794
Brief Summary:
To evaluate if intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi) consisting of SP \[Fansidar\] given through the EPI scheme alongside routine immunisations at 3, 4 and 9 months of age reduces de incidence of clinical malaria up to 12 months of age
Detailed Description:
The study is a randomised, double blind, placebo-controlled trial of the antimalarial drug sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine administered intermittently at 3, 4 and 9 months of age through the EPI scheme at the time of routine immunisations.
Children will be randomized into placebo and SP treatment groups by block randomization, and it is expected a similar age distribution and a similar number of children in each group.
Doses of sulphadoxine (25 mg/kg)-pyrimethamine (1.25 mg/kg) (SP) or placebo will be given by a health assistant according to bodyweight (a quarter of a tablet for those \<5kg, a half for those 5-10 kg, and a whole tablet for children \>10 kg). The tablets will be crashed and diluted with water for their administration.
Study:
NCT00209794
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00209794