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NCT number NCT02987270
Other study ID # 2380
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase Phase 3
First received December 6, 2016
Last updated December 8, 2016
Start date April 2013
Est. completion date August 2015

Study information

Verified date December 2016
Source Kenya Medical Research Institute
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority Kenya: Institutional Review Board
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study is a cluster-randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of community-based mass screening with a malaria rapid diagnostic test, and treatment of participants with positive tests with an appropriate antimalarial for reducing malaria transmission indices.


Description:

The investigators purposively selected ten health facilities in Siaya County, western Kenya based on malaria case loads. All villages whose midpoint was located within a 3 kilometer radius of each of the ten health facilities were included in the study. Contiguous villages were merged to form two clusters around each health facility. Clusters were randomly assigned to the control or intervention arm such that there was one control and one intervention cluster around each health facility. Approximately 30,000 and 60,000 people resided in intervention and control arms, respectively.

Once a year during the peak malaria transmission season in July, starting at baseline, the investigators selected a simple random sample of compounds within the study area for a cross-sectional survey to determine risk factors for malaria acquisition and parasite prevalence. Every person in each selected compound was consented into the cross-sectional survey. Community health volunteers (CHV) were trained to perform malaria rapid diagnostic tests, collect dried blood spots on filter papers, and provide treatment and referral recommendations for participants. Three times a year, in September, January, and April, for two years, CHVs visited every household in the intervention arm and tested and treated every consenting household member who was positive for malaria by rapid diagnostic test. Throughout the study period, malaria case counts from individuals located within the study clusters were recorded at each of the study health facilities. During the first two cross-sectional surveys we randomly selected 660 individuals to enter into an incidence cohort, 330 per arm. Cohort members were definitively treated for malaria at recruitment with artemether-lumefantrine, and were asked to visit a study health facility once a month for blood draws for malaria testing.

Every month, 18 households were randomly selected for entomological monitoring; 12 in the control arm, and 6 in the intervention arm. Pyrethrum spray catches were performed in each household. Live catches were performed one week in each month of the study. During live collection weeks, as many households were visited as possible, and prokopak aspirators were used to collect mosquitoes from the inner walls of houses.

Prior to the first round of mass screening and treatment and then again after the first round, 36 focus group discussions were conducted to evaluate community acceptance of community-based mass screening and treatment.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 90000
Est. completion date August 2015
Est. primary completion date August 2015
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender Both
Age group N/A and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Cross sectional studies: Living within one of the study clusters, >1 month of age

- Cohort: Living within one of the study clusters, =1 year of age

- Passive surveillance: Living within one of the study clusters

- Entomological surveillance- household in either control or intervention arm

Exclusion Criteria:

- Cohort study- pregnant at time of recruitment

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Drug:
Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine
Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine is an antimalarial in the artemisinin-based combination therapy class of drugs. It is the Kenya Ministry of Health second-line treatment for malaria in Kenya.

Locations

Country Name City State
n/a

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Simon Kariuki Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

References & Publications (1)

Shuford K, Were F, Awino N, Samuels A, Ouma P, Kariuki S, Desai M, Allen DR. Community perceptions of mass screening and treatment for malaria in Siaya County, western Kenya. Malar J. 2016 Feb 6;15:71. doi: 10.1186/s12936-016-1123-y. — View Citation

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Incidence of malaria infection Incidence of malaria infection as determined by malaria blood smear microscopy in members of the cohort after year 1 and year 2 of mass screening and treatment After year 1 and after year 2 No
Secondary Prevalence of malaria infection Prevalence of malaria infections diagnosed by blood smear microscopy were determined during three cross-sectional studies at baseline, after year 1, and after year 2. After year 1 and after year 2 No
Secondary Incidence of clinical malaria Incidence of clinical malaria as determined by passive surveillance in the ten study health facilities, after year 1 and after year 2. After year 1 and after year 2 No
Secondary Entomological indices of transmission Sporozoite and oocyst rates were compared in malaria vectors captured during pyrethrum spray catches and aspirations after year 1 and after year 2. After year 1 and after year 2 No
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