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Dihydroartemisinin (DHA)-Piperaquine for IPT to Prevent Malaria in Children in Burkina Faso

NCT00941785

RandomizedParallel-groupOpen-labelPrevention

Summary

The aim of the study is to determine whether piperaquine plus dihydroartemisinin (DHA-PQ) is as effective, and better tolerated, than sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine plus amodiaquine (SP+AQ), when used for seasonal Intermittent Preventive Treatment (IPT) to prevent malaria in children aged 3 to 59 months in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso and to determine the pharmacokinetics of piperaquine in children.

Timeline

Start
2009-07
Primary completion
2009-12
Completion
2009-12

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject ARTENIMOL Small molecule 2.1 mg/kg
Comparator amodiaquine Other / unclassified 10 mg/kg
Subject piperaquine Small molecule 16.8 mg/kg
Comparator pyrimethamine Small molecule 1.25 mg/kg
Comparator sulfadoxine Small molecule 25 mg/kg

Indications