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. 2015 Jul 23;2015(7):CD000371. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000371.pub6
TrialID Country Who was treated? (Age) How long was the follow‐up? Trialdesign? (No. of participantsa) Was it a cluster‐RCT? (No. of clusters) What intervention? (Dose) Co‐interventions?b What control? How long was the treatment? Endemic area? (Community category number)
Alderman 2006 (Cluster)
Uganda
Children (1 to 7 years) 3 years RCT (27,995) Yes (48) Albendazole (400 mg) Child health package – both groups No treatment Every 6 months Yes (2)
Awasthi 1995 (Cluster)
India
Children (1 to 4 years) 2 years Quasi‐RCT (3712) Yes (50) Albendazole (400 mg) None Placebo Every 6 months Yes (3)
Awasthi 2000
India
Children (1.5 to 3.5 years) 2 years Quasi‐RCT (1045) No Albendazole (600 mg) None Placebo Every 6 months Yes (3)
Awasthi 2001 (Cluster)
India
Children (1 to 4 years) 1.5 years RCT (1672) Yes (124) Albendazole ± vitamin A (100,000 units) Child health package – both groups Placebo + vitamin A Every 6 months Yes (3)
Awasthi 2013 (Cluster)
India
Children (≤ 5 years) 5 years RCT factorial (8338) Yes (72) Albendazole (400 mg) ± vitamin A Child health package – both groups Usual care Every 6 months Yes (3)
Beach 1999
Haiti
Children (grades 1 to 4) 4 months RCT (853) No Albendazole (400 mg)
Ivermectin (200 to 400 μg/kg)
None Placebo + vitamin C (250 mg) Single dose Yes (3)
Donnen 1998
Zaire
Children (0 to 72 months) 1 year RCT (222) No Mebendazole (500 mg) None Placebo + vitamin A (60 mg)
No treatment
Every 3 months Yes (3)
Dossa 2001
Benin
Children (3 to 5 years) 10 months RCT (65) No Albendazole (200 mg) ± iron None Placebo Repeated 1 month later Yes (2)
Fox 2005
Haiti
Children (5 to 11 years) 6 months RCT (626) No Albendazole (400 mg) ± vitamin C (250 mg)
Diethylcarbamazine (DEC, 6 mg/kg)
None Placebo Single dose Yes (2)
Freij 1979a
Ethiopia
Children (1.5 to 5 years) 28 days Quasi‐RCT (13) No Piperazine (3 g) Child health package – both groups Placebo Single dose Infected children (unclear)
Freij 1979b
Ethiopia
Children (1 to 5 years) 34 days Quasi‐RCT (44) No Piperazine (3 g x 2) None Placebo Single dose Infected children (3)
Garg 2002
Kenya
Children (2 to 4 years) 6 months RCT (347) No Mebendazole (500 mg) Child health package – both groups Placebo Single dose Yes (2)
Goto 2009
Bangladesh
Children (≤ 11 months) 36 weeks RCT (410) No Albendazole (200 mg) ± secnidazole (0.5 mL/kg, anti‐Giardia) None Placebo Every 12 weeks Yes (2)
Greenberg 1981
Bangladesh
Children (1.5 to 8 years) 11 months RCT (152) No Piperazine citrate (80 mg/kg) None Placebo Two doses in 2 weeks Yes (1)
Hadju 1996
Indonesia
Children (6 to 10 years) 7 weeks RCT (64) No Pyrantel pamoate (10 mg/kg) None Placebo Single dose Yes (1)
Hadju 1997
Indonesia
Children (± 8.3 years) 1 year RCT (330) No Albendazole (400 mg)
Pyrantel pamoate (10 mg/kg)
None Placebo Single dose or every 6 months Yes (1)
Hall 2006 (Cluster)
Vietnam
Children (± 104.5 months) 2 years RCT (2,659) Yes (80) Albendazole (400 mg) ± retinol (200,000 IU) None Placebo Every 6 months Yes (1)
Kirwan 2010
Nigeria
Children (1 to 5 years) 14 months RCT (320) No Albendazole (200 to 400 mg) Child health package – both groups Placebo Every 4 months Yes (3)
Kloetzel 1982
Cameroon
Children (1 to 8 years) 10 months RCT (337) No Mebendazole (100 mg x3) None Placebo 3 doses in 3 days Yes (1)
Koroma 1996
Sierra Leone
Children (6 to 10 years) 6 months RCT (187) No Albendazole (400 mg) None Placebo Single dose Yes (2)
Kruger 1996
South Africa
Children (6 to 8 years) 11 months RCT (74) No Albendazole (400 mg) ± soup fortified with iron and vitamin C Child health package – both groups Placebo Repeated at 4 months Yes (3)
Kvalsvig 1991a
South Africa
Children (primary school) 1 month RCT (unclear) No Mebendazole (500 mg) None Placebo Single dose Infected children (1)
Lai 1995
Malaysia
Children (8 years) 2 years RCT (314) No Mebendazole (100 mg) + pyrantel (200 mg) None Placebo Every 3 months Yes (1)
Le Huong 2007
Vietnam
Children 6 months RCT factorial (510) No Mebendazole (500 mg) Iron‐fortified noodles Placebo Twice 3 months apart Yes (2)
Michaelsen 1985
Botswana
Children (5 to 14 years) 5 months RCT (121) No Tetrachloroethylene (0.1 mL/kg) None Placebo Single dose Yes (1)
Miguel 2004 (Cluster)
Kenya
Children (8 years) 2 years RCT (9102) Yes (65) Albendazole (400 to 600 mg) Child health package – only intervention group No treatment Every 6 months Yes (1)
Ndibazza 2012
Uganda
Children (± 15 months) Post‐treatment RCT factorial (1423) No Albendazole (200 to 400 mg) Child health package – both groups Placebo ?? Yes (3)
Nga 2009
Vietnam
Children (6 to 8 years) 4 months RCT (510) No Albendazole (400 mg) ± multi‐micronutrient fortified biscuit None Placebo Single dose Yes (2)
Nokes 1992
Jamaica
Children (9 to 12 years) 9 weeks RCT (103) No Albendazole (400 mg x3) None Placebo Single dose Infected children (1)
Olds 1999
China, Philippines and Kenya
Children (school children) 6 months RCT (103) No Albendazole (400 mg) ± praziquantel (40 mg/kg) None Placebo Single dose Yes (1)
Palupi 1997
Indonesia
Children (2 to 5 years) 9 weeks RCT (191) No Albendazole (400 mg) Iron Iron (30 mg weekly) Single dose Yes (2)
Rousham 1994 (Cluster)
Bangladesh
Children (2 to 6 years) 18 months RCT (1,402) Yes (13) Mebendazole (500 mg)
Pyrantel pamoate (10 mg/kg)
None Placebo Every 2 months Yes (1)
Sarkar 2002
Bangladesh
Children (2 to 12 years) 16 weeks RCT (81) No Pyrantel pamoate (11 mg/kg) None Placebo Single dose Infected children (1)
Simeon 1995
Jamaica
Children (6 to 12 years) 26 weeks RCT (392) No Albendazole (800 mg) None Placebo Repeated 3 to 6 months after Infected children (1)
Solon 2003
Philippines
Children (grades 1 to 6) 16 weeks RCT (851) No Albendazole (400 mg) ± multivitamin and iron None Placebo Repeated 3 to 6 months after Yes (2)
Stephenson 1989
Kenya
Children (grades 1 to 2) 6 months RCT (150) No Albendazole (400 mg) None Placebo Single dose Yes (1)
Stephenson 1993
Kenya
Children (grades 1 to 5) 8 months RCT (284) No Albendazole (600 mg) None Placebo Repeated 3 to 6 months after Yes (1)
Stoltzfus 1997 (Cluster)
Tanzania, Zanzibar
Children (± 10.5 years) 12 months RCT (3063) Yes (12) Mebendazole (500 mg, 2x or 3x) None Placebo Every 4 or 6 months Yes (1)
Stoltzfus 2001
Tanzania, Zanzibar
Children (6 to 59 months) 12 months RCT factorial (359) No Mebendazole (500 mg) ± iron None Placebo Every 3 months Yes (2)
Sur 2005
India
Children (2 to 5 years) 12 months RCT (683) No Albendazole (400 mg) ± vitamin B None Placebo Every 6 months Yes (2)
Tee 2013
Malaysia
Children 12 months RCT (33) No Albendazole (400 mg x 2) None Placebo Single dose Yes (NA)
Watkins 1996
Guatemala
Children (7 to 12 years) 6 months RCT (226) No Albendazole (400 mg) None Placebo Repeated at 12 weeks Yes (1)
Willett 1979
Tanzania
Children (6 to 91 months) 12 months RCT (268) No Levamisole (2.5 mg/kg) None Placebo Every 3 months Yes (3)
Wiria 2013 (Cluster)
Indonesia
Children and adults ≥ 2 years 21 months RCT (855) Yes (954) Albendazole (400 mg x 3) None Placebo Single dose Yes (1)
Yap 2014
Myanmar, China
Children (9 to 12 years) 6 months RCT (194) No Albendazole (400 mg x 3) None Placebo Single dose Infected children (NA)