Clinical trials: Pneumonia Childhood
Childhood Severe Illness, Pneumonia
Tools for the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness: Cross-country Quasi-experimental Pre-post Study in Kenya and Senegal
By introducing pulse oximetry, with or without clinical decision support algorithms, to primary care facilities in India, Kenya, Senegal and Tanzania, the Tools for Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (TIMCI) project aims…
- Conditions
- Childhood Severe Illness, Pneumonia, Primary Health Care, Hypoxia
- Trial name
- TIMCI (NCT05065320)
- Where
- 2 sites in Kenya, Senegal
- Volunteers
- 51,590 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute
Pneumonia, Laboratory Confirmed Influenza
Flu Vaccine Against Childhood Pneumonia, Bangladesh
Pneumonia is the leading cause of child death worldwide. Data from Bangladesh indicates that influenza has a substantial association with pneumonia among children less than two years old.
- Trial name
- NCT01319955
- Testing
- Trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 3,508 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Eating Behavior, COVID-19
Dietary and Lifestyle Habits During the Pandemic of COVID-19 in Greece
The aim of this study was to examine potential changes in children' and adolescents' dietary and lifestyle (physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep) habits during the quarantine that was implemented in Greece due to…
- Trial name
- COV-EAT (NCT04437121)
- Testing
- Online Survey about Dietary and Lifestyle Habits
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 397 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Thessaly
Covid19, Measles Vaccine
Do Childhood Measles and DTaP Vaccination Decrease the Mortality Rate Caused by COVID-19 in OECD Countries?
Mortality rates caused by SARS CoV-2 differ between countries and this difference might be explained by several reasons. Childhood vaccination rate is thought to be one of them.
- Conditions
- Covid19, Measles Vaccine, Mortality
- Trial name
- NCT04468802
- Testing
- Case fatality rate
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital
Health Behavior
Effect of Social Accountability on Improving Service Delivery and Outcomes in the Public Sector in Uttar Pradesh, India
In several low and middle-income countries, Social Accountability (SA) interventions have been introduced as an innovative approach to governance, aiming to improve delivery of public services.
- Trial name
- D0168 (NCT02879708)
- Testing
- Information Only, Information and Facilitation
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 105,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Respiratory Tract Infections, Pneumonia
Randomised Exposure Study of Pollution Indoors and Respiratory Effects
The purpose of this study was to determine whether reduced exposure to indoor air pollution would reduce ALRI incidence in children <18 months of age.
- Trial name
- RESPIRE (NCT01047696)
- Testing
- Plancha
- Where
- Guatemala
- Volunteers
- 537 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Berkeley
Pneumonia, Pneumococcal, Pneumonia Childhood
Paediatric Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Malaysia Prior to and During Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) Implementation
The purpose of this research is to provide baseline surveillance of pneumonia in young children in Malaysia before and during the implementation of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV).
- Trial name
- MSIP PCV (NCT04923035)
- Where
- 3 sites in Malaysia
- Volunteers
- 1,010 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IMU University, Malaysia
Childhood Obesity
Evaluation of an Online Lifestyle Intervention in Mexican School Children During COVID-19 Pandemic
Introduction: School closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic represent a risk factor for the development of childhood obesity due to the increase in unhealthy behaviors.
- Trial name
- NCT04772859
- Testing
- Online Lifestyle Intervention, Control Group
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Sonora
Generation of Anti COVID-19 Antibodies in a Fetus, Whose Mother Was Exposed to COVID or Was Vaccinated During Pregnancy
COVID 19 ANTOBODIES IN PREGNANT WOMEN AND THEIR CONNECTION TO BETA CELL FUNCTION IN THE FETUS
The aim of this study is to check for the presence of COVID 19 antibodies [Covid-19, GAD-65, IA-2, ICA] in the blood of laboring women who have been exposed to either the virus itself or to the vaccine during pregnancy .
- Trial name
- NCT04860908
- Testing
- no intervention, observation only
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maaynei Hayesha Medical Center
Acute Respiratory Infection, Pneumonia Childhood
Impact of Improved "Injera" Baking Stove Use on Childhood Acute Respiratory Infection Prevention in Northwest Ethiopia
In Ethiopia, great majorities (95%) of households rely on solid biomass fuels such as wood, muck, crop residues, and charcoal burned in highly polluting stoves to meet the basic household energy needs with its severe health…
- Trial name
- NCT03612362
- Testing
- Improved "Injera" Baking Biomass Stove
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 5,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bahir Dar University
Diarrhea, Pneumonia
Folic Acid and Vitamin B12 in Young Indian Children
Hypothesis: Supplementation of two recommended daily allowances (RDA) of folic acid with or without simultaneous administration of vitamin B12 reduces the rates of acute lower respiratory tract infections (ALRI), clinical…
- Trial name
- NCT00717730
- Testing
- Folic Acid, Vitamin B12, Folic acid and vitamin B12
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tor A. Strand
Pneumonia Childhood
Acute Respiratory Infection Diagnostic Aids (ARIDA) Controlled Accuracy Evaluation Protocol
Pneumonia is the leading infectious cause of death among children under 5 years of age globally. Many pneumonia deaths result from late care seeking and inappropriate treatment due to misdiagnosis of symptoms.
- Trial name
- NCT03067558
- Testing
- Children's automated respiratory rate monitor, MK2 Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) Timer
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Malaria Consortium
Childhood Pneumonia, Mycoplasma Pneumonia
Evaluation of Pathogenesis and Diagnosis of Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Community-acquired Pneumonia (CAP)
To investigate the Mycoplasma pneumoniae-specific circulating antibody-secreting cell (ASC) response and Mycoplasma pneumoniae-specific interferon (INF)-γ-secreting T cell response, along with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and…
- Conditions
- Childhood Pneumonia, Mycoplasma Pneumonia, Antibody-secreting Cells, Enzyme-linked Immunospot (ELISpot)
- Trial name
- myCAP (NCT03613636)
- Testing
- Enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISpot) assay [Blood]
- Volunteers
- 490 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Children's Hospital, Zurich
COVID-19, COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19, Obesity and Lifestyle in Children - Role of Professionals
In this study it is researched how preventive and curative healthcare for children with overweight and obesity was conducted during the Covid-19 pandemic, which barriers were noticed by professionals, and how new methods (such as…
- Conditions
- COVID-19, COVID-19 Pandemic, Childhood Obesity, Overweight, Childhood
- Trial name
- COLC-Pro (NCT05336591)
- Testing
- Covid-19 pandemic
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 385 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
Diarrhoea, Pneumonia
HCU: Can VHVs Trained in ICCM Improve Care for Children
This study will assess how the current VHV (VHV=CHW, community health worker) scope can be expanded to include iCCM and if such group interventions can provide improved access to treatment for children.
- Conditions
- Diarrhoea, Pneumonia, Malaria
- Trial name
- HCU:VHV/ICCM (NCT02072629)
- Testing
- Training of VHVs in iCCM
- Volunteers
- 4,071 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Calgary
Sars-CoV2, Covid-19
COPE - COVID-19 in Pregnancy and Early Childhood
Purpose: The emergence of a new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 causing a novel infection in the human race resulting in a world-spanning pandemic came as a surprise and at a tremendous cost both for individual human lives as well as for…
- Conditions
- Sars-CoV2, Covid-19, Pregnancy Complications, Pregnancy Preterm
- Trial name
- COPE (NCT04433364)
- Testing
- biological samples, questionnaires and interviews
- Where
- 27 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 3,834 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Diarrhea, Pneumonia
64N Nutraceutical for the Prevention of Childhood Diarrhea and Pneumonia in Low Resource Settings
The purpose of this study is to compare the occurrence of childhood diarrheal disease and pneumonia in subjects under the age of 5 years in low resource settings who have received prophylactic 64N nutraceutical (64N)as a neonate…
- Trial name
- NCT02231047
- Testing
- 64N Nutraceutical, No 64N Nutraceutical
- Where
- Guatemala
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- H2O Health and Agriculture LLC
Childhood Pneumonia, Pneumococcal Carriage
The Study of Chest Infections in Infants Living in a Refugee Camp on the Thai-Burmese Border
This study will follow 1000 refugee infants from birth for two years. The aim of the study is to better understand why some children develop infections caused by the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae whilst others merely carry…
- Trial name
- ARI (NCT00894764)
- Where
- 2 sites in Thailand
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Pneumonia, Childhood Pneumonia
mHealth for Pneumonia Prevention
In Pakistan, pneumonia and recurrent wheeze in children under five pose significant threats to children's health. Despite being preventable, more than 90,000 children die each year due to pneumonia in Pakistan, making it one of…
- Conditions
- Pneumonia, Childhood Pneumonia, Infectious Disease, Acute Respiratory Infection
- Trial name
- NCT04493047
- Testing
- Mobile health (mHealth) for pneumonia
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 520 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Edinburgh
Covid-19, Obesity, Childhood
COVID-19, Obesity and Lifestyle in Children
This study aims to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and its measures on lifestyle in Dutch children between 4 - 18 years.
- Conditions
- Covid-19, Obesity, Childhood, Lifestyle, Lifestyle, Healthy
- Trial name
- COLC (NCT04411511)
- Testing
- Exposure to the Dutch measures due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 4,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center