<b>Fixed-Dose Ivermectin for Mass Drug Administration: Is it time to leave the dose pole behind? Insights from an Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis.</b>

<p dir="ltr">This study is an Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis (IPD MA) that provides a comprehensive assessment of fixed-dose ivermectin regimens, using anthropometric data from over 700,000 participants across 53 countries endemic for STH. </p><p dir="ltr">IPD were obtained from two main sources: (1) studies on STH interventions conducted in endemic regions and (2) datasets from data repositories, accessed in compliance with their specific protocols.</p><p dir="ltr">The datasets underwent a five-step process: selection, standardization, compilation, cleaning, and consistency assessment. First, only variables of interest were retained, excluding others from the original studies. Next, standardization ensured consistency across datasets: age was recorded in months (children) or years (adults), weight in kilograms (one decimal), and height in centimetres (one decimal). Each site was coded by country.</p><p dir="ltr">The resulting datasets organized in three different documents by age group (PSAC, SAC and WRA) and corresponding user-manuals are made available for reuse by other researchers in this data repository.</p>