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Sponsors and Collaborators: |
Gates Malaria Partnership Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Tanzania |
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Information provided by: | Gates Malaria Partnership |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00146796 |
There is clear evidence diagnosis of malaria in much of Africa is sub-optimal and this has a negative impact on patient care. Many of those treated for malaria do not have it. Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are dipsticks which diagnose malaria rapidly and accurately. The main objective of this trial is to determine by means of a randomised trial the impact of introducing RDTs into a standard outpatient setting in Tanzania has on the appropriate prescription of antimalarials. Other objectives are:
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
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Malaria Febrile Illness |
Device: Rapid diagnostic test for malaria |
Phase IV |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Diagnostic, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study |
Official Title: | A Randomised Trial of Rapid Diagnostic Tests in the Diagnosis of Non-Severe Malaria at Different Transmission Intensities of Plasmodium Falciparum in Tanzania |
Enrollment: | 2400 |
Study Start Date: | January 2005 |
Study Completion Date: | November 2005 |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Where a clinician decides that they would prefer a hospital slide to the patient entering the trial- these cases will be noted but excluded from the trial. Patients are admitted from outpatients to the ward Those who appear to the study clinical officer to be too distressed or ill to participate.
Tanzania | |
Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College | |
Moshi, Tanzania, Private Bag |
Principal Investigator: | Christopher Whitty, FRCP | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine |
Study ID Numbers: | ITIMVG38 |
Study First Received: | September 5, 2005 |
Last Updated: | July 3, 2007 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00146796 History of Changes |
Health Authority: | Tanzania: Ministry of Health |
Malaria Diagnosis RDT Africa Tanzania |
Fever Protozoan Infections Parasitic Diseases Malaria |
Protozoan Infections Coccidiosis Parasitic Diseases Malaria |