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Getting Malaria "Off the Back" of Women and Children in Western Uganda

NCT04102592 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 52

Last updated 2021-03-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This is a two-phase, mixed-methods pilot study of insecticide-treated lesus to reduce the incidence of P. falciparum malaria among infants in a rural area of western Uganda. Participants will be recruited from four villages immediately adjacent to the Bugoye Level III Health Centre (Bugoye, Kanyanamigho, Izinga, Rwakingi 1a) in the Kasese District of western Uganda.

The purpose of the study is to assess the feasibility and tolerability of using insecticide-treated lesus to reduce the incidence of P. falciparum malaria infection among infants.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Permethrin-treated Lesu (baby wrap)

0.5% permethrin application

OTHER

Untreated Lesu (baby wrap)

Matching untreated lesu

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Conservation, Food, and Health Foundation

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ross Boyce, MD, MSc · University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-10-28
Primary Completion
2020-03-04
Completion
2020-03-04

Countries

  • Uganda

Study Locations

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Diseases

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