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Zambia Integrated Management of Malaria and Pneumonia Study

NCT00513500 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 3125

Last updated 2010-07-20

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Summary

The purpose of the study is to demonstrate the effectiveness and feasibility of community-based management of pneumonia and malaria by community health workers (CHWs) in a rural district of Zambia.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Coartem and amoxicillin

Perform RDT and give Coartem for malaria and give amoxicillin for fast breathing

DRUG

Coartem

Give Coartem without RDT and refer fast breathing

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Center for International Health and Development

    collaborator OTHER

  • United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

    collaborator FED

  • Boston University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kojo Yeboah-Antwi, MD, MPH · Center for International Health and Development

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Months
Max Age
5 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-06-30
Primary Completion
2009-02-28
Completion
2009-09-30

Countries

  • Zambia

Study Locations

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Entities

Diseases

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