Clinical trials: Mass Drug Administration
Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria
Mass Vaccine and Drug Administration, Bangladesh
This is an open i.e. not blinded, cluster-randomised, controlled intervention study. The study will use a factorial design to estimate the protective effectiveness of mass drug administrations, mass vaccinations, combined mass…
- Trial name
- MVDA (NCT06068530)
- Testing
- DHA/piperaquine and a SLD-PQ, Study vaccine R21/Matrix-M™
- Where
- 2 sites in Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 10,000 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Child Growth, Diversity of Microbiome
MORDOR II Burkina Faso: Longitudinal Trial
Globally, childhood mortality has shown a promising downward trend in recent years, however, many sub-Saharan countries still have relatively high child mortality rates.
- Conditions
- Child Growth, Diversity of Microbiome, Child Mortality, Resistance Bacterial
- Trial name
- GAMIN (NCT03676751)
- Testing
- Azithromycin
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Helminth Infection
Intestinal Microbiome Post-Azythromycin/Albendazole Treatment
Molecular testing of the gut microbiome and enteric pathogens is rapidly moving beyond targeted PCR testing to next generation sequencing techniques.
- Trial name
- NCT03032042
- Testing
- Azithromycin, Albendazole, Delayed treatment
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Malaria
Evaluation of Targeted Mass Drug Administration for Malaria in Ethiopia
Reactive and proactive case detection measures are widely implemented by national malaria elimination programs globally. Similarly, the Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health decided to include reactive case detection (RCD) and…
- Trial name
- NCT04241705
- Testing
- Treatment of positive individuals per national treatment guidelines, Presumptive treatment with artemether-lumefantrine (AL) plus 14 days of primaquine (PQ), Optimized malaria control interventions
- Where
- 10 sites in Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 48,960 people
- Sponsor
- Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Ethiopia
Onchocerciasis (River Blindness), Schistosomiasis
Expanding Access to Preventive Chemotherapy Among Mobile and Migrant Populations
Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) are among the most common groups of diseases affecting over one billion people globally and are disproportionately concentrated in remote, underserved, and marginalized communities.
- Conditions
- Onchocerciasis (River Blindness), Schistosomiasis, Soil Transmitted Helminth (STH) Infections, Lymphatic Filariasis
- Trial name
- MISSION (NCT07707817)
- Testing
- Modified Mass Administration of Medicines Strategy, Albendazole 400 mg, Praziquantel 40 mg/kg
- Where
- Nigeria
- Volunteers
- 5,760 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Uwemedimo Friday Ekpo
Schistosoma Mansoni
Schistosoma Mansoni in Mwanza Region, Tanzania
The objective of this study is to determine the strategy for mass drug administration (MDA) which provides the greatest reductions in prevalence and intensity of Schistosoma mansoni in school-aged children after 4 years of…
- Trial name
- SCORE_PAR (NCT02162875)
- Testing
- Praziquantel
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 37,500 people
- Sponsor
- DBL -Institute for Health Research and Development
Malaria
Repeat Ivermectin Mass Drug Administrations for MALaria Control II
RIMDAMAL II is a double-blind, cluster randomized trial in Burkina Faso designed to test whether repeated ivermectin mass drug administrations, integrated into a monthly delivery platform with standard malaria control measures of…
- Trial name
- RIMDAMAL II (NCT03967054)
- Testing
- Ivermectin
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 4,124 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brian Foy
Malaria
Mass Drug Administration of Ivermectin and Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine as an Additional Intervention for Malaria Elimination
This is a community-based cluster-randomized trial in which a novel approach to interrupt residual malaria transmission by mass drug administration (MDA) with ivermectin (IVM) combined with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DP)…
- Trial name
- MASSIV (NCT03576313)
- Testing
- dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DP), ivermectin (IVM), standard malaria control interventions only
- Where
- The Gambia
- Volunteers
- 4,939 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Lymphatic Filariasis, Soil Transmitted Helminth Infections
Optimization of Mass Drug Administration With Existing Drug Regimens for Lymphatic Filariasis and Onchocerciasis
Approximately 3,500 people will participate per year. The study population will include females and males over 5 years of age who live in filariasis endemic areas. The study will be performed in Indonesia in B. timori and W.
- Trial name
- DOLF-Indo (NCT01905423)
- Testing
- Albendazole (annual), Diethylcarbamazine (annual), Albendazole (semiannual)
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 17,108 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Trachoma, Lymphatic Filariases
Cluster RCT of Co-administration Azithromycin, Albendazole & Ivermectin
Cluster-randomised trial comparing co-administration of Azithromycin/Ivermectin/Albendazole with separate administration of Azithromycin and Ivermectin/Albendazole.
- Trial name
- NCT03570814
- Testing
- Administration of Albendazole on Day 1, Administration of Ivermectin on Day 1, Administration of Azithromycin on Day 1
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 13,511 people
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Yaws
Evaluation of an Intensive 3-round MDA Strategy Towards Yaws Eradication
The current principle of yaws eradication (the Morges strategy) is based on single round mass drug administration (MDA) of azithromycin (AZI) called total community treatment (TCT) followed by targeted treatment of active cases…
- Trial name
- NCT03490123
- Testing
- R1-Total community treatment with azithromycin, R2-Total community treatment with azithromycin, R3-Total community treatment with azithromycin
- Where
- Papua New Guinea
- Volunteers
- 56,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lihir Medical Centre
Mortality
Effects of Mass Drug Administration of Azithromycin on Mortality and Other Outcomes Among 1-11 Month Old Infants in Mali
The LAKANA trial will assess the impact on mortality and other health outcomes of quarterly and biannual azithromycin mass drug administration (MDA) when delivered to 1-11-month (29-364 days) old infants in a high-mortality…
- Trial name
- LAKANA (NCT04424511)
- Testing
- Azithromycin
- Where
- Mali
- Volunteers
- 149,201 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tampere University
Trachoma
Enhancing the A in SAFE for Trachoma
This study will assess the cost and feasibility of two strategies of enhanced Mass Drug Administration (MDA) of Zithromax to treat trachoma in the Republic of South Sudan.
- Trial name
- NCT05634759
- Testing
- Azithromycin for Routine Community-wide MDA, Two Additional Rounds of Azithromycin for Children, Azithromycin for Second Community-wide MDA
- Where
- South Sudan
- Volunteers
- 34,630 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Onchocerciasis
Ocular Changes After Ivermectin - (DOLF IVM/Oncho)
The DOLF Ocular Changes after Ivermectin study will investigate the kinetics of O. volvulus microfilaria (Mf) in the eye following treatment with ivermectin.
- Trial name
- NCT03517462
- Testing
- Ivermectin 3Mg Tab
- Where
- Ghana
- Volunteers
- 231 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Obesity
Parents as the Agent of Change for Childhood Obesity
The overall intent of this study is to explore a promising mode for delivering treatment for childhood obesity via parent education only, and to evaluate the cost effectiveness compared to the current gold standard treatment of…
- Trial name
- PAAC (NCT01197443)
- Testing
- Parent-only Group, Parent + Child Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 152 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Malaria, Plasmodium Infections
Effectiveness of Mass Drug Administration for Reducing Seasonal Malaria Transmission in Zanzibar
The overall aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of two rounds of mass drug administration (MDA) with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DHAp) + single low dose (SLD) primaquine for reducing seasonal malaria…
- Trial name
- MaDrAZ (NCT02721186)
- Testing
- MDA with DHAp and SLD Primaquine
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 22,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ulrika Morris
Helminthiasis, Filariasis
Field Studies on the Feasibility of Interrupting the Transmission of Soil-transmitted Helminths (STH)
Over 1.5 billion people are infected with soil-transmitted helminths (STH). Global STH guidelines recommend MDA (mass drug administration) of albendazole or mebendazole to targeted populations, including pre-school age children…
- Trial name
- NCT03014167
- Testing
- Albendazole
- Where
- 3 sites in Benin, India and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 357,716 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Onchocerciasis, Ascaris Lumbricoides Infection
Moxidectin Versus Ivermectin as Mass Drug Administration for the Control of Onchocerciasis and Other Neglected Tropical Diseases
This clinical trial compares two treatments - ivermectin and moxidectin - to learn which is better at reducing the proportion of people with onchocerciasis (river blindness) when given through mass drug administration (MDA) in…
- Conditions
- Onchocerciasis, Ascaris Lumbricoides Infection, Trichuris Trichiura; Infection, Hookworm Infections
- Trial name
- EKAIO (NCT07145736)
- Testing
- Moxidectin, Ivermectin
- Where
- Angola
- Volunteers
- 52,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kirby Institute
Malaria,Falciparum, Neglected Tropical Diseases
Adjunctive Ivermectin Mass Drug Administration for Malaria Control
This is a cluster-randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial to evaluate the additive benefit of Ivermectin (IVM) (or Placebo) mass drug administration (MDA) to dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DP) MDA for malaria control in a…
- Conditions
- Malaria,Falciparum, Neglected Tropical Diseases, Strongyloidiasis, Lymphatic Filariasis
- Trial name
- MATAMAL (NCT04844905)
- Testing
- Ivermectin, Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 24,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Child Mortality
Infant Mortality Reduction by the Mass Administration of Azithromycin
This trial will investigate the supplementation of azithromycin distribution to the "Child Health Days" platform in Burkina Faso for child mortality reduction.
- Trial name
- MIRAMA (NCT04716712)
- Testing
- Azithromycin
- Where
- 3 sites in United States, Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 694,400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco