Randomized Trial of Two Antimalarial Treatments for Clearing Low Density P.Falciparum Parasitaemia in Sudan

Summary

In areas of seasonal malaria transmission, treatment of carriers of malaria parasites, whose parasitaemia persists at very low levels throughout the dry season, could be a useful strategy for malaria control in areas with a short transmission season. We did a randomized trial to compare two regimens for clearance of low level parasitaemia in the dry season.

Timeline

Start

2004-01

Primary completion

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Completion

2004-11

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper Addition of primaquine to artemisinin combination treatment did not improve elimination of parasitaemia and prevention of gametocyte carriage in carriers with low-density parasitaemia in the dry season. PMID 18074034 ↗

Publications

• El-Sayed B, El-Zaki SE, Babiker H, Gadalla N, Ageep T, Mansour F, Baraka O, Milligan P, Babiker A. A randomized open-label trial of artesunate- sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine with or without primaquine for elimination of sub-microscopic P. falciparum parasitaemia and gametocyte carriage in eastern Sudan. PLoS One. 2007 Dec 12;2(12):e1311. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001311.

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Indications