Comparative Efficacy of Single-dose Doxycycline Versus Standard 5- Day Amoxicillin Treatment

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2017-10-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Abstract: Background The current practice in Senegal is to use broad-spectrum antibiotics including amoxicillin and/or cotrimoxazole in case of non-malarial fevers. First-line treatment with doxycycline has cured such patients. The investgators aimed to determine the efficacy of a single dose of doxycycline compared to a 5-day amoxicillin course for the treatment of fever.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement
• Treatments: Amoxicillin; Doxycycline

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants over 8 years with no malaria fever

Exclusion Criteria:

Under 8 years Pregnanants women

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