1,086
Participants
Start Date
July 31, 2007
Primary Completion Date
February 28, 2010
Study Completion Date
February 28, 2010
Dihydroartemisinin + Piperaquine (Artekin)
An adult dose consists of four doses of two tablets, given at 0, 8, 24 and 48 h. The approximate total adult dose is 6/48 mg/kg (DHA/PPQ). For children, a dose of 1.6/12.8 mg/kg is given at the same time intervals; this dosage will be obtained by dissolving the tablets in 5 ml of water.
artesunate-sulphadoxin/pyrimethamine, chloroquine
The standard treatment will be in accordance with that in Afghanistan
Provincial Malaria Control Centers (MRC), Faryab
Provincial Malaria Control Centers (MRC), Jalalabad
Provincial Malaria Control Centers (MRC), Maymana
Provincial Malaria Control Centers (MRC), Takhar
Wellcome Trust
OTHER
Ministry of public Health Afghanistan
UNKNOWN
University of Oxford
OTHER