None listed
Conditions
Interventions
THERE WILL BE FOUR INTERVENTION GROUPS RANDOMIZED TO DIFFERENT DEWORMING SCHEDULES: 1) USUAL CARE AND DEWORMING TREATMENT AT THE 12-MONTH VISIT AND USUAL CARE AND PLACEBO AT THE 18-MONTH VISIT, 2) USU
3) USUAL CARE AND DEWORMING AT BOTH THE 12-MONTH VISIT AND THE 18-MONTH VISIT
AND 4) USUAL CARE AND PLACEBO AT BOTH THE 12 AND 18-MONTH VISITS. ALL CHILDREN WILL RECEIVE
DEWORMING AT 24 MONTHS OF AGE. WEIGHT, LENGTH, DEVELOPMENT (COGNITIVE AND MOTOR) AND STH INFECTION WILL
Sponsors
Thrasher Research Fund,
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
No minimum to 2 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) CHILDREN ATTENDING ANY OF THE STUDY HEALTH CENTRES FOR THEIR 12-MONTH CRED VISIT; 2) CHILDREN LIVING IN OR NEAR THE STUDY AREA (IN IQUITOS AND NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) CHILDREN WHO ARE ATTENDING THE STUDY HEALTH CENTER FOR SUSPECTED STH INFECTION; 2) CHILDREN WHO HAVE RECEIVED DEWORMING TREATMENT OR TREATMENT USING MEDICINAL PLANTS WITH PROBABLE ANTIPARASITIC ACTIVITY IN THE SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO RANDOMIZATION; 3) PARENTS PLANNING TO MOVE OUTSIDE THE STUDY AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS; 4) CHILDREN UNDER 12 MONTHS OF AGE OR OVER 14 MONTHS OF AGE; AND 5) CHILDREN WITH SERIOUS CONGENITAL OR CHRONIC MEDICAL CONDITIONS AND WHO WOULD BE CONSIDERED BY THE ATTENDING STAFF NOT TO BENEFIT FROM DEWORMING.
Countries
United States
Contacts
Public ContactEver Marlen Lazaro
ASOCIACION CIVIL SELVA AMAZONICA
Outcome results
None listed