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The proposed study has as the main objective to investigate the effect of schistosome and STH infections and the effect of an anthelminthic intervention on P. falciparum malaria, related anaemia and malaria antibody responses among school and pre-school children in Mwanza, Tanzania. The study will include a cross-sectional baseline survey followed by an anthelminthic intervention trial of two years duration. At baseline, prevalence and intensity of malaria, schistosome and STH infections and the prevalence of anaemia will be determined by examination of blood, faecal and urine samples. Spleen and liver size and consistency will be determined by palpation. P. falciparum specific antibodies will be determined by ELISA. All children will be treated with a single dose of praziquantel 40mg/kg and albendazole 400mg. Children selected to participate in the intervention trial will be randomized into two groups, an intervention group of 258 children which will be followed up with albendazole 400mg and praziquantel 40mg/kg at three months interval and a control group of 258 children which will be followed up with praziquantel 40mg/kg and albendazole 400mg once a year in accordance with the National Schistosomiasis and Soil-transmitted Helminths Control Programme. At 12 months and 24 months follow-up, all examinations conducted at baseline survey will be repeated.


Clinical Trial Description

alaria is a major public health problem in tropical and subtropical countries particularly sub-Saharan Africa. Studies have shown that in Tanzania malaria, schistosome and soil-transmitted helminth infections (STH) (Hookworms, Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura) are co-endemic and that they share the human hosts. It has been hypothesized that co-infection with schistosomes and STH may modulate the immune response to Plasmodium falciparum leading to increased susceptibility to clinical malaria and severity of cases. The proposed study has as the main objective to investigate the effect of schistosome and STH infections and the effect of an anthelminthic intervention on P. falciparum malaria, related anaemia and malaria antibody responses among school and pre-school children in Mwanza, Tanzania. The study will include a cross-sectional baseline survey followed by an anthelminthic intervention trial of two years duration. At baseline, prevalence and intensity of malaria, schistosome and STH infections and the prevalence of anaemia will be determined by examination of blood, faecal and urine samples. Spleen and liver size and consistency will be determined by palpation. P. falciparum specific antibodies will be determined by ELISA. All children will be treated with a single dose of praziquantel 40mg/kg and albendazole 400mg. Children selected to participate in the intervention trial will be randomized into two groups, an intervention group of 258 children which will be followed up with albendazole 400mg and praziquantel 40mg/kg at three months interval and a control group of 258 children which will be followed up with praziquantel 40mg/kg and albendazole 400mg once a year in accordance with the National Schistosomiasis and Soil-transmitted Helminths Control Programme. At 12 months and 24 months follow-up, all examinations conducted at baseline survey will be repeated. If an effect of schistosome and STH infections on malaria infection and morbidity is demonstrated, control of these diseases could provide another feasible and affordable way of reducing malaria morbidity. Results of the proposed study will contribute to the understanding of the epidemiology and control of malaria in the context of other co-endemic diseases and may be important in the planning of integrated disease control strategies.

Keywords: P. falciparum, malaria, schistosome infections, soil-transmitted helminths infection, anaemia, immune response, Tanzania ;


Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention


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NCT number NCT00347113
Study type Interventional
Source DBL -Institute for Health Research and Development
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Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date July 2006
Completion date January 2011

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