Clinical trials: Resource-Limited Setting
COVID-19
Evaluation of Molecular Point-of-care Xpert® Xpress SARS-CoV-2 Detection Implementation in Resource-limited Settings
This study evaluated the diagnostic accuracy and effectiveness of POC viral load (VL) assay in improving the availability of SARS-CoV-2 detection for COVID-19 patient management in decentralised healthcare facilities of…
- Trial name
- EXPERT-CoV-2 (NCT05514886)
- Testing
- Gene Expert molecular Point-of-Care (POC) (Xpert® Xpress SARS-CoV-2/Flu/RSV test
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 3,429 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania
Cleft Lip Repair
Pilot Study of Smartphone -Based AI Assisted Ultrasound Guided Infraorbital Nerve Block in Pediatric Cleft Lip Repair
It's prospective single blinded randomized multi-center trial of 120 infant scheduled for primary unilateral cleft lip repair .
- Trial name
- NCT07232914
- Testing
- Infraorbital Nerve Block
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Ain Shams University
Circumcision, Adolescents
Safety and Efficacy Study of Non-Surgical MC Device for Adolescent Male Population Including Contraindicated Subjects
A new Male Circumcision (MC) device, PrePex, has shown great promise as a way to radically shift the MC landscape. PrePex is an innovative circumcision device requiring no injected anesthesia, sutures, or sterile settings.
- Trial name
- NCT02581722
- Testing
- PrePex Device
- Where
- Rwanda
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ministry of Health, Rwanda
Pediatric Status Epilepticus
Childhood Convulsive Status Epilepticus Management In A Resource Limited Setting
Convulsive status epilepticus (CSE) is a potentially devastating condition which can result in significant morbidity and mortality.
- Trial name
- NCT03650270
- Testing
- Phenobarbital
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 198 people
- Sponsor
- University of Cape Town
HIV, HIV Infections
Measurement of Adherence to ART in HIV-Infected Children in Uganda (The CHARTA Study)
This study will compare methods of determining whether HIV-infected children take their medications.
- Trial name
- NCT00868257
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Vomiting in Infants and/or Children, Acute Gastroenteritis
Ondansetron Versus Domperidone for Treating Vomiting in Acute Gastroenteritis in Children
Most of the trials conducted comparing ondansetron and domperidone have been conducted among children aged below 5 or 6 years of age while no study from Pakistan has compared efficacy of these antiemetic agents among children up…
- Trial name
- NCT05076461
- Testing
- Ondansetron
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tehsil Headquarter Hospital
HIV
SANKOFA Pediatric HIV Disclosure Intervention
A culturally-relevant, theoretically and empirically sound, patient-centered, standardized disclosure intervention that can be integrated into routine clinical pediatric HIV care has potential to prevent transmission and improve…
- Trial name
- NCT01701635
- Testing
- Disclosure intervention, usual care
- Where
- 2 sites in Ghana
- Volunteers
- 446 people
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Medical Education
Basic Life Support (BLS) and Barriers to Cross-Cultural Education
This is a randomized, multi-center intervention trial comparing two educational programs on healthcare provider performance in the Botswana national hospital system.
- Trial name
- BLSinBotswana (NCT00715767)
- Testing
- Assessment
- Volunteers
- 215 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Wounds and Injuries
Addition of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy to Standard Gauze Dressings for Acute Wounds in a Limited-Resource Setting
The worldwide prevalence of open wounds is estimated to be approximately 200 million per year. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT), the application of a controlled vacuum to an open wound cavity, has been clinically…
- Trial name
- NCT02479542
- Testing
- Standard Gauze Dressing, WiCare NPWT dressing
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Family Involvement/Empowerment, Family-centered Care
Effectiveness of Family-Integrated Newborn Care to Improve Outcomes for Preterm and Low-birth-weight Neonates
The goal of this quasi-experimental study is to learn if integrating family in newborn care units as a key partner can improve the outcomes of preterm and low-birth-weight neonates.
- Conditions
- Family Involvement/Empowerment, Family-centered Care, Intensive Care Units, Neonatal, Family Integrated Newborn Care
- Trial name
- FINC (NCT07364903)
- Testing
- Family Integrated Newborn Care, an intervention to integrate family in the care targeted their preterm and Low-birth weight neonates, Standard medical treatment
- Where
- 2 sites in Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 1,020 people
- Sponsor
- Laerdal Foundation
HIV/AIDS Treatment, HIV Infections
Lopinavir/Ritonavir (Kaletra) PK in Children
The objective of this study is to compare the pharmacokinetics of lopinavir tablets administered to pediatric patients as either whole or crushed tablets.
- Trial name
- NCT00810108
- Testing
- lopinavir/ritonavir (Kaletra®) tablets
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Information Disclosure
Paper Versus Cartoon Video-based Administration of Study Information Notice for Participant Consent
This study is a randomized trial in which participants are assigned to one of 2 strategies of information notice administration which include the standard approach versus a video-based cartoon approach.
- Trial name
- CONSENT (NCT05341791)
- Testing
- Cartoon video describing study information notice
- Where
- Cameroon
- Volunteers
- 350 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
Sickle Cell Disease
Sub-dissociative Intranasal Ketamine for Pediatric Sickle Cell Pain Crises
The purpose of this study is to determine if the use of ketamine, sniffed in the nose, is a safe and effective way to help reduce pain in pediatric sickle cell patients with pain crises in resource-limited settings.
- Trial name
- NCT02573714
- Testing
- Ketamine, Normal Saline, Standard Pain Therapy
- Where
- 2 sites in Cameroon, Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- Cameroon Baptist Convention Health
Adolescent Pregnancy
Family Intervention to Improve Maternal and Child Mental Health
This pilot study will assess the acceptability, feasibility and efficacy of a family-based intervention to improve maternal and child mental health by increasing maternal sensitivity and decreasing offspring abuse among…
- Trial name
- MCMH (NCT04700059)
- Testing
- Virtual perinatal home visiting
- Where
- Peru
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
HIV
Pediatric HIV Disclosure Benefits Study (PhD-BS) - Sankofa 2
The purpose of this study is to conduct a pragmatic, stepped wedge cluster randomized trial in 12 HIV pediatric clinics in Ghana to determine effectiveness, health benefits, cost and implementation to inform scale-up and…
- Trial name
- NCT04791865
- Testing
- Disclosure intervention, Usual Care
- Where
- Ghana
- Volunteers
- 748 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Cesarean Section Complications, Anesthesia Complication
Prophylactic Phenylephrine Co-administration During Caesarean Section
This single centre prospective alternating intervention study will aim to compare prophylactic phenylephrine given in the first litre of Ringers lactate as co-load in healthy patients having an elective caesarean section under…
- Trial name
- NCT04005664
- Testing
- Phenylephrine
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- University of KwaZulu
Sepsis
Prediction of Disease Severity in Young Children Presenting With Acute Febrile Illness in Resource-limited Settings
Note that this is a study that is co-sponsored by Medecins Sans Frontieres, Spain, and the University of Oxford. The primary objective is to develop a risk prediction algorithm, combining measurements of host biomarkers and…
- Trial name
- SPOT-SEPSIS (NCT04285021)
- Where
- 6 sites in Bangladesh, Cambodia and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 3,433 people
- Sponsor
- Medecins Sans Frontieres, Spain
Iron-deficiency, Iron Deficiency Anemia
Iron Fish for Dominican Republic (DR) Infants
This study evaluates the feasibility of cooking with an iron ingot, Lucky Iron Fish™ (LIF), and evaluate the natural history of hemoglobins and iron status among infants of families using this iron ingot in a population with a…
- Trial name
- NCT03606993
- Testing
- Lucky Iron Fish (TM) - An iron ingot that is a Cooking supplement
- Where
- Dominican Republic
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Global Health, Education
Can VAST Improve ACLS in Rwanda
Aim The purpose of this study is to determine if the addition of the VAST Course to technical resuscitation skills training enhances healthcare providers' resuscitation performance in a resource-limited setting.
- Conditions
- Global Health, Education, Resuscitation
- Trial name
- NCT05278884
- Testing
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support Training, Vital Anesthesia Simulation Training
- Where
- Rwanda
- Volunteers
- 47 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
Acute Illness
Evaluation of the Basic Assessment of Severity of Illness in Children (BASIC) Scale
The purpose of this study is to assess whether the BASIC Scale--a simple, non-invasive clinical triage protocol--predicts severe illness, hospitalization or death among children under age five presenting for acute care in a rural…
- Trial name
- NCT01068574
- Testing
- BASIC Score (Observational)
- Where
- Rwanda
- Volunteers
- 2,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital