Clinical trials: Myanmar
Child Mental Disorder, Behavior Problem
Effectiveness Study of a Treatment to Improve the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents
This randomized controlled trial evaluates the effectiveness of a psychotherapeutic intervention, the Common Elements Treatment Approach (CETA), to address the mental health needs of children and adolescents age 8-17 who have…
- Trial name
- NCT03075475
- Testing
- Common Elements Treatment Approach
- Where
- Burma
- Volunteers
- 83 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C: Community Testing and Treatment (CT2 Study Myanmar)
Implementation-effectiveness hybrid trial assessing acceptability, feasibility and cost-effectiveness of community-based point-of-care testing and treatment for hepatitis C.
- Trial name
- CT2 (NCT03939013)
- Testing
- Xpert HCV VL
- Where
- 2 sites in Burma
- Volunteers
- 634 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health Ltd
Preterm Birth
Molecular Signature Children
Preterm birth (PTB) occurs before 37 weeks of gestation and is a major cause of neonatal mortality and morbidity. PTB results from heterogeneous influences.
- Trial name
- MSP_Ext (NCT03104673)
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 380 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Tuberculosis
PK Study of Anti-TB Drugs
This is a prospective descriptive and pharmacokinetic study will be conducted among newly diagnosed patients registered in the two SMRU TB clinics located on the Thai-Myanmar border.
- Trial name
- NCT02457208
- Testing
- Isoniazid (H), Rifampicin (R), Pyrazinamide (Z)
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 61 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Malnutrition in Children
Practice of Nutrition Package in Myanmar
The goal of this cluster randomized controlled trial is to study the effectiveness of the Nutrition Package (Yingyangbao) on improving malnutrition in children and adolescents aged 7-15 in Myanmar.
- Trial name
- NCT06827964
- Testing
- Soy-based Nutrition Package, Probiotics
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tsinghua University
Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia
Study on Newborn Babies With a Yellow Skin Color (Neonatal Jaundice Study)
Background: Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia is the most common reason for admission in the neonatal period (first month of life) worldwide and at SMRU.
- Trial name
- NCT02361788
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 1,710 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Malaria Diagnosis, Malaria,Falciparum
Evaluation of the Performance of a hsRDT Versus cRDT in Reactive Case Detection of Malaria Infections
A systematic review assessing the role, appropriateness and benefits of the active case detection strategy, both proactive and reactive, in low malaria transmission settings.
- Trial name
- NCT03511443
- Testing
- hsRDT
- Where
- Burma
- Volunteers
- 1,980 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Research Co, LLC
Amblyopia, Anisometropia
Enhanced Housing Photoscreeners 2WIN and GoCheckKids Compared in Burma and Alaska
"Adaptica" (Padova, Italy) designed a fixed-distance, dark portable tube with power and remote control for the "2WIN: photoscreener.
- Trial name
- NCT04068129
- Testing
- photoscreen
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 162 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Alaska Blind Child Discovery
Rickettsiae Infections
Rickettsiae in Myanmar
Rickettsial infections have been found to be the second most common cause of non-malarial febrile illness in Southeast Asia, just after dengue, and are largely neglected treatable causes of morbidity and mortality.
- Trial name
- Rickettsiae (NCT03847870)
- Testing
- MORU in-house ELISA test followed by IFA if positive
- Where
- Burma
- Volunteers
- 700 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Myanmar Oxford Clinical Research Unit
Maternal Health Care, Myanmar
Men in Maternity Health (MiM) in Myanmar
World Health Organization integrated husband involvement into reproductive health programs to carry out safe motherhood successfully and therefore it has been encouraged as a new strategy to improve maternal health since 2000.
- Conditions
- Maternal Health Care, Myanmar, Men in Maternity Health, Male Partner
- Trial name
- NCT06451653
- Testing
- Men in Maternity Health (MiM) Intervention
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 198 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chulalongkorn University
Malaria
Effectiveness of a Community-delivered Integrated Malaria Elimination (CIME) Model in Myanmar
In Myanmar, community health workers, known as malaria volunteers, have played a key role in reducing the malaria burden in the malaria control phase, providing essential malaria services in rural areas where the coverage of…
- Trial name
- NCT04695886
- Testing
- Community-delivered Integrated Malaria Elimination (CIME) intervention model
- Volunteers
- 6,440 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health Ltd
Anemia
Sub-clinical Inflammation and Iron Supplementation
Anemia and vitamin A deficiency (VAD) are major nutritional problems in the world and also in Myanmar. Both nutrient deficiencies result from interaction of several causal factors, and a better understanding of the etiology to…
- Trial name
- SCI&Anaemia (NCT01198574)
- Testing
- Iron group, Vitamin A group, Iron and vitamin A group
- Where
- Burma
- Volunteers
- 402 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitas Indonesia
Malaria, Mass Drug Administration
Efficacy of Focal Primaquine Mass Administration for Eliminating Plasmodium Vivax Malaria in Northern Myanmar
Plasmodium vivax has become the predominant species in the Greater Mekong Subregion and is a major challenge for regional malaria elimination.
- Conditions
- Malaria, Mass Drug Administration, Myanmar, Plasmodium Vivax
- Trial name
- NCT06392152
- Testing
- Focal Mass Drug Administration with Primaquine
- Where
- Burma
- Volunteers
- 1,208 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pyae Linn Aung
Pregnancy
Molecular Signature Pregnancy
The primary goal of the study is to identify biomarkers from the molecular signature predictive of pre-term birth. This will be achieved through high frequency sampling and profiling throughout pregnancy.
- Trial name
- MSP (NCT02797327)
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 430 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Preterm Infant, Preterm Birth
Improving SCBU Care for Preterm Babies
Since 2008, preterm neonates are taking care of in a Special Baby Care Unit (SCBU). Those born less than 34 weeks of gestation are followed-up monthly for one year for monitoring their hematocrit level, growth and development.
- Trial name
- PretermBabies (NCT03512093)
- Testing
- Retrospective chart review, Focus Group Discussion (FGD) of the medical staff, Interviews of mothers
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Cause of Mortality, Cause of Neonatal Death
Defining Causes of Deaths in South and Southeast Asia
Brief Summary: Mortality data are important in low and middle-income countries to assess the population health status and trends.
- Conditions
- Cause of Mortality, Cause of Neonatal Death, Cause of Child Death, Cause of Maternal Death
- Trial name
- SEACTN-VA (NCT04595656)
- Testing
- verbal autopsy interview
- Where
- 5 sites in Bangladesh, Burma and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 3,413 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Teenage Pregnancy
Teenage Pregnancies in Refugee and Migrant Adolescents on the Thai-Myanmar Border
This study is to explore perceptions, experiences, beliefs and knowledge around teenage pregnancy, motherhood, sexual and reproductive health, family planning and support structures adolescent refugees and migrants and to…
- Trial name
- NCT02890628
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria
Mass Screening and Treatment for Reduction of Falciparum Malaria
In this project, the investigators aim at an operational research deployment of Ultrasensitive Rapid Diagnostic Test (URDT) -based Mass Screening and Treatment (MSAT) in the Malaria Elimination Task Force (METF) elimination…
- Trial name
- MSAT (NCT04093765)
- Testing
- Ultrasensitive Rapid Diagnostic Test (URDT), Antimalarials
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 5,542 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Increased Drug Resistance, Asymptomatic Infection
Molecular Assessment of Drug Resistance Markers in Asymptomatic Malaria Cases and Malaria Antibody Kinetic
Detection of the drug resistance molecular markers for falciparum and vivax in Longitudinal follow-up samples collected in Shwegyin Township, Bago Region that is Artemisinin Resistance Containment Tier I.
- Conditions
- Increased Drug Resistance, Asymptomatic Infection, Malaria
- Trial name
- NCT02708199
- Volunteers
- 1,179 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Department of Medical Research, Lower Myanmar
Drug Resistant Malaria, Asymptomatic Infections
Drug Resistance Among Asymptomatic Infection
A cross-sectional study will be conducted in selected 2 sentinel sites for assessment of drug resistance falciparum and vivax among asymptomatic infection in migrant workers in Myanmar.
- Conditions
- Drug Resistant Malaria, Asymptomatic Infections, Migrant Workers
- Trial name
- NCT03648411
- Testing
- Drug resistance molecular markers
- Where
- Burma
- Volunteers
- 765 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Department of Medical Research, Lower Myanmar