Massive trial tests new strategy to wipe out blinding eye infection
NCT ID NCT03335072
Summary
This large study in Ethiopia is testing whether more frequent, targeted antibiotic treatments can eliminate the eye infection trachoma better than the current standard of annual treatment for everyone. Researchers are comparing four different antibiotic distribution strategies across 80 communities, involving about 320,000 people. The goal is to find the most effective way to control and eventually eliminate this preventable cause of blindness.
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Locations
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Eyu-Ethiopia
Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
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UCSF Proctor Foundation
San Francisco, California, 94143, United States
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