2023
Repeat Ivermectin Mass Drug Administrations for Malaria Control II: Protocol for a Double-blind, Cluster-Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial for the Integrated Control of Malaria
Foy B, Some A, Magalhaes T, Gray L, Rao S, Sougue E, Jackson C, Kittelson J, Slater H, Bousema T, Da O, Coulidiaty A, Colt M, Wade M, Richards K, Some A, Dabire R, Parikh S. Repeat Ivermectin Mass Drug Administrations for Malaria Control II: Protocol for a Double-blind, Cluster-Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial for the Integrated Control of Malaria. JMIR Research Protocols 2023, 12: e41197. PMID: 36939832, PMCID: PMC10132043, DOI: 10.2196/41197.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIvermectin mass drug administrationMass drug administrationINTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIERMalaria incidenceDrug AdministrationMalaria transmissionIntense seasonal malaria transmissionMalaria controlSecondary safety outcomesParallel-group trialSeasonal malaria transmissionAdverse event monitoringActive case surveillancePrimary outcomeControl IINonpregnant individualsPostintervention changesTrial interventionCare interventionsSafety outcomesCluster RandomizedSubset of individualsCase surveillanceConsecutive daysEntomological assessments
2019
Efficacy and risk of harms of repeat ivermectin mass drug administrations for control of malaria (RIMDAMAL): a cluster-randomised trial
Foy BD, Alout H, Seaman JA, Rao S, Magalhaes T, Wade M, Parikh S, Soma DD, Sagna AB, Fournet F, Slater HC, Bougma R, Drabo F, Diabaté A, Coulidiaty AGV, Rouamba N, Dabiré RK. Efficacy and risk of harms of repeat ivermectin mass drug administrations for control of malaria (RIMDAMAL): a cluster-randomised trial. The Lancet 2019, 393: 1517-1526. PMID: 30878222, PMCID: PMC6459982, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(18)32321-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMass drug administrationCluster-randomised trialIntervention groupMalaria episodesControl groupDrug AdministrationDetection cohortMass administrationIvermectin mass drug administrationUncomplicated malaria episodesClinical malaria episodesMalaria transmission seasonSingle oral dosesControl of malariaAdverse eventsCumulative incidencePrimary outcomeOral dosesEligible participantsAdverse reactionsFurther dosesTwo-armExclusion criteriaTransmission seasonTreatment phase