Routine Antenatal Care Versus Screening and Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy in Rwanda

NCT ID: NCT03508349

Last Updated: 2019-12-06

Study Results

Results pending

The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.

Basic Information

Get a concise snapshot of the trial, including recruitment status, study phase, enrollment targets, and key timeline milestones.

Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

1786 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-09-05

Study Completion Date

2019-03-18

Brief Summary

Review the sponsor-provided synopsis that highlights what the study is about and why it is being conducted.

The main aim of this study is to test the primary hypothesis that the addition of intermittent screening and treatment of malaria in pregnant women (ISTp) who receive routine antenatal care (ANC) in health facilities in high malaria transmission areas in Rwanda will reduce malaria prevalence among pregnant women when compared to routine antenatal cares services alone.

Detailed Description

Dive into the extended narrative that explains the scientific background, objectives, and procedures in greater depth.

More specifically, the primary objective is to understand the effect of ISTp in a context where routine antenatal care does not include malaria chemoprohylaxis and whether this intervention is protective against malaria during pregnancy. The secondary objective is to determine whether this intervention results in an improvement in other key maternal and newborn health outcomes including maternal anemia, low birth weight and prematurity. The third objective is to determine the feasibility, effectiveness and acceptability of ISTp among women who receive ISTp and among health workers who deliver this intervention.

This study will establish if testing and treating pregnant women is effective, feasible and whether it adds an additional burden to the work already being undertaken by facility-based health workers who provide antenatal care services. It is expected that the study will result in information to develop appropriate approaches that can be implemented in Rwanda in the prevention of malaria in pregnancy in addition to the use of preventive measures such as insecticide treated mosquito nets (ITNs) and case management. This information may potentially also be used by other countries with similar patterns of malaria transmission.

Conditions

See the medical conditions and disease areas that this research is targeting or investigating.

Malaria in Pregnancy

Study Design

Understand how the trial is structured, including allocation methods, masking strategies, primary purpose, and other design elements.

Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Health facilities in high malaria transmission zones were pair matched and then randomized to be an intervention or a control facility.
Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

Review each arm or cohort in the study, along with the interventions and objectives associated with them.

IST using RDT

Women presenting for their first ANC visit to facilities will be consecutively enrolled after providing informed consent. Women in the intervention group (IST+ routine care) will be tested for malaria at the health center during their ANC visits with an RDT. If positive, they will be treated with artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) in second or third trimester or quinine in the first trimester.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

IST

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Women in the control group will receive routine care, which does not include testing for malaria with a rapid diagnostic test unless symptomatic for malaria. Women in the intervention group will receive this additional testing for malaria at each antenatal care, regardless of whether she is symptomatic for malaria.

Routine Antenatal Care

Women presenting for their first ANC visit to facilities will be consecutively enrolled after providing informed consent. Women in the comparison group (routine care) will receive routine antenatal care services per the national guidelines. They will not be tested for malaria at each antenatal care visit unless they are symptomatic for malaria.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Learn about the drugs, procedures, or behavioral strategies being tested and how they are applied within this trial.

IST

Women in the control group will receive routine care, which does not include testing for malaria with a rapid diagnostic test unless symptomatic for malaria. Women in the intervention group will receive this additional testing for malaria at each antenatal care, regardless of whether she is symptomatic for malaria.

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Eligibility Criteria

Check the participation requirements, including inclusion and exclusion rules, age limits, and whether healthy volunteers are accepted.

Inclusion Criteria

* Pregnant women age 18 or older who have their first ANC visit during the study recruitment period
* Willing to participate

Exclusion Criteria

* • Pregnant women below the age of 18

* Not willing to participate
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

49 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

Meet the organizations funding or collaborating on the study and learn about their roles.

Rwanda Malaria and Other Parasitic Diseases Division (MOPDD)

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

FED

Sponsor Role collaborator

Jhpiego

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

Identify the individual or organization who holds primary responsibility for the study information submitted to regulators.

Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Learn about the lead researchers overseeing the trial and their institutional affiliations.

Reena Sethi, DrPH

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Jhpiego

Locations

Explore where the study is taking place and check the recruitment status at each participating site.

Busoro-Gishamvu Health Center

Huye, South, Rwanda

Site Status

Huye Police Health Center

Huye, South, Rwanda

Site Status

Maraba Health Cente

Huye, South, Rwanda

Site Status

Mukura Health Center

Huye, South, Rwanda

Site Status

Rango Health Center

Huye, South, Rwanda

Site Status

Rubona Health Center

Huye, South, Rwanda

Site Status

Rwaniro

Huye, South, Rwanda

Site Status

Sovu Health Center

Huye, South, Rwanda

Site Status

Kamonyi Health Center

Kamonyi, South, Rwanda

Site Status

Kayenzi Health Center

Kamonyi, South, Rwanda

Site Status

Mugina Health Center

Kamonyi, South, Rwanda

Site Status

Musambira Health Center

Kamonyi, South, Rwanda

Site Status

Nyagihamba Health Center

Kamonyi, South, Rwanda

Site Status

Nyamiyaga Health Center

Kamonyi, South, Rwanda

Site Status

Countries

Review the countries where the study has at least one active or historical site.

Rwanda

References

Explore related publications, articles, or registry entries linked to this study.

Alruwaili M, Uwimana A, Sethi R, Murindahabi M, Piercefield E, Umulisa N, Abram A, Eckert E, Munguti K, Mbituyumuremyi A, Gutman JR, Sullivan DJ. Peripheral and Placental Prevalence of Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine Resistance Markers in Plasmodium falciparum among Pregnant Women in Southern Province, Rwanda. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Oct 2;109(5):1057-1062. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0225. Print 2023 Nov 1.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 37783456 (View on PubMed)

Uwimana A, Sethi R, Murindahabi M, Ntirandeka C, Piercefield E, Umulisa N, Abram A, Eckert E, Munguti K, Sullivan D, Uyizeye D, Mbituyumuremyi A, Gutman JR. Effectiveness of Intermittent Screening and Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy on Maternal and Birth Outcomes in Selected Districts in Rwanda: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Jul 5;77(1):127-134. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad128.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 36896967 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

Review additional registry numbers or institutional identifiers associated with this trial.

6829

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id