Clinical trials: Tropical Disease
Sickle Cell Leg Ulcer
Test of the Safety, Effectiveness, & Acceptability of An Improvised Dressing for Sickle Cell Leg Ulcers in the Tropics
One in 300 Jamaicans have HbSS sickle cell disease, and of these, up to 70% will suffer from sickle cell leg ulcers (SCLUs). Of these, 24% will have a chronic SCLU (one lasting longer than 6 months).
- Trial name
- SCLUJamaica (NCT04479618)
- Testing
- Usual Practice, Improvised dressing, Advanced dressing
- Where
- Jamaica
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- Benskin, Linda, PhD, RN, SRN (Ghana), CWCN, CWS, DAPWCA
HTLV I Associated Myelopathy
Ciclosporin in HTLV-1 Associated Myelopathy/ Tropical Spastic Paraparesis (HAM/TSP)
HAM/TSP is a chronic disease of the spinal cord, caused by a virus called HTLV-I. Worldwide approximately 20 million persons are infected.Infection with HTLV-I is lifelong, and about 3% of infected persons will develop this…
- Trial name
- HAM05 (NCT00773292)
- Testing
- ciclosporin
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
Rotavirus Diarrhea, Vaccine Virus Shedding
Exploration of the Biologic Basis for Underperformance of Oral Polio and Rotavirus Vaccines in Bangladesh
Oral polio and rotavirus vaccines are significantly less effective in children living in the developing world. Tropical enteropathy, which is associated with intestinal inflammation, decreased absorption and increased…
- Conditions
- Rotavirus Diarrhea, Vaccine Virus Shedding, Tropical Enteropathy
- Trial name
- PROVIDE (NCT01375647)
- Testing
- IPV (inactivated polio vaccine), Rotarix
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 700 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Vermont
Pancreatitis, Chronic
Prospective Study of Efficacy of Intra-muscular Vitamin D3 in Tropical Calcific Pancreatitis
The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of 2 different doses of intramuscular (IM) vitamin D3 as compared to an oral replacement dose in normalizing vitamin D levels in the blood of patients with tropical calcific…
- Trial name
- NCT00956839
- Testing
- Vitamin D3 (Cholecalciferol)
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences
Trypanosomiasis, African, Sleeping Sickness
Fexinidazole in Human African Trypanosomiasis Due to T. b. Rhodesiense
The ultimate goal of this study is to show that fexinidazole offers an alternative over the existing treatments of Human African trypanosomiasis due to Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense (r-HAT): melarsoprol in patients with stage 2…
- Conditions
- Trypanosomiasis, African, Sleeping Sickness, Trypanosoma Brucei Rhodesiense; Infection
- Trial name
- NCT03974178
- Testing
- Fexinidazole
- Where
- 2 sites in Malawi, Uganda
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Drugs for Neglected Diseases
Hookworm Infection, Hookworm Disease
Safety and Immunogenicity Study of Na-GST-1 With or Without CpG
Na-GST-1 is a protein expressed during the adult stage of the hookworm life cycle that is thought to play a role in the parasite's degradation of host hemoglobin for use as an energy source.
- Trial name
- NCT02143518
- Testing
- Na-GST-1/Alhydrogel®, CpG 10104
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Tropical Enteropathy
Trial of Rifaximin in the Treatment of Tropical Enteropathy
The purpose of this study is to determine whether rifaximin is effective in the treatment of tropical enteropathy in a population of African children at high risk for this disease.
- Trial name
- NCT00858988
- Testing
- Rifaximin
- Where
- Malawi
- Volunteers
- 147 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
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