Clinical trials: Tropical Disease
Intestinal Diseases
Microbiome Changes in Travelers to Tropical Destinations
The human gut contain a wide range of microorganisms creating the gut microbiome. The microbiome has great impact on metabolic and immunologic processes and responses.
- Trial name
- NCT02295254
- Testing
- feces sample
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sheba Medical Center
HTLV-1
Hu Mik-Beta-1 to Treat HTLV-1-Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis
This study will examine the use of the humanized Mik-Beta-1 (Hu Mik-(SqrRoot) 1) monoclonal antibody in patients with HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP).
- Trial name
- NCT00076843
- Testing
- Hu MiK-Beta-1
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Evaluate the Prototype Digital Vaccine Platform
The Evaluation of The Prototype Digital Vaccine Platform "TM-VAX" Among User in The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
RATIONALE: Digital technology plays a key role in modern healthcare, impacting diagnosis, treatment, and health information management.
- Trial name
- NCT06843876
- Testing
- digital vaccine platform "TM VAX" application
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 202 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mahidol University
Yaws, Treponema Infection
Single-dose Azithromycin for the Treatment of Yaws
Yaws, an endemic treponematosis and as such a neglected tropical disease (NTD), is currently making a comeback in children in rural areas. Injectable long acting penicillin remains the drug of choice for the treatment of yaws.
- Conditions
- Yaws, Treponema Infection, Neglected Tropical Disease
- Trial name
- NCT01382004
- Testing
- Penicillin-G-benzathine, Azithromycin
- Where
- Papua New Guinea
- Volunteers
- 255 people
- Sponsor
- Lihir Medical Centre
Onchocerciasis, Loiasis
Development of a New Rapid Diagnostic Test to Support Onchocerciasis Elimination
Onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, is one of the disease targeted for elimination by the World Health Organization (WHO) in the group of Neglected Tropical Diseases.
- Conditions
- Onchocerciasis, Loiasis, Mansonelliasis, Healthy Volunteers
- Trial name
- Obi1 (NCT06350851)
- Testing
- Biological samples collection (blood drawing + feces)
- Where
- Cameroon
- Volunteers
- 1,128 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bioaster
HTLV-1-associated Myelopathy
Rituximab for HTLV-1-associated Myelopathy
Neuroprotective or anti-inflammatory strategies are invaluable in HTLV-1-associated myelopathy due to its rapid progression. We evaluated the efficacy of rituximab in patients with HTLV-1-associated myelopathy.
- Trial name
- NCT04004819
- Testing
- Rituximab
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University
HTLV-I Infection, Tropical Spastic Paraparesis
Evaluation of Patients With HAM/TSP
Objective: Human T-lymphotropic virus type-I-associated myelopathy / tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) is a rare neurologic disorder that affects less than 5% of patients infected with the HTLV-I virus.
- Trial name
- NCT00001778
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 750 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Schistosomiasis in Children, Social Acceptance
Adoption of L-PZQ for Schistosomiasis by Endemic Counties - Social Science Research Study
Knowledge, acceptability and perception of paediatric schistosomiasis and its treatment will be explored through a social science-driven mixed-methods approach within three endemic countries: Kenya, Uganda and Côte d'Ivoire.
- Trial name
- ADOPT (NCT05350462)
- Testing
- Community pilot L-PZQ distribution - intervention is NOT part of this observational study
- Where
- 3 sites in Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 225 people
- Sponsor
- Technical University of Munich
Tropical Spastic Paraparesis
MRI Brain Studies in Patients With HTLV-1 Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis
This study will use three different magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques to study HTLV-1 associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/STP)-a disease of slowly progressive weakness in the legs.
- Trial name
- NCT00034723
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Ulcerative Colitis (UC)
The Efficacy of Lactobacillous Probiotic and Trace Elements in the Management of Ulcerative Colitis Patients the Patients Will be Recruited From Outpatient Clinic of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) of the National Hepatology and Tropical Medicine Research Institute NHTMRI, Cairo, Egypt
the goal of this interventional observational study is to To evaluate the efficacy , safety of lactobacillus probiotics or trace elements when added to (ulcerative colitis) infliximab in maintaining remission in UC patients and…
- Trial name
- NCT07758335
- Testing
- Lactobacillus acidophilus will be assigned for arm 1, trace elements, Control Arm - standard of care
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 132 people
- Sponsor
- National Hepatology & Tropical Medicine Research Institute
Infectious Diseases in Febrile Patients Returning From Tropical Countries
Rapid Molecular Diagnosis and Detection of Emerging Infectious Diseases in Patients With Tropical Fever (Tropifever)
Travellers returning from tropical countries often present to emergency departments with acute fever. While systematic screening for malaria is well established in clinical practice in France, further diagnostic testing for…
- Trial name
- Tropifever (NCT06539325)
- Testing
- Diagnosis algorithm according to the delay between travel and consultation
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 564 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Cholera
Immunologic Responses to a Live Attenuated Oral Cholera Vaccine
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the antibody response to the cholera vaccine, Vaxchora®, in healthy subjects.
- Trial name
- NCT03251495
- Testing
- Vaxchora
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Bronchiolitis; Respiratory Syncytial Virus
RSV Seasonality in Martinique in Children Aged 2 Years or Less
The epidemiological characteristics of RSV bronchiolitis differ between tropical and temperate zones. This study seeks to understand which climatic factors could influence the specific seasonality of these bronchiolitis in…
- Trial name
- VRS-12 (NCT04415229)
- Where
- Martinique
- Volunteers
- 1,237 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Center of Martinique
HTLV-I-Associated Myelopathy
Efficacy and Safety of Tamibarotene(AM80H) for HTLV-1 Associated Myelopathy/ Tropical Spastic Paraparesis (HAM/TSP)
An open-label, non-randomised, uncontrolled, proof-of-concept study of patients with HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis (HAM/TSP).
- Trial name
- NCT01343355
- Testing
- Tamibarotene
- Where
- Japan
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- St. Marianna University School of Medicine
Leprosy, Lymphatic Filariases
Integrating Mental Health Into Neglected Tropical Disease Care in Ghana
Background Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) are a group of diseases that are more common among the poorest people in the poorest countries.
- Conditions
- Leprosy, Lymphatic Filariases, Buruli Ulcer, Onchocerciasis
- Trial name
- IMAGINE (NCT07248462)
- Testing
- WHO Essential Care package for mental health and NTDs
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Organophosphate Poisoning
Farming, Personal Protective Equipment, Nepal
According to the World Health Organization pesticide poisoning is a major health problem due to the millions of cases annually occurring worldwide.
- Trial name
- NCT02137317
- Testing
- LAPPE (locally adapted personal protective equipment)
- Where
- Nepal
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bispebjerg Hospital
Visceral Leishmaniasis, Human African Trypanosomiasis
Rapid Diagnostic Tests and Clinical/Laboratory Predictors of Tropical Diseases In Patients With Persistent Fever in Cambodia, Nepal, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Sudan (NIDIAG-Fever)
Tropical fevers have been a diagnostic challenge from the antiquity. Nowadays, despite the availability of good diagnostic capacities, undifferentiated febrile illnesses continue to be a thorny problem for travel physicians.
- Conditions
- Visceral Leishmaniasis, Human African Trypanosomiasis, Enteric Fever, Melioidosis
- Trial name
- NCT01766830
- Testing
- rk28 ICT, IT LEISH (rK39), Immunochromatographic HAT test
- Where
- 7 sites in Cambodia, Democratic Republic of the Congo and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 1,927 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Geneva
Pancreatitis, Chronic
Surgical Outcome and Differences on Histopathology in Patients With Alcoholic & Non Alcoholic Chronic Pancreatitis
Numerous treatment modalities have been proposed to treat pain in alcoholic and non-alcoholic chronic pancreatitis such as analgesic medication, inhibition of gastric acid production, enzyme substitution, somatostatin analogues…
- Trial name
- NCT02048267
- Testing
- Frey's procedure/Pylorus preserving pancreatoduodenectomy
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
HTLV-I Infections, HTLV-II Infections
Dual Algorithm Post Market Clinical Study
The purpose of this study is to assess the validity and reproducibility of the MP Diagnostics HTLV Blot 2.4 in blood specimens testing repeat reactive (RR) on the first FDA licensed screening assay (Abbott Prism) and non-reactive…
- Conditions
- HTLV-I Infections, HTLV-II Infections, Human T-lymphotropic Virus 1, Human T-lymphotropic Virus 2
- Trial name
- NCT03146013
- Testing
- MP Diagnostics HTLV Blot 2.4
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- MP Biomedicals, LLC
HTLV-1-Associated Myelopathy (HAM)
A Clinical Pharmacological Study of MT-3921 in Subjects With HTLV-1 Associated Myelopathy (HAM)
The purposes of this study is to assess the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of MT-3921 in subjects with Human T-cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 (HTLV-1)-Associated Myelopathy(HAM).
- Trial name
- NCT05240612
- Testing
- MT-3921
- Where
- Japan
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Tanabe Pharma Corporation