Clinical trials: Malaria Prevention
Malaria, HIV Infections
HIV Protease Inhibitors for the Prevention of Malaria in Ugandan Children
HIV and malaria are major causes of morbidity and mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa and children bear the greatest brunt of both diseases. No single existing intervention is likely to control malaria in Africa.
- Trial name
- PROMOTE-PEDS (NCT00978068)
- Testing
- Lopinavir/Ritonavir (LPV/r), Nevirapine (NVP), Efavirenz (EFV)
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 176 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Pneumonia, Diarrhea
Azithromycin to Prevent Post-discharge Morbidity and Mortality in Kenyan Children
Children hospitalized with severe illness in sub-Saharan Africa are at high risk of morbidity and mortality following discharge from hospital.
- Conditions
- Pneumonia, Diarrhea, Malaria, Co-infection
- Trial name
- Toto Bora (NCT02414399)
- Testing
- Azithromycin
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 1,400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Malaria
Prevention of Malaria in HIV-uninfected Pregnant Women and Infants
This will be a double-blinded randomized controlled phase III trial of 782 HIV uninfected pregnant women and the children born to them.
- Trial name
- PROMOTE-BC3 (NCT02793622)
- Testing
- Monthly Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine (SP) During Pregnancy, Monthly Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine (DP) During Pregnancy
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 782 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Malaria
Chemopreventive Therapy for Malaria in Ugandan Children
Young African children living in high transmission areas suffer the greatest burden of malaria. In most African countries, such as Uganda, the only current preventive measure against malaria in high transmission settings is the…
- Trial name
- PROMOTE-Chemop (NCT00948896)
- Testing
- trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TS; TMP/SMX), sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP), dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DP)
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Asymptomatic Parasitemia In Pregnancy
Evaluate Parasitological Clearance Rates And Pharmacokinetics Of The Combination Of Azithromycin And Chloroquine In Asymptomatic Pregnant Women With Falciparum Parasitemia In Africa
The study will be conducted in asymptomatic pregnant women with P. falciparum parasitemia. The subjects will be given 3 day dosing regiment of the fixed-dose combination of Azithromycin and Chloroquine.
- Trial name
- NCT01103713
- Testing
- Azithromycin plus chloroquine
- Where
- 7 sites in Benin, Kenya and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 168 people
- Sponsor
- Pfizer
Malaria, Vivax
Ph 2B/3 Tafenoquine (TFQ) Study in Prevention of Vivax Relapse
The purpose of this two part study is to test the safety and efficacy of Tafenoquine (with Cholorquine) as a radical cure for Plasmodium vivax (P.vivax) malaria relative to the control Chloroquine.Part 1 aims to select an…
- Trial name
- NCT01376167
- Testing
- Chloroquine 600mg, Chloroquine 300mg, Tafenoquine 50mg
- Where
- 14 sites in Bangladesh, Brazil and 6 more
- Volunteers
- 851 people
- Sponsor
- GlaxoSmithKline
Malaria, Intermittent Preventive Treatment
Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Schoolchildren
This will be a randomized, single-blinded, placebo-controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of antimalarial regimens in healthy schoolchildren.
- Trial name
- NCT00852371
- Testing
- sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, amodiaquine + sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine
- Volunteers
- 780 people
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Malaria
Partially-blind (Observer-blind) Study of Safety and Immunogenicity of Two Malaria Vaccines in Ghanaian Children
This study will investigate the safety and immunogenicity of 2 candidate malaria vaccines administered according to 3 different vaccination schedules in 5 to 17 months old Ghanaian children.
- Trial name
- NCT00360230
- Testing
- GSK Biologicals' candidate Plasmodium falciparum malaria vaccine 257049, Rabipur
- Where
- 2 sites in Ghana
- Volunteers
- 540 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- GlaxoSmithKline
HIV, Pregnancy Malaria
A Novel Regimen to Prevent Malaria and STI in Pregnant Women With HIV
More than 3 billion people worldwide are at risk of acquiring malaria and pregnant women living with HIV in Africa are at particular risk.
- Conditions
- HIV, Pregnancy Malaria, Sexually Transmitted Infection
- Trial name
- PREMISE (NCT03431168)
- Testing
- Azithromycin/TMPS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 308 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Intermittent Preventive Treatment In Pregnancy (IPTp)
Evaluate Azithromycin Plus Chloroquine And Sulfadoxine Plus Pyrimethamine Combinations For Intermittent Preventive Treatment Of Falciparum Malaria Infection In Pregnant Women In Africa
The primary objective is to establish superiority of AZCQ over SP in protective efficacy for IPTp as measured by the proportion of subjects with sub-optimal pregnancy outcome.
- Trial name
- NCT01103063
- Testing
- Azithromycin plus chloroquine, sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine
- Where
- 9 sites in Benin, Kenya and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 2,891 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pfizer