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Table 1 Characteristics of monthly treatments in the Papua New Guinea clinical trial

From: Acceptability of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine plus dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine in Papua New Guinea: a qualitative study

 

Intervention arm

Control arm

Drug formulations per tablet

Time points

IPTp

Tablets

IPTp

Tablets

SP

DP

Day 0

SP + DP

6

SP + Placebo

6

500 mg/25 mg

40 mg/320 mg

Day 1

DP

3

Placebo

3

–

40 mg/320 mg

Day 2

DP

3

Placebo

3

–

40 mg/320 mg

  1. IPTp: intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy, SP: sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, DP: dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine