Clinical trials: Parasitic Infections
Echinococcosis, Hepatic
Hypernatremia in Hydatid Cyst Treatment
Hypertonic saline (HS) is one of the most widely used scolocidal agents in the treatment of hydatid cysts. Hypernatremia is one of the complications associated with the use of HS.
- Trial name
- NCT05090020
- Testing
- Treatment
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Trabzon Kanuni Education and Research Hospital
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
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, LTBI (Latent TB Infection)
The Influence of Malnutrition, Diabetes Mellitus, and Helminth Infections on Biosignatures in Latent Tuberculosis in a South Indian Population
About 2 billion people worldwide are infected with tuberculosis (TB). Ninety percent of those people have latent TB infection (LTBI).
- Conditions
- Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, LTBI (Latent TB Infection), Malnutrition, Diabetes Mellitus
- Trial name
- NCT04526613
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 626 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Leishmaniasis, Leishmaniasis, Visceral
Clinical Investigation of Infections Due to Leishmanial Parasites
Mechanisms of host immune response to intracellular protozoa will be investigated in patients with naturally acquired infection employing a variety of in-vitro techniques.
- Trial name
- NCT00001169
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Onchocercal Subcutaneous Nodule, Epilepsy
Onchocerciasis-Associated Epilepsy, an Explorative Case-control Study
This is an exploratory case control study with the aim to compare the Onchocerca volvulus virome between persons with onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy (OAE) and persons with onchocerciasis but without epilepsy.
- Conditions
- Onchocercal Subcutaneous Nodule, Epilepsy, Virus
- Trial name
- NCT05868551
- Testing
- nodulectomy
- Where
- South Sudan
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Universiteit Antwerpen
Intestinal Parasitic Infections, Malnutrition
Effects of Vitamin A Supplementation on Intestinal Parasitic Reinfections
Intestinal parasitic infections, malnutrition and iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) are still considered as public health problems in rural Malaysia especially among Orang Asli children.
- Conditions
- Intestinal Parasitic Infections, Malnutrition, Anemia
- Trial name
- NCT00936091
- Testing
- vitamin A supplements
- Where
- Malaysia
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sana'a University
Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous, Vector Borne Diseases
Enhancing Protection Against Vector-borne Diseases in Forcibly Displaced Communities: Evaluating the Efficacy of Spatial Repellents for Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Control in North-East Syria
The aim of this study is to determine the efficacy of Mosquito Shield (spatial repellent) in reducing cutaneous leishmaniasis case incidence among internally displaced persons and sandfly density in temporary shelters and camp…
- Trial name
- NCT06917040
- Testing
- Spatial repellant emanator
- Where
- Syria
- Volunteers
- 18,404 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Mentor Initiative
Malaria, Vivax Malaria
Chlorproguanil/Dapsone Compared With Chloroquine and SP for Vivax Malaria
To determine whether two cheap antifolates (chlorproguanil-dapsone and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine) which work against falciparum malaria in this region are sufficiently effective against vivax malaria to be deployed in areas where…
- Trial name
- NCT00158561
- Testing
- sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and chlorproguanil-dapsone
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 750 people
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Leishmaniasis, Visceral
Visceral Leishmaniasis in Emilia-Romagna (Leishmania-2019)
According to reports in the literature, from 2012 to date, there has been an increase in the number of diagnosed cases of autochthonous visceral Leishmania in the Province of Bologna.
- Trial name
- NCT06793111
- Where
- 5 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna
Malaria
Safety and Immunogenicity Study of GSK Biologicals' Malaria Vaccine 257049, When Incorporated Into an EPI Regimen
This study is being done to assess the possibility of the potential integration of malaria vaccine into the EPI regimen. It will evaluate whether the malaria vaccine is safe and immunogenic in infants aged 6 to 10 weeks at first…
- Trial name
- NCT00436007
- Testing
- GSK 257049, Tritanrix™ HepB/Hib, Rouvax™
- Where
- 3 sites in Gabon, Ghana and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 511 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- GlaxoSmithKline
Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria
Phase 1 Trial of a Malaria Vaccine in Young Kenyan Children
To assess the safety and reactogenicity of the FMP-1/AS02A malaria vaccine in malaria-exposed children living in western Kenya and aged 12-47 months
- Trial name
- NCT00317473
- Testing
- FMP1/AS02A Malaria vaccine, Imovax Rabies vaccine
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 135 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command
Malaria, Vivax
A Retrospective Study of Severe Plasmodium Vivax
Historically, Plasmodium vivax has been termed "benign" due to its non-life threatening clinical course and since the 1800's this view has been cultivated as demonstrated by the use of the term "benign tertian malaria" to…
- Trial name
- SeverePV (NCT03307369)
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 171 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Malaria
Adherence to Antimalarial Drugs in Sierra Leone
The aim of this study is to address this gap in knowledge by measuring the level of patient adherence to co-formulated amodiaquine and artesunate (AQ-AS) compared to artemether-lumefantrine (AL) under routine conditions in Sierra…
- Trial name
- NCT01967472
- Testing
- amodiaquine-artesunate (AQAS) fixed-dose, Artemether-lumefantrine combination (AL) dispersable
- Where
- 2 sites in Sierra Leone
- Volunteers
- 1,145 people
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Malaria Vivax, Malaria Falciparum
Serological Testing and Treatment for Plasmodium Vivax Malaria: a Trial in Ethiopia and Madagascar
The resilience of P. vivax to malaria elimination efforts is due to its ability to form dormant liver stages (hypnozoites) that reactivate weeks to months after the initial infection causing recurrent episodes of malaria…
- Conditions
- Malaria Vivax, Malaria Falciparum, Plasmodium Vivax, Plasmodium Falciparum
- Trial name
- PvSTATEM (NCT06923592)
- Testing
- PvSeroTAT, Control
- Where
- 2 sites in Ethiopia, Madagascar
- Volunteers
- 19,200 people
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Malaria
Gut and Azithromycin Mechanisms in Infants and Children II
Childhood mortality is decreasing worldwide. However, many sub-Saharan countries still have high children under 5 mortality rates.
- Trial name
- GAMINII (NCT04315272)
- Testing
- Azithromycin
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 449 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Malaria, Febrile Illness
Malaria Diagnostic Testing and Conditional Subsidies to Target ACTs in the Retail Sector: TESTsmART Aim 2 - Kenya
Highly subsidized first-line antimalarials (artemisinin combination therapy or ACT) are available over the counter in the private retail sector in most malaria-endemic countries.
- Trial name
- NCT04428307
- Testing
- Conditional artemisinin combination therapy subsidy, Testing incentive
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 5,696 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Intestinal Parasitism
Mass Treatment T Solium Community Study
Investigators from Cayetano Heredia University and Johns Hopkins University are doing this study. They want to see how people and pigs get infected with a parasite, called cysticercus (known as "pig triquina").
- Trial name
- NCT00138359
- Testing
- Niclosamide
- Where
- Peru
- Volunteers
- 4,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Chagas Disease
A Study to Learn How Well Nifurtimox Works and How Safe it is in Children Aged 0 to 17 Years With Chagas' Disease, an Inflammatory, Infectious Disease Caused by the Parasite Trypanosoma Cruzi
Researchers are looking for a better way to treat children who have an infectious disease caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas' disease).
- Trial name
- NCT02625974
- Testing
- Nifurtimox (Lampit, BAYA2502)
- Where
- 25 sites in Argentina, Bolivia and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 330 people
- Sponsor
- Bayer
Malaria
Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of a Rapid Diagnostic Test for Malaria
There is increasing evidence from African countries, including Burkina Faso, that at least in some settings/seasons the proportion of fevers attributable to malaria is low or very low: this means that the current strategy of…
- Trial name
- NCT00317590
- Testing
- Rapid Diagnostic Test for Malaria (Paracheck®)
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 4,000 people
- Sponsor
- Centro per le Malattie Tropicali
Malaria, Anemia
Optimization of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) Delivery
Based in part on the pivotal studies conducted in Mali, SMC was approved by WHO as a policy for malaria control in countries with seasonal malaria transmission such as Mali in March 2012.
- Trial name
- SMC (NCT02646410)
- Testing
- FPD+NDOT, FPD+DOT, DDD+NDOT
- Where
- Mali
- Volunteers
- 10,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bamako
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