Evaluation of Alternative Antimalarial Drugs for Malaria in Pregnancy
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2013-12-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The study aims at comparing the safety, tolerability and efficacy of Mefloquine (MQ) to
Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine (SP) as Interment Preventive Treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) for the
prevention of malaria effects on the mother and her infant.
Phase:
N/A
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Hospital Clinic of Barcelona
Collaborators:
Albert Schweitzer Hospital Barcelona Centre for International Health Research Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centro de Investigacao em Saude de Manhica Ifakara Health Institute Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tuebingen Kenya Medical Research Institute Malaria in Pregnancy Consortium Université d'Abomey-Calavi Vienna School of Clinical Research (VSCR), Austria.
Treatments:
Fanasil, pyrimethamine drug combination Mefloquine Pyrimethamine Sulfadoxine