10,746
Participants
Start Date
February 28, 2014
Primary Completion Date
April 30, 2015
Study Completion Date
April 30, 2015
Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DP)
Intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) with dihyroartemisinin-piperaquine (DP) will be delivered to participating students monthly, for up to 6 rounds of treatment during one school year. DP will be given once a day for 3 days, using full strength tablets (40/320mg) according to weight-based guidelines. Treatment will be directly observed, and will not be blinded.
Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Kampala
Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Uganda
OTHER
University of California, San Francisco
OTHER
University of Durham
OTHER
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
OTHER