CHILD (Child Health and Infection With Low Density) Malaria

NAActive, not recruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

600

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

July 18, 2023

Primary Completion Date

November 28, 2025

Study Completion Date

November 28, 2025

Conditions
Malaria,FalciparumMalaria
Interventions
OTHER

Active case detection using molecular testing (ACDm)

In the ACDm arm, children will receive ACD using RDT and qPCR 3x yearly with treatment using artemether-lumefantrine (AL) if RDT or qPCR positive. With fevers, participants will receive standard PCD using RDT.

OTHER

Passive case detection using molecular testing (PCDm)

With fevers, participants will receive PCDm, in which qPCR will be done in RDT negatives with treatment using AL if positive.

OTHER

Control (standard of care)

With fevers, participants will receive standard PCD using RDT with treatment using AL if positive.

Trial Locations (1)

Unknown

Kiwangwa and Fukayosi clinics, Bagamoyo

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

NIH

collaborator

Ifakara Health Institute

OTHER

collaborator

Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute

OTHER

collaborator

Stanford University

OTHER

collaborator

Chan Zuckerberg Biohub

OTHER

lead

University of California, San Francisco

OTHER