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Treatment of Fever Due to Malaria With Ibuprofen

NCT00167713 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2005-09-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Drugs to treat fever are widely used in children with fever. But there is a controversy about the benefit of reducing fever in children with malaria. Ibuprofen is often used to treat malarial fever. This study evaluates the capacity of ibuprofen to reduce fever in malaria. The effect of ibuprofen on fever compared to only mechanical measures is investigated in children with malaria.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Ibuprofen

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Albert Schweitzer Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Michel A. Missinou, PhD · Albert Schweitzer Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
2 Years
Max Age
7 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-04-30
Completion
2004-01-31

Countries

  • Gabon

Study Locations

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