Intermittent Preventive Treatment With Azithromycin-containing Regimens in Pregnant Women in Papua New Guinea
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2013-01-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether repeated courses of
sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) in combination with azithromycin given at Antenatal Clinic,
leads to lower rates of low birth weight deliveries (<2.5 kg) among Papua New Guinean women,
than the current standard treatment of SP and chloroquine.
Phase:
Phase 3
Details
Lead Sponsor:
University of Melbourne
Collaborators:
Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research The University of Western Australia University of Barcelona Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Treatments:
Azithromycin Chloroquine Chloroquine diphosphate Fanasil, pyrimethamine drug combination Pyrimethamine Sulfadoxine