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Table 1 Trial activity on scheduled visit days

From: The gametocytocidal efficacy of primaquine in malaria asymptomatic carriers treated with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine in The Gambia (PRINOGAM): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Day

−1

0

1

2

3

7

10

14

21

28

35

42

Village screening (RDT+ slide)

X

           

Informed consent for the trial

 

X

          

G6PD test

X

           

Clinical review (history and examination)

 

X

  

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Temperature, pulse

 

X

 

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Weight

 

X

          

Thick blood film

 

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Haemoglobin, PCR (filter paper)

 

X

  

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Gametocytaemia (QT-NASBA)

 

X

  

X

X

X

X

 

X

 

X

Adverse events

 

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Treatment

 

X

X

X

        

Direct membrane feeding assay

     

X

      
  1. G6PD, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; QT-NASBA, quantitative nucleic acid sequence based amplification assay; RDT, rapid diagnostic test.
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