IPT of Malaria With SP in Different Zones of Drug Resistance in Rwanda
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2008-04-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The present study will address the question whether the use of IPT using SP in pregnancy is
efficacious in Rwanda, where it is going to be used for the first time, in areas with high
levels of SP resistance. While the implementation of the new policy will take place in areas
at low SP resistance level, where we expect pregnant women and newborns to benefit from it,
it is of paramount importance to clarify which is the real impact of IPT/SPin areas of high
SP drug resistance and at what level of SP resistance this strategy is still efficacious. As
bed nets are a part of the actual control strategy of malaria in pregnancy all women will
receive a bed net at enrolment
Phase:
Phase 4
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium
Treatments:
Fanasil, pyrimethamine drug combination Pyrimethamine Sulfadoxine