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Trial of Rapid Diagnostic Tests in Rural Ghana

NCT00493922 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 7263

Last updated 2017-01-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

1\) To compare in a setting where microscopy for malaria is available whether introducing rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) improves targetting of antimalarial drugs and antibiotics (RDT v microscopy). 2) To compare whether, in a setting where microscopy for malaria is not available, introducing rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) improves targetting of antimalarial drugs and antibiotics (RDT v clinical diagnosis).

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Rapid diagnostic test

Introduction of rapid diagnostic test for malaria

PROCEDURE

Microscopy

Microscopy for diagnosis of malaria

PROCEDURE

Clinical diagnosis for malaria

The use of Clinical diagnosis for the diagnosis of malaria

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ghana Health Services

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Evelyn K Ansah, MD MPH PhD · Ghana Health Services

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-07-31
Primary Completion
2008-12-31
Completion
2009-06-30

Countries

  • Ghana

Study Locations

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Diseases

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