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Mass administration of azithromycin reduces childhood mortality in Niger
  1. Sarah Murphy1,
  2. Mehreen S Datoo2
  1. 1Department of Paediatrics, Mercy University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
  2. 2Nuffield Department of Medicine, Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine (CCVTM), Churchill Hospital, Jenner Institute for Vaccine Research, Oxford, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Sarah Murphy, Department of Paediatrics, Mercy University Hospital, Cork T12 WE28, Ireland; sarah.murphy11{at}nhs.net

https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2020-319718

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    Review ofKeenan JD, Arzika AM, Maliki R, et al. Longer-term assessment of azithromycin for reducing childhood mortality in Africa. N Engl J Med. 2019;380:2207–14.

    Study design: This study, MORDOR II, is a continuation study of the MORDOR I trial. In MORDOR I, participants were randomised to receive either azithromycin or placebo biannually for 2 years. MORDOR II is an observational study specifically investigating the effect of subsequent administration of azithromycin to both the original placebo and azithromycin treatment arms of the trial in Niger for a further year. Therefore, participants were followed up for a total of 3 years. Participants and observers in this continuation study remained blinded to their original treatment arm from MORDOR I.

    Patients: Infants and children (1–59 months of age) originally enrolled in MORDOR I in Niger, who had previously been randomised to receive either azithromycin or placebo, …

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