Clinical trials: African Trypanosomiasis
Trypanosomiasis, African, Sleeping Sickness
Fexinidazole in Human African Trypanosomiasis Due to T. b. Rhodesiense
The ultimate goal of this study is to show that fexinidazole offers an alternative over the existing treatments of Human African trypanosomiasis due to Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense (r-HAT): melarsoprol in patients with stage 2…
- Conditions
- Trypanosomiasis, African, Sleeping Sickness, Trypanosoma Brucei Rhodesiense; Infection
- Trial name
- NCT03974178
- Testing
- Fexinidazole
- Where
- 2 sites in Malawi, Uganda
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Drugs for Neglected Diseases
Trypanosomiasis, African
Efficacy - Safety of Eflornithine-Nifurtimox Combination Versus Eflornithine to Treat Human African Trypanosomiasis
The purpose of this study is to compare the therapeutic combination of I.V. eflornithine + oral nifurtimox to the standard IV eflornithine regimen in terms of therapeutic efficacy and clinical safety, in patients suffering from…
- Trial name
- NCT00146627
- Testing
- Eflornithine, Nifurtimox
- Where
- 4 sites in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo
- Volunteers
- 280 people
- Sponsor
- Drugs for Neglected Diseases
Human African Trypanosomiasis
Assessment of Recombinant HAT-RDT Specificity
Human African trypanosomiasis HAT, or sleeping sickness, is a tropical disease caused mainly by the parasite Trypanosoma brucei gambiense (gHAT).
- Trial name
- NCT05637632
- Where
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Volunteers
- 1,504 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium
Trypanosoma Brucei Rhodesiense; Infection
A Retrospective Analysis of Suramin Treatment for Stage 1 TBR
The study will include TBR HAT patients treated with suramin between 2000 and 2020 at three sites in Uganda and Malawi A natural history cohort composed of source data from approximately 200 patients from a published…
- Trial name
- NCT06060600
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 345 people
- Sponsor
- Paxmedica
Visceral Leishmaniasis, Human African Trypanosomiasis
Rapid Diagnostic Tests and Clinical/Laboratory Predictors of Tropical Diseases In Patients With Persistent Fever in Cambodia, Nepal, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Sudan (NIDIAG-Fever)
Tropical fevers have been a diagnostic challenge from the antiquity. Nowadays, despite the availability of good diagnostic capacities, undifferentiated febrile illnesses continue to be a thorny problem for travel physicians.
- Conditions
- Visceral Leishmaniasis, Human African Trypanosomiasis, Enteric Fever, Melioidosis
- Trial name
- NCT01766830
- Testing
- rk28 ICT, IT LEISH (rK39), Immunochromatographic HAT test
- Where
- 7 sites in Cambodia, Democratic Republic of the Congo and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 1,927 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Geneva
Trypanosomiasis, African, Trypanosoma Brucei Gambiense; Infection
Safety and Tolerability Study of Acoziborole in g-HAT Seropositive Subjects
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness is a tropical disease which is endemic in sub-Saharan Africa. Most cases of HAT are due to the parasite Trypanosoma brucei gambiense (T.b.
- Conditions
- Trypanosomiasis, African, Trypanosoma Brucei Gambiense; Infection, Sleeping Sickness
- Trial name
- OXA004 (NCT05256017)
- Testing
- Acoziborole
- Where
- 7 sites in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea
- Volunteers
- 1,208 people
- Sponsor
- Drugs for Neglected Diseases
Trypanosomiasis, African
A Trial of DB289 for the Treatment of Stage I African Trypanosomiasis
Human African Trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness has made a spectacular return during the last decade, and in many places the demand largely surpasses the capacities of the treatment centers.
- Trial name
- NCT00802594
- Testing
- DB289
- Where
- 2 sites in Angola, Republic of the Congo
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Immtech Pharmaceuticals, Inc
Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT)
Efficacy and Safety of Fexinidazole in Patients With Stage 1 or Early Stage 2 Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) Due to T.b. Gambiense: a Prospective, Multicentre, Open-label Cohort Study, plug-in to the Pivotal Study
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the treatment success of fexinidazole, at one year follow-up visit, in HAT stage 1 and early stage 2 patients.
- Trial name
- NCT02169557
- Testing
- Fexinidazole
- Where
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Volunteers
- 230 people
- Sponsor
- Drugs for Neglected Diseases
Trypanosomiasis, African
Randomized Clinical Trial of Three Drug Combinations for Late-Stage Gambiense Human African Trypanosomiasis
The treatment human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) in the meningoencephalitic phase relies on two molecules officially registered: melarsoprol, the most commonly used, has a poor safety profile and is becoming ineffective due to…
- Trial name
- NCT00330148
- Testing
- melarsoprol 1.8 mg/kg/d, 10d + nifurtimox 15/20 mg/kg/d, 10d, melarsoprol 1.8 mg/kg/d, 10d + eflornithine 400 mg/kg/d, 7d, nifurtimox 15/20 mg/kg/d 10d + eflornithine 400 mg/kg/d 7d
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 435 people
- Sponsor
- Epicentre
Trypanosomiasis; African, Due to Trypanosoma Brucei Gambiense, Gambiense
Stop Transmission of Gambiense Human African Trypanosomiasis
This protocol describes both the epidemiological study which aims at assessing whether over a three-year period a zero prevalence can be achieved when implementing a screen \& treat approach with acoziborole, as well as a nested…
- Trial name
- STROgHAT (NCT07789743)
- Testing
- Acoziborole
- Where
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Volunteers
- 2,500 people
- Sponsor
- Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium
Sleeping Sickness, Trypanosomiasis, African
Screen and Treat Implementation for HAT Control
Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT), or sleeping sickness, is one of the parasitic diseases targeted for interruption of transmission by 2030 by the WHO.
- Trial name
- NCT05645822
- Testing
- Screen&treat
- Sponsor
- Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium
African Trypanosomiasis
Trial of DB289 for the Treatment of Stage I African Trypanosomiasis
Human African Trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness has made a spectacular return during the last decade, and in many places the demand largely surpasses the capacities of the treatment centers.
- Trial name
- NCT00803933
- Testing
- DB289, Pentamidine
- Where
- 2 sites in Republic of the Congo
- Volunteers
- 111 people
- Sponsor
- Immtech Pharmaceuticals, Inc
Trypanosomiasis, African, Trypanosoma Brucei Gambiense; Infection
Pharmacokinetic, Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability Study of a Single Dose of Acoziborole in g-HAT Paediatric Patients
Acoziborole has been studied in an open-label pivotal Phase II/III trial (DNDi-OXA-02-HAT) in the DRC and Guinea. As the numbers of reported cases diminish, resources for surveillance and specialised screening will also taper.
- Conditions
- Trypanosomiasis, African, Trypanosoma Brucei Gambiense; Infection, Sleeping Sickness
- Trial name
- OXA005 (NCT05433350)
- Testing
- Acoziborole
- Where
- 6 sites in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- Drugs for Neglected Diseases
Human African Trypanosomiasis
Stop Transmission of Gambiense Human African Trypanosomiasis (STROgHAT)
This protocol describes both the epidemiological study which aims at assessing whether over a three-year period a zero prevalence can be achieved when implementing a screen \& treat approach with acoziborole, as well as a nested…
- Trial name
- STROgHAT (NCT06356974)
- Testing
- Treatment of seropositive individuals (positive serology test, but parasitology not confirmed)
- Volunteers
- 2,500 people
- Sponsor
- Drugs for Neglected Diseases
African Trypanosomiasis, African; Trypanosomiasis, West
Diagnostic Tools for Human African Trypanosomiasis Elimination and Clinical Trials: Early Test-of-cure
The study validates the diagnostic performance of cerebrospinal fluid neopterin quantification and of blood and cerebrospinal fluid trypanosomal spliced leader RNA detection for assessing outcome after treatment of human African…
- Conditions
- African Trypanosomiasis, African; Trypanosomiasis, West, Sleeping Sickness; West African, Trypanosoma Brucei Gambiense; Infection
- Trial name
- DiTECT-WP4 (NCT03112655)
- Testing
- RNA and neopterin detection
- Where
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Volunteers
- 88 people
- Sponsor
- Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement
Trypanosomiasis, African, Sleeping Sickness
Fexinidazole in Human African Trypanosomiasis Due to T.b. Gambiense at Any Stage
This study evaluates the effectiveness of fexinidazole administered to patients with human African trypanosomiasis due to T. b. gambiense (g-HAT) at all stages of the disease.
- Conditions
- Trypanosomiasis, African, Sleeping Sickness, Trypanosomiasis; Gambian
- Trial name
- NCT03025789
- Testing
- Fexinidazole
- Where
- 8 sites in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea
- Volunteers
- 174 people
- Sponsor
- Drugs for Neglected Diseases
Human African Trypanosomiasis
Clinical Study to Assess the Tolerability, Feasibility and Effectiveness of Nifurtimox and Eflornithine (NECT) for the Treatment of Trypanosoma Brucei Gambiense Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) in the Meningo-encephalitic Phase
Multicenter, open label, uncontrolled phase IIIb study of therapeutic use of the combination of nifurtimox and eflornithine (NECT) for the treatment of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) in the…
- Trial name
- NECT-FIELD (NCT00906880)
- Testing
- Nifurtimox-Eflronithine Combination Treatment (NECT)
- Where
- 6 sites in Republic of the Congo
- Volunteers
- 630 people
- Sponsor
- Drugs for Neglected Diseases
Human African Trypanosomiasis
Prospective Evaluation of an RDT to Screen for Gambiense HAT and Diagnose P. Falciparum Malaria
A prototype rapid diagnostic test (RDT) to simultaneously screen for gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) and diagnose P. falciparum malaria (the "HAT/malaria combo") has recently been developed.
- Trial name
- NCT03394976
- Testing
- No intervention
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, Switzerland
Trypanosomiasis, African, Gambiense Trypanosomiasis
Efficacy and Safety of Acoziborole (SCYX-7158) in Patients With Human African Trypanosomiasis Due to T.b. Gambiense
The goal of this study is to assess efficacy and safety of acoziborole in adult participants with Trypanosoma brucei gambiense (T.b.
- Conditions
- Trypanosomiasis, African, Gambiense Trypanosomiasis, Sleeping Sickness
- Trial name
- OXA002 (NCT03087955)
- Testing
- Acoziborole
- Where
- 12 sites in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea
- Volunteers
- 208 people
- Sponsor
- Drugs for Neglected Diseases
Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT)
Efficacy and Safety of Fexinidazole in Children at Least 6 Years Old and Weighing Over 20 kg With Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) Due to T.b. Gambiense: a Prospective, Multicentre, Open Study, plug-in to the Pivotal Study
The aim of the study is to assess the efficacy and safety of an oral regimen of fexinidazole (once daily for 10 days) in the treatment of stage 1 and stage 2 T.b.
- Trial name
- NCT02184689
- Testing
- fexinidazole
- Where
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Volunteers
- 125 people
- Sponsor
- Drugs for Neglected Diseases