Study Status: Not yet recruiting
Recruit Status: Not yet recruiting
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Repeated Doses of Praziquantel in Schistosomiasis Treatment (RePST): An Open Label, Randomized Controlled Trial of Single vs. Multiple Treatments of Praziquantel in Intest
Brief Summary:
An open label, randomized controlled trial of single vs. multiple treatments of praziquantel in intestinal African schistosomiasis in Côte d'Ivoire
This study aims to determine the efficacy of repeated (up to four times) praziquantel treatment against S. mansoni infection in school-age children from Côte d'Ivoire using the traditional Kato-Katz thick smear technique, but also with more accurate and non-invasive antigen- and DNA-detection methods.