Clinical trials: Child Mortality
Malaria, Pneumonia
Home Management of Malaria and Pneumonia
A well-implemented community-based program of early and appropriate treatment of fevers/malaria episodes and pneumonia,will improve child survival as measured by a reduction of the less than five mortality rate.
- Trial name
- HMM/P (NCT02151578)
- Testing
- home/community case management
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 11,500 people
- Sponsor
- World Health Organization
Nutrition Disorders, Life-threatening Infection
Cotrimoxazole Prophylaxis in Severely Malnourished Children
This trial aims to test the hypothesis that mortality among Kenyan children with severe malnutrition following initial stabilisation is due to ongoing vulnerability to infectious disease, and that long term daily co-trimoxazole…
- Trial name
- CTX (NCT00934492)
- Testing
- Cotrimoxazole dispersible tablet
- Where
- 4 sites in Kenya
- Volunteers
- 1,781 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Pregnancy, Neonatal Mortality
Scalable Public Health Empowerment, Research, and Education Sites (SPHERES)
SPHERES is a health service research trial in the Indonesian primary care system designed to improve health system performance using a structured data-driven action model.
- Conditions
- Pregnancy, Neonatal Mortality, Tuberculosis, Hepatitis B
- Trial name
- SPHERES (NCT07126041)
- Testing
- Prescription for Action (SPHERES Model)
- Where
- 2 sites in Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 1,750,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit Indonesia
Shock, Septic
Significance of Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation Score in Mortality for Children With Shock
Evaluates whether the DIC score, as defined according to the International Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis guidelines is associated with mortality in Children with shock and DIC
- Trial name
- NCT06581172
- Testing
- D_dimer
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Fever
Biomarkers of Mortality and Morbidity in Children Hospitalized With Fever
The objective of this study is to identify clinically informative biomarkers of host defense pathways with potential utility as diagnostic and prognostic tools among children hospitalized with acute febrile illness in a…
- Trial name
- NCT04726826
- Testing
- Diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 2,500 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta
Ebola Virus Disease
Efficacy of Favipiravir Against Ebola (JIKI)
There is no specific treatment for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). Current EVD care are supportive, and includes intravenous or oral rehydration, nutrition, pain killers, treatment of coinfections with antibacterial and antimalarial…
- Trial name
- JIKI (NCT02329054)
- Testing
- Favipiravir
- Where
- 4 sites in Guinea
- Volunteers
- 126 people
- Sponsor
- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
HIV-1-infection, Malnutrition, Child
Strategies to Reduce Mortality Among HIV-infected and HIV-exposed Children Admitted With Severe Acute Malnutrition
This study to investigate whether empiric use of an antibiotic with greater antimicrobial sensitivity (ceftriaxone) than standard-of-care (ampicillin plus gentamicin) will reduce mortality among HIV-infected/HEU children admitted…
- Trial name
- REDMOTHIV (NCT05051163)
- Testing
- Ceftriaxone Sodium, Ampicillin, Gentamicin
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Makerere University
Mortality, Resistance Bacterial
Azithromycin for Child Survival in Niger: Mortality and Resistance Trial
The MORDOR trial found that biannual distribution of azithromycin to children 1-59 months old reduced child mortality. The World Health Organization (WHO) released conditional guidelines for this intervention, which include…
- Conditions
- Mortality, Resistance Bacterial, Child, Only
- Trial name
- AVENIR (NCT04224987)
- Testing
- Azithromycin
- Where
- Niger
- Volunteers
- 864,493 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Mortality, Vaccines
The Effect on Overall Mortality of a National Policy of Limiting Measles Vaccination to Children Below 12 Months of Age
The national Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) in Guinea-Bissau focuses its efforts exclusively on children below 12 months of age; children who have reached 12 months of age are no longer entitled to vaccines through the…
- Trial name
- MVEPI (NCT01306006)
- Testing
- Providing measles vaccine for all children 9-35 months who have not yet received a routine measles vaccine
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 3,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project
Mortality, Morbidity
Birth Cohort in Coast Province, Kenya
In 2010, 7.6 million children under the age of five died worldwide and yet the causes of only 2.7% (0.205 million) of these deaths were medically certified.
- Conditions
- Mortality, Morbidity, Child Development, Child Behaviour
- Trial name
- NCT02448615
- Where
- 2 sites in Kenya
- Volunteers
- 283 people
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
Malaria, All-cause Mortality
Effects of Insecticide Treated Bednets on Child Morbidity and Mortality
Insecticide-impregnated bed nets and curtains (ITN) have been shown to be effective against malaria. However, given that most ITN studies were of limited length, researchers have postulated the hypothesis that in areas of intense…
- Trial name
- NCT00225368
- Testing
- Insecticide treated bednets
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Sponsor
- Heidelberg University
Malaria, Diarrhea
Liberia National Community Health Assistant (NCHA) Program and Under-five Mortality
Last Mile Health (LMH) has partnered with the Liberian Ministry of Health (MOH) to support the design and implementation of the National Community Health Assistant Program (NCHAP).
- Conditions
- Malaria, Diarrhea, Acute Respiratory Infection, Malnutrition, Child
- Trial name
- NCT05123378
- Testing
- Liberia National Community Health Assistant Program
- Where
- Liberia
- Volunteers
- 23,702 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Last Mile Health
Septic Shock, Sepsis, Severe
As an Early Indicator Biomarker of Prognosis and Mortality in Children With Sepsis and Septic Shock: suPAR
The sepsis and septic shock remain major causes of child morbidity and mortality, despite the use of modern antibiotics and resuscitation therapies.
- Trial name
- suPAR (NCT04459572)
- Testing
- suPAR
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ege University
Nutrition
Community Trial of Zinc Supplementation on Preschool Child Mortality and Morbidity in Southern Nepal
The purpose of this study is to determine whether daily supplementation of young children in Nepal with either zinc, iron-folic acid, or both can reduce mortality and morbidity.
- Trial name
- NCT00109551
- Testing
- zinc sulphate dietary supplement, iron sulphate-folic acid dietary supplement
- Where
- 3 sites in United States, Nepal
- Volunteers
- 58,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Measles Vaccination, Oral Polio Vaccine
Vaccine Campaign Effects on General Hospital Admissions and Mortality Among Children
The world is set on eradicating measles and polio infections in the coming decade. Once both infections are under control, campaigns with measles and oral polio vaccines will be phased out.
- Conditions
- Measles Vaccination, Oral Polio Vaccine, Non-specific/Heterologous Effects of Vaccines, Mortality
- Trial name
- RE-CAMP (NCT03460002)
- Testing
- Measles vaccine, Oral polio vaccine
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 28,612 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project
Measles, Diphtheria
Immunology of Non-specific Effects of Vaccine
OBJECTIVES General: To investigate the immunological background for the non-specific effects of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) and measles vaccines on child mortality Specific: Examine the cytokine responses and possible…
- Conditions
- Measles, Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis
- Trial name
- NCT00168545
- Testing
- Measles vaccine
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project