Clinical trials: Prophylactic
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Breast Cancer
Levofloxacin to Prevent Infection Following Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Solid Tumors or Lymphoma
RATIONALE: Giving antibiotics may be effective in preventing or controlling early infection in patients receiving chemotherapy for solid tumors or lymphoma.
- Conditions
- Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Breast Cancer, Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumor, Infection
- Trial name
- NCT00005590
- Testing
- levofloxacin
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Sponsor
- Cancer Research Campaign Clinical Trials Centre
Papillomavirus Vaccines, Papillomavirus Infections
Changes in the Prevalence of Oncogenic HPV Types
In Japan, nationwide prophylactic HPV vaccination was implemented in 2010; a bivalent vaccine was given from 2010 to 2012, and a quadrivalent vaccine from 2012. However, the program essentially ceased in June 2013. 1.
- Trial name
- NCT04671823
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kanazawa Medical University
Malaria,Falciparum, Anemia in Children
Preventing Malaria in School Children to Protect the Whole Community in Rural Blantyre District, Malawi
This is an individually randomized, controlled, single blind three arm clinical trial of malaria chemoprevention strategies Arm 1: Intermittent preventive treatment with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (IPT-DP).
- Trial name
- NCT06083688
- Testing
- Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine, Chloroquine, Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine-amodiaquine
- Where
- Malawi
- Volunteers
- 788 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Malaria,Falciparum, Anemia
Effectiveness and Safety of Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Malaria Using Either Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine or Artesunate-amodiaquine in Reducing Malaria Related Morbidities and Improving Cognitive Ability in School-aged Children in Tanzania
Background: In high-transmission settings, up to 70% of school-aged children harbour malaria parasites which is mostly asymptomatic, thus, from an epidemiological point of view, they contribute significantly as reservoir to…
- Trial name
- InSMART-school (NCT03640403)
- Testing
- Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine, Artesunate-amodiaquine
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 1,555 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania
Fluorides, Dental Caries
Preventive Effect of Salt Fluoridation
This was a block-randomized, controlled, open-label trial and was executed in two preschools in The Gambia. Fluoridated table salt (250 mg F/kg salt) was administered in daily communal preschool feeding.
- Trial name
- NCT02585882
- Testing
- Fluoride table salt
- Volunteers
- 441 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Witten/Herdecke
Chronic Migraine
A Study of Oral Atogepant Tablets to Assess Adverse Events and Change in Disease Activity To Prevent Migraine in Participants Aged 12 to 17 Years
Migraine is a disease that most often causes moderate to severe headache on one side of the head. A migraine attack is a headache that may be accompanied by throbbing, nausea, vomiting, sensitivity to light and sound, or other…
- Trial name
- NCT06810505
- Testing
- Atogepant
- Where
- 66 sites in United States, Canada and 9 more
- Volunteers
- 420 people
- Sponsor
- AbbVie
Pompe Disease, Glycogen Storage Disease Type II
An Exploratory Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Prophylactic Immunomodulatory Treatment in Myozyme-naive Cross-Reacting Immunologic Material (CRIM[-]) Patients With Infantile-Onset Pompe Disease
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy, clinical benefits and safety of a prophylactic immunomodulatory regimen given prior to first treatment with alglucosidase alfa (Myozyme®) in patients with infantile-onset…
- Trial name
- NCT00701129
- Testing
- Alglucosidase Alfa, Methotrexate, Rituximab
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- Genzyme, a Sanofi Company
Feeding; Difficult, Newborn, Growth Failure
Prophylactic Probiotics to Extremely Low Birth Weight Prematures
Mortality and incidence of severe complications is still high among extremely premature infants. Common causes of severe complications in this population are poor nutrition, necrotizing enterocolitis, and severe infections.
- Conditions
- Feeding; Difficult, Newborn, Growth Failure, Necrotizing Enterocolitis, Sepsis
- Trial name
- PROPEL (NCT01603368)
- Testing
- Lactobacillus reuteri
- Where
- 2 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 134 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ostergotland County Council, Sweden
Malaria
Household-level Impact of IPT of Malaria in Schoolchildren
The study will evaluate the household-level impact of IPT for malaria in schoolchildren on malaria transmission, using a randomized trial design.
- Trial name
- NCT04660110
- Testing
- IPT with Dihydroartemisinin Piperaquine
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Makerere University
HIV Infections
Screen2Prevent (S2P)
Screen2Prevent is a study intended to improve HIV prevention and detection through implementation and evaluation of three different broad-scale HIV screening approaches a) targeted, b) universally offered opt-in, and c)…
- Trial name
- S2P (NCT07728123)
- Testing
- HIV screening strategies
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 84,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Westat
Migraine
A Trial to Test if Fremanezumab is Effective in Preventing Migraine in Children and Adolescents
The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the long-term safety and tolerability of subcutaneous fremanezumab in the preventive treatment of migraine in pediatric participants 6 to 17 years of age (inclusive at enrollment…
- Trial name
- NCT04530110
- Testing
- Fremanezumab
- Where
- 70 sites in United States, Canada and 7 more
- Volunteers
- 499 people
- Sponsor
- Teva Branded Pharmaceutical Products R&D LLC
Esophageal Cancer, Gastric Cancer
Evaluation of the Preventive Effect of Chlorhexidine Acetate Gargle for Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Infection After ESD
Backgrounds： With the continuous improvement of sterilization and endoscopic structure, the infection caused by endoscopy has gradually declined.With the rapid development of digestive endoscopic therapy in the past decade…
- Trial name
- NCT03492827
- Testing
- chlorhexidine acetate gargle
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 306 people
- Sponsor
- Peking University Third Hospital
Patients Undergoing Microvascular Surgery
Use of Bemiparine as a Prophylactic Antithrombotic Agent, in Patients Undergoing Microsurgery for Head and Neck Reconstruction
A comparative study to reveal if the use of Bemiparine (Hibor) versus Enoxaparin (Clexane) as an antithrombotic agent, shows an advantage on the rate of thrombotic and haemorrhagic events in microsurgicals free flaps during head…
- Trial name
- NCT02808273
- Testing
- Bemiparine
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 78 people
- Sponsor
- Fundacion para la Investigacion Biomedica del Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal
Stress Disorders, Post Traumatic
A Trial of "Coping Coach," a Web-based Preventive Intervention for Children
This study will evaluate the impact of a psychosocial intervention, Coping Coach, delivered online to children who have experience an acute medical event.
- Trial name
- NCT01653288
- Testing
- Coping Coach
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease
Preventive Inhalation of Hypertonic Saline in Infants With Cystic Fibrosis
The purpose of this study is to assess whether 6% hypertonic saline (HS) is a safe and effective preventive therapy in newborns and infants with cystic fibrosis (CF).
- Trial name
- PRESIS (NCT01619657)
- Testing
- 6% Hypertonic Saline (HS), 4mL, 0.9% Isotonic Saline (IS), 4mL
- Where
- 4 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 42 people
- Sponsor
- Heidelberg University
Postoperative Bile Leak, Focal Liver Lesions
Prevention of Bile Leakage After Liver Resection in Children
Bile leakage is a clinically important complication after liver resection in children and may require prolonged drainage, additional radiological or endoscopic procedures, or repeat surgery.
- Trial name
- NCT07867522
- Testing
- prophylactic extrahepatic biliary drainage during liver resection
- Where
- Russia
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Federal Research Institute of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology
Ebola Virus Disease
Staged Phase 3 Study to Assess the Safety and Immunogenicity of Ebola Candidate Vaccines Ad26.ZEBOV and MVA-BN-Filo
The purpose of this study is the evaluation of the safety and immunogenicity of two candidate Ebola vaccines Ad26.ZEBOV and MVA-BN-Filo, in a 2-dose heterologous regimen.
- Trial name
- EBOVAC-Salone (NCT02509494)
- Testing
- Ad26.ZEBOV, MVA-BN-Filo, MenACWY
- Where
- Sierra Leone
- Volunteers
- 1,023 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Janssen Vaccines & Prevention B.V.
Zinc Deficiency, Diarrhea
Impact of Preventive and Therapeutic Zinc Supplementation Programs Among Young Children
Zinc supplementation can either be provided in a lower daily dose to prevent zinc deficiency or in a higher dose for 10-14 days as part of the treatment of diarrhea.
- Conditions
- Zinc Deficiency, Diarrhea, Malaria
- Trial name
- NCT00944359
- Testing
- Surveillance control group
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 7,680 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
HIV Infections
Optimizing Pediatric HIV-1 Treatment in Infants With Prophylactic Exposure to Nevirapine, Nairobi, Kenya
Globally, children who acquire HIV-1 increasingly do so in the context of maternal antiretroviral prophylaxis. It is important to determine whether maternal antiretroviral prophylaxis should alter infant treatment regimens.
- Trial name
- NCT00427297
- Testing
- AZT/3TC/NVP (zidovudine/lamivudine/nevirapine), d4T/3TC/NVP (stavudine/lamivudine/nevirapine), AZT/3TC/ABC (zidovudine/lamivudine/abacavir)
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
White Spot Lesion, Enamel Hypomineralization
Evaluation of CPP-ACP Prophylactic Effect on Enamel Surface During Orthodontic Treatment
This study is aiming in preventing the formation of WSL associated with orthodontic treatment which occurs to more than 50% of orthodontically treated patients through applying CPP-ACP on the enamel surface once every 2 weeks for…
- Trial name
- NCT03187548
- Testing
- Casein Phosphopeptide-Amorphous Calcium Phosphate Dental Paste
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cairo University