4,939
Participants
Start Date
August 11, 2018
Primary Completion Date
December 31, 2019
Study Completion Date
July 31, 2021
dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DP)
DP will be available as tablets of 320/40mg and 160/20mg piperaquine/ dihydroartemisinin per tablet. Administration of a full course of DP will be done as per manufacturer's guidelines once daily for 3 days and according to body weight. DP will be taken orally with water and without food
ivermectin (IVM)
IVM will be available as tablets of 3mg or 6mg strength. It will be given at 300-400μg/kg/day over 3 days (to the nearest whole tablet). IVM will also be taken on an empty stomach with water
standard malaria control interventions only
this is the standard malaria control interventions in the Gambia
Basse Villages, Basse Santa Su
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium
OTHER
National Malaria Control Programme, The Gambia
OTHER_GOV
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
OTHER
Radboud University Medical Center
OTHER
University of Durham
OTHER
Imperial College London
OTHER
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
OTHER