Table 1.
Country | Setting and Sites | Expected Antibiotic Prescription Rate (Based on Historic Prescribing) | Malaria Endemicity and Transmission Patterns |
Projected Total Sample Size Over 12 ma | Study Population |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Burkina Faso |
Rural
Pella and Temnaore health centers |
77% | Seasonal: high transmission: June to July and October to November | 1718 | Children and adolescents (6 m to <18 y) |
Ghana |
Urban, semi-urban
Shai-Osudoku District hospital, St. Andrew's Catholic hospital, Pramram District hospital and Ningo health center |
43% | Seasonal: July to Octoberb | 2766 | Children and adolescents (6 m to <18 y) |
Uganda |
Rural
Aduku level IV health center, Nagongera level IV health center Kihihi level IV health center |
73% | High, low, and moderate malaria transmission depending on the sitec | 2400 | Children (>1 y), Adolescents, adults |
Both arms, including losses to follow-up.
Malaria season typically runs March to October but varies between ecological seasons. In the Shai-Osudoku area where the study was conducted, the seasons run from May to June and September to November.
Please see the Uganda clinical trial manuscript later in the Supplement for further information (Kapisi J, et al, CID Supplement 2023).