Clinical trials: Intestinal Helminthiasis
Schistosomiasis Mansoni
Evaluation of Praziquantel Dosage for Treatment of Schistosomiasis in Brazil
The primary objective of this project is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of praziquantel 60 mg/kg in the treatment of schistosomiasis, as compared to the standard 40 mg/kg therapy in a representative community from a highly…
- Trial name
- NCT00403611
- Testing
- Praziquantel 60 mg/kg, Praziquantel 40 mg/kg
- Volunteers
- 196 people
- Sponsor
- Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Diarrhea, Helminthiasis
The Effect of an Urban Sanitation Intervention on Child Health
The purpose of this study is to determine the health impact of a basic sanitation intervention in Maputo, Mozambique.
- Trial name
- MapSan (NCT02362932)
- Testing
- Sanitation
- Where
- Mozambique
- Volunteers
- 1,866 people
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Schistosomiasis
Assessment of Infection Activity in Travelers and Migrants Diagnosed With Chronic Schistosomiasis
The primary objective of this clinical investigation is to determine the percentage of travelers and migrants diagnosed with chronic schistosomiasis according to site-specific diagnostic practice who have active infection at the…
- Trial name
- SchistAct (NCT06873308)
- Testing
- UCP-LF CAA assay
- Where
- 8 sites in Belgium, Germany and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 278 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria di Negrar
Anemia, Iron-deficiency
Effectiveness of Selling Micronutrient Sprinkles in Rural Kenya
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of household-based distribution of evidence-based health products and to measure the health impact of these combined interventions on a population basis.
- Trial name
- NICHE (NCT01088958)
- Testing
- Micronutrient powders (Sprinkles)
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 7,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Soil Transmitted Helminths, Schistosomiasis Mansoni
Evaluation of an AI-DP for STH Deworming Programs: a Study Protocol
The goal of this observational study is to test a new AI diagnostic tool for detection, specification and quantification of parasitic infections (Ascaris, Trichuris, hookworm and S.
- Trial name
- KAKADU (NCT06055530)
- Testing
- Artificial Intelligence Digital Pathology
- Volunteers
- 1,100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Enaiblers AB
Schistosomiasis
Health Benefits of Repeated Treatment in Pediatric Schistosomiasis
Objective and Hypotheses: This project has the overall objective of implementing and evaluating new approaches to reducing the current and future burden of urinary schistosomiasis in young children using the antihelminthic drug…
- Trial name
- NCT01424410
- Where
- Zimbabwe
- Volunteers
- 360 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Edinburgh
Soil-transmitted Helminth Infections
Monitoring Drug Efficacy and Anthelmintic Resistance in Soil-transmitted Helminth Programs
Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) are a group of parasitic worms that infect millions of children in sub-tropical and tropical countries, resulting in malnutrition, growth stunting, intellectual retardation and cognitive…
- Trial name
- StarwormsWP2 (NCT04177654)
- Testing
- Benzimidazoles
- Where
- 8 sites in Bangladesh, Cambodia and 6 more
- Volunteers
- 9,457 people
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Helminthiasis
Study of the Efficacy of Oxfendazole Compared to Albendazole in the Treatment of Trichuris Trichiura Infection in Adults
The aim of this study is to provide data on the efficacy of oxfendazole against Trichuris trichiura at different doses in comparison to the standard single 400 mg dose of albendazole.
- Trial name
- NCT02636803
- Testing
- oxfendazole, albendazole
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Hookworm Disease, Hookworm Infection
Study of Co-administered Na-APR-1 (M74) and Na-GST-1 in Gabonese Children
Double blind, randomized, controlled, dose-escalation Phase 1 clinical trial in hookworm-exposed children aged 6 to 10 years living in the area of Lambaréné, Gabon.
- Trial name
- NCT02839161
- Testing
- Na-GST-1/Alhydrogel, Na-APR-1 (M74)/Alhydrogel, Hepatitis B Vaccine
- Where
- Gabon
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Malaria, Falciparum, Hookworm Infections
Iron Absorption and Utilization in Adolescents Infected With Malaria Parasites, Hookworms or Schistosoma
The aim of this study is to investigate the change in iron metabolism in relation to malaria and helminth infections using a stable isotope technique.
- Conditions
- Malaria, Falciparum, Hookworm Infections, Schistosoma Haematobium
- Trial name
- NCT01163877
- Testing
- Fe-57 orally, Fe-58 intravenously
- Where
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Volunteers
- 43 people
- Sponsor
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
W. Bancrofti Filariasis
Research for Elim of Filariasis
Wuchereria bancrofti, is a mosquito-transmitted parasite that causes deforming lymphatic filariasis in the tropics. Improved treatment methods have led to new thinking that it should be possible to interrupt transmission and…
- Trial name
- NCT00145223
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Lymphatic Filariasis
Death to Onchocerciasis and Lymphatic Filariasis (DOLF) Triple Drug Therapy for Lymphatic Filariasis
The DOLF Triple Drug Therapy for Lymphatic Filariasis study will determine the frequency, type and severity of adverse events following triple-drug therapy (IVM+DEC+ALB, IDA) compared to the standard two-drug treatment (DEC+ALB…
- Trial name
- NCT02899936
- Testing
- 3 drug dose - IDA, 2 drug dose - DA
- Where
- 4 sites in Haiti, India and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 23,789 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Hookworm Stool Burden, Anemia
Does Treating Hookworm Improve Productivity of Small Subsistence Farmers
Treatment of hookworm infected groups with albendazole has been shown to result in an increase in hemoglobin levels and a related decrease in the prevalence of anemia.
- Conditions
- Hookworm Stool Burden, Anemia, Exercise Tolerance
- Trial name
- NCT02102321
- Testing
- albendazole
- Where
- Republic of the Congo
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Salmon, Margaret, M.D.
Neurocysticercosis, Epilepsy
Neurocysticercosis: Combined Treatment With Praziquantel (PZQ) and Albendazole (ABZ)
The purpose of this study is to determine if combination drug therapy of praziquantel and albendazole is safe and effective to cure neurocysticercosis.
- Trial name
- NCT00441285
- Testing
- Praziquantel, Albendazole
- Where
- 5 sites in Peru
- Volunteers
- 156 people
- Sponsor
- Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Strongyloidiasis, Strongyloides Stercoralis Infection
Evaluation of Strongyloidiasis in Ecuador: a fieLd Laboratory Accuracy Study
the World Health Organization (WHO) has recently committed to promote the control of strongyloidiasis within 2030 targets for STH control programmes.
- Trial name
- ESTRELLA (NCT04999774)
- Testing
- Different diagnostic tests
- Where
- Ecuador
- Volunteers
- 781 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria di Negrar
Helminthiasis, Diarrhea
Spillover Effects of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Interventions on Child Health
The purpose of this study is to measure whether a combined water, sanitation, and hygiene intervention leads to improved health of children who did not receive the intervention themselves and who live within a close vicinity of…
- Conditions
- Helminthiasis, Diarrhea, Respiratory Infection
- Trial name
- NCT02396407
- Testing
- Combined water, sanitation, and hygiene
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 1,789 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Berkeley
Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous, Helminthiasis
Antihelminthic Therapy Combined With Antimony in the Treatment of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
The purpose of this project is to investigate the efficacy of early, empiric anti-helminthic therapy combined with standard pentavalent antimony in the treatment of subjects co-infected with helminths and cutaneous leishmaniasis…
- Trial name
- NCT00469495
- Testing
- Anti-helminthic, meglumine antimony
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital Universitário Professor Edgard Santos
Vitamin D Deficiency, Immunosuppression
Helminth Infection During Pregnancy on Vitamin D Regulation: HELMVIT Study
Purpose: To examine whether helminth infection during pregnancy alters Vitamin-D-metabolism and reactivity of the child's immune system Hypothesis: Helminth infection during pregnancy is associated with altered Vitamin D levels…
- Trial name
- HELMVIT (NCT04324853)
- Testing
- Microscopy ( Urine filtration), UCAA test, qPCR,, Microscopy (Kato Katz, Coproculture, Harada Mori, MIF), qPCR,
- Where
- Gabon
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre de Recherche Médicale de Lambaréné
Cysticercosis
EFECAB: Improving Pig Management to Prevent Epilepsy in Burkina Faso
This is a pre-post randomized community-based controlled trial aimed at estimating the effectiveness of an educational package developed using PRECEDE PROCEED to reduce the cumulative incidence of Taenia solium cysticercosis in…
- Trial name
- EFECAB (NCT03095339)
- Testing
- Educational package
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oklahoma
Hematuria, Hydronephrosis
Influence of Transmission Season on Outcome of Treatment of Schistosoma Haematobium Infection in Mozambique
To assess the influence of seasonal variations in Schistosoma haematobium transmission on treatment outcome (morbidity and re-infection)
- Trial name
- NCT00231322
- Testing
- praziquantel
- Where
- Mozambique
- Volunteers
- 520 people
- Sponsor
- DBL -Institute for Health Research and Development