Clinical trialNCT00130065CompletedPhase 4Interventional

The Effect of Folic Acid on Efficacy of Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in Pregnant Women in Western Kenya

SponsorCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEnrollment600Malaria

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Summary

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The purpose of this study is to determine whether folic acid, which is often routinely given to pregnant women to prevent birth defects and anemia, affects the efficacy of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, another drug that is routinely given to pregnant women in highly malarious areas, for prevention of the adverse effects of malaria during pregnancy.

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Investigators

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Annemieke Van Eijk, M.D., Ph.D.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kenya Medical Research Institiute
Principal Investigator
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Laurence Slutsker, M.D.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kenya Medical Research Institute
Principal Investigator
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Monica Parise, M.D.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

Kenya

Cdc/kenya Medical Research Institute
Kisumu, Kenya

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Drugs studied

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Pyrimethamine / sulfadoxine

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Registration & key dates

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Start: 30 Nov 2003
Primary completion: 28 Feb 2006
Completion: 28 Feb 2006
Last update posted: 27 Sept 2012
Registered enrollment: 600
Registry id: NCT00130065

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