Clinical trials: Male Circumcision
Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision
Two-way Texting for VMMC Follow-up in Republic of South Africa
Voluntary medical male circumcision (alternatively abbreviated in the literature as VMMC or MC) is a critical HIV prevention intervention with global support for expansion across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
- Trial name
- 2wT_RSA (NCT04327271)
- Testing
- Text-based VMMC follow-up
- Where
- 9 sites in South Africa
- Volunteers
- 1,093 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Circumcision
Rapid, Minimally-invasive Voluntary Adult Male Circumcision
This study will evaluate a new, minimally-invasive surgical circumcision technique for men, which is easy to learn and perform, is safe, and is associated with high patient satisfaction and excellent cosmetic results.
- Trial name
- NCT01998360
- Testing
- Surgical Control, Unicirc with tissue adhesive
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Simunye Primary Health Care
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Health Risk Behaviors
Like Father Like Son
This purpose of this study is to look at the best way to offer the Like Father Like Son + Spear \& Shield program.
- Trial name
- NCT04119414
- Testing
- Spear and Shield (S&S) Program, Like Father Like Son (LFLS) Program
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Pain, Circumcision
Acetaminophen and Post Circumcision Pain Control
Infants do not routinely receive acetaminophen for pain control after circumcision. This study will determine if acetaminophen is effective at controlling infant pain after circumcision using nerve block and oral dextrose.
- Trial name
- NCT02498483
- Testing
- Acetaminophen
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Circumcision
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Open Surgical vs. Rapid, Minimally-invasive Voluntary Adult Male Circumcision
To identify a minimally-invasive surgical circumcision technique for men, which is easy to learn and perform, is safe, and is associated with high patient satisfaction and excellent cosmetic results.
- Trial name
- NCT01877408
- Testing
- Open surgical circumcision, Unicirc device with tissue adhesive
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Simunye Primary Health Care
Circumcision, Male
Unicirc Adolescent 12-15 Year Old Boys
This is a field case series of Unicirc under topical anaesthetic among adolescent boys, aged 12 to 15 years.
- Trial name
- NCT02593630
- Testing
- Unicirc circumcision
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Simunye Primary Health Care
Surgical Technique
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Open Surgical vs. Minimally-invasive Voluntary Adult Male Circumcision
This proposed randomized controlled trial will provide important data which will inform and enable the Mozambican government and global health programs to more effectively scale-up circumcision services.
- Trial name
- NCT01688310
- Testing
- Gomco Clamp with Tissue Adhesive, Open surgical circumcision
- Where
- Mozambique
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade Católica de Moçambique
Circumcision, Male
Unicirc vs Open Surgical Circumcision
RCT of Unicirc under topical anesthetic w/ cyanoacrylate wound sealing vs. open surgical circumcision under local anesthetic with suturing.
- Trial name
- Unicirc004 (NCT02443792)
- Testing
- Unicirc with tissue adhesive, Open Surgical
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Simunye Primary Health Care
Circumcision, Male
Gomco Versus Mogen: Which is Best? A Randomized Controlled Trial
The purpose of this study is to compare two commonly used circumcision clamps (Gomco and Mogen) to see which results in less neonatal pain.
- Trial name
- GMRT (NCT01726036)
- Testing
- Gomco Circumcision Clamp, Mogen Circumcision Clamp
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 274 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- TriHealth Inc.
Male Circumcision
Phase 4 Field Trial of the Unicirc Instrument With Tissue Adhesive
This is a field trial of the Unicirc instrument to excise the foreskin, plus use of cyanoacrylate tissue adhesive to seal the wound.
- Trial name
- Unicirc003 (NCT02091726)
- Testing
- Unicirc instrument plus cyanoacrylate tissue adhesive
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Simunye Primary Health Care
HIV Infections, Sexually Transmitted Infections
Uptake of Medical Male Circumcision Among Men With Sexually Transmitted Infections
The intervention includes provision of transport reimbursement for men who will undergo voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC), intensified health education by a VMMC mobilizer and a male and female VMMC champion and use of a…
- Trial name
- VMMC-RITe (NCT04677374)
- Testing
- Standard of care, Intensified Health Education, SMS/telephonic Tracing
- Where
- Malawi
- Volunteers
- 2,242 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill