Mass Vaccine and Drug Administration, Bangladesh

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 4
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age6+
SponsorUniversity of Oxford

About this trial

This is an open i.e. not blinded, cluster-randomised, controlled intervention study. The study will use a factorial design to estimate the protective effectiveness of mass drug administrations, mass vaccinations, combined mass vaccinations and drug administrations versus the current standard of care.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Current residence in a study village irrespective of permanence

Age 6 months and above (no upper age limit)

Written informed consent provided by participants (or a parent/guardian in case the participant is under 18 years old)

Disqualifiers

Pregnancy, plan to get pregnant, or breastfeeding.

Acute illness requiring intervention

A history of an adverse reaction to study drugs/vaccine and prior receipt of any other malaria vaccine or enrolment in another intervention trial.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • DHA/piperaquine and a SLD-PQ
  • Study vaccine R21/Matrix-M™

Treatment groups

10,000 Participants
are divided into 4 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators