Clinical trials: Neglected Diseases
Skin Diseases
Digital Toolkit for Skin Diseases in LMICs
To evaluate the early detection and effective management of skin diseases using the mHealth app in Cote d'Ivoire, a mixed-methods pilot trial will be conducted in Cote d'Ivoire.
- Trial name
- MIND-the-SKIN (NCT05300399)
- Testing
- mHealth app
- Where
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Volunteers
- 1,364 people
- Sponsor
- Tulane University
Chronic Chagas
Prospective Evaluation of Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Trypanosoma Cruzi Infection
Chagas disease (CD) is the most significant endemic zoonosis in Argentina. Two-thirds of affected individuals live in urban areas but only 10% globally are aware of their infection.
- Trial name
- NCT07304349
- Where
- 4 sites in Argentina
- Volunteers
- 3,234 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Instituto Nacional de Parasitologia Dr. Mario Fatala Chaben
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
Opioid-Related Disorders, Stimulant-Related Disorder
Preventing Parental Opioid and/or Methamphetamine Addiction Within DHS-Involved Families: PRE-FAIR
Young parents aged 16 to 30, involved in the DHS system for child welfare or self-sufficiency needs are at risk for opioid use disorder and/or methamphetamine use disorder (OUD; MUD).
- Conditions
- Opioid-Related Disorders, Stimulant-Related Disorder, Child Neglect, Mental Health Impairment
- Trial name
- PRE-FAIR (NCT05380440)
- Testing
- Prevention Adaptation of Families Actively Improving Relationships (PRE-FAIR), Standard Case Management and Referral
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 241 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chestnut Health Systems
Rare Disorders, Undiagnosed Disorders
Rare Disease Patient Registry & Natural History Study - Coordination of Rare Diseases at Sanford
The Coordination of Rare Diseases at Sanford (CoRDS) is an international patient registry that serves as a centralized resource for rare disease research.
- Conditions
- Rare Disorders, Undiagnosed Disorders, Disorders of Unknown Prevalence, Cornelia De Lange Syndrome
- Trial name
- CoRDS (NCT01793168)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20,000 people
- Sponsor
- Sanford Health
Dengue, Chikungunya
Risk Assessment of Community Spread of Multiple Endemic Infectious Diseases in a One Health Perspective
RACSMEI addresses the high burden of infectious diseases in low- and middle-income countries, including Cambodia, where limited surveillance and laboratory capacity often obscure etiologies and transmission dynamics.
- Conditions
- Dengue, Chikungunya, Zika Virus Infection, Japanese Encephalitis
- Trial name
- RACSMEI (NCT07358910)
- Where
- Cambodia
- Volunteers
- 10,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut Pasteur du Cambodge
Rabies in Animals, Worms; Intestine
Integrating Community Interventions to Eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases
The overarching goal of this project is the elimination of two neglected tropical diseases (NTD): soil-transmitted helminthiasis and rabies.
- Trial name
- NCT03667079
- Testing
- integrated delivery of deworming and vaccination, Mass deworming only, Mass vaccination of dogs
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28,143 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington State University
Opioid Use Disorder, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
RESPECT-PLUS: Services for Infants With Prenatal Opiate Exposure
The impact of parental opioid use disorder and other substance use exposure on child welfare and the healthcare system is undeniable.
- Conditions
- Opioid Use Disorder, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, Child Development, Child Abuse
- Trial name
- RESPECT-Plus (NCT02334111)
- Testing
- RESPECT-Plus
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Hemispatial Neglect
Active Cue-Training in Neglect
The presented study investigates standardized visual cueing in reading and visual spatial task as a treatment method for spatial neglect.
- Trial name
- NCT02945592
- Testing
- Cueing
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- Klinikum Bremen Ost
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
Foreign Body; Inhalation
Presentation And Management Of Neglected Inhaled Foreign Body At Sohag University Hospital
Delayed presentation is not uncommon in children and may have been treated as asthma due to associated with low-grade cough and noisy breathing.
- Trial name
- NCT04988113
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Sohag University
Intellectual Disability, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Evaluation of a Home-based Parenting Support Program: Parenting Young Children
Background: Parents with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs) have a tendency to provide insufficient caregiving and often need parenting support to prevent neglect and child removal.
- Conditions
- Intellectual Disability, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Trial name
- PYC (NCT05935722)
- Testing
- Parenting Young Children, Treatment as Usual
- Where
- 5 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Örebro University, Sweden
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
Unspecified Child Maltreatment, Suspected, Unspecified Child Maltreatment, Confirmed
Northwell Health Visits: A Family Connects Pilot Implementation at Northwell Health
Northwell Health Visits (NHV) is a three year pilot replication of the evidence-based model, Family Connects, which is a brief universal Nurse Practitioner home visiting program for new mothers and their infants.
- Conditions
- Unspecified Child Maltreatment, Suspected, Unspecified Child Maltreatment, Confirmed, Postpartum Depression
- Trial name
- NCT03887910
- Testing
- Enhanced Intervention, Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 840 people
- Sponsor
- Northwell Health
Parent Child Abuse, Domestic Violence
Parenting for Lifelong Health - Thailand
Pilot design: The feasibility pilot of PLH for Young Children in Thailand has a single-site, pre-post design with no control group, with the aims of assessing programme implementation, cultural and contextual relevance, and study…
- Conditions
- Parent Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, Child Behavior Problem, Child Neglect
- Trial name
- NCT03539341
- Testing
- PLH-Thailand parenting programme, Control (care as usual)
- Where
- 4 sites in Thailand
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Prostate Cancer
Prevalence of Neglected Side Effects to Radical Prostatectomy
The purpose of this exploratory data collection is to strengthen our knowledge of some of the rarer distresses following surgical removal of the prostate.
- Trial name
- NCT01742962
- Testing
- Radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 396 people
- Sponsor
- Copenhagen University Hospital at Herlev
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.
Trachoma, Yaws
Safety of Co-administration of IDA and Azithromycin for NTDs ( ComboNTDs )
This is a cluster randomised trial evaluating the safety of co-administering Azithromycin alongside the new IDA (Ivermectin, Diethylcarbamazine, Albendazole) combination treatment for LF.
- Conditions
- Trachoma, Yaws, Lymphatic Filariases, Scabies
- Trial name
- NCT03676140
- Testing
- Albendazole on Day 1, Ivermectin on Day 1, Diethylcarbamazine on day 1
- Where
- Papua New Guinea
- Volunteers
- 20,000 people
- Sponsor
- Lihir Medical Centre