Clinical trials: Leprosy
Leprosy
Post ExpOsure Prophylaxis for LEprosy in the Comoros and Madagascar
This is a cluster randomized trial on effectiveness of different modalities of Single Double Dose of Rifampicin Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (SDDR-PEP) for leprosy in the Comoros (Anjouan and Mohéli) and Madagascar.
- Trial name
- PEOPLE (NCT03662022)
- Testing
- Rifampicin
- Where
- 3 sites in Comoros, Madagascar
- Volunteers
- 144,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium
Leprosy
Bedaquiline Enhanced Post ExpOsure Prophylaxis for Leprosy (Phase 2)
This study will evaluate a combination of bedaquiline and rifampicin as post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for leprosy in Comoros. It will be a follow-up to the PEOPLE trial on PEP with rifampicin, which is ending in 2022.
- Trial name
- BE-PEOPLE P2 (NCT05406479)
- Testing
- BE-PEP (Bedaquiline), SDR-PEP, BE-PEP (Rifampicine)
- Where
- Comoros
- Volunteers
- 313 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium
Leprosy
Novel Interventions and Diagnostic Tests for Leprosy
Contact with Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae) infected individuals is a risk factor for development of leprosy. Thus, detection of asymtomatically M.
- Trial name
- INDIGO#2 (NCT06222372)
- Testing
- Rifampin
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 1,100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Annemieke Geluk
Hansen's Disease
Epidemiology of Leprosy in French Guiana
The main objective of the present study is the genotyping of M. leprae strains found in leprosy patients in French Guiana. The secondary objectives are to investigate the presence of M.
- Trial name
- EPI-LEPR (NCT05031091)
- Testing
- standardised exposure questionnaire
- Where
- French Guiana
- Volunteers
- 368 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne
Leprosy
Serum Irisin Level In Leprosy Patients
Measurement of plasma irisin level in leprosy patients. Correlation of plasma irisin level between leprosy patients and healthy controls. Correlation of plasma irisin level in different leprosy types.
- Trial name
- NCT06416033
- Testing
- Serum Irisin
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aswan University
Muscle Injury, Nerve Injury
Extramembranous and Interosseous Technique of Tibialis Posterior Tendon Transfer
Foot drop deformity is a life limiting condition characterized by loss of ankle dorsiflexion and eversion. Main condition leading to drop foot condition include irrecoverable muscle and nerve injuries, poliomyelitis, drug…
- Conditions
- Muscle Injury, Nerve Injury, Poliomyelitis, Leprosy
- Trial name
- NCT01751503
- Testing
- Interosseous route of TPTT, Extra membranous route of TPTT
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Iva Hauptmannova
Leprosy
Leprosy Active Searching Trial in Brazil
The goal of this clinical trial is to assess whether a multifactorial active case-finding strategy improves the detection of leprosy cases in Brazil compared to usual screening practices.
- Trial name
- LAST•Br (NCT06761469)
- Testing
- Implementing active-case finding strategies
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 323 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz
Leprosy
Bedaquiline Enhanced Post ExpOsure Prophylaxis for Leprosy
There will be two study arms. Arm 1 will be the intervention arm in which there will be provided BE-PEP to all persons residing within 100 meters of an index case, to be repeated after four weeks for household contacts.
- Trial name
- BE-PEOPLE P3 (NCT05597280)
- Testing
- BE-PEP Bedaquiline, SDR-PEP Rifampicin, BE-PEP Rifampicin
- Where
- Comoros
- Volunteers
- 124,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium