Clinical trials: malaria
Malaria
Gut and Azithromycin Mechanisms in Infants and Children II
Childhood mortality is decreasing worldwide. However, many sub-Saharan countries still have high children under 5 mortality rates.
- Trial name
- GAMINII (NCT04315272)
- Testing
- Azithromycin
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 449 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Malaria
Chemopreventive Therapy for Malaria in Ugandan Children
Young African children living in high transmission areas suffer the greatest burden of malaria. In most African countries, such as Uganda, the only current preventive measure against malaria in high transmission settings is the…
- Trial name
- PROMOTE-Chemop (NCT00948896)
- Testing
- trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TS; TMP/SMX), sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP), dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DP)
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Malaria, Intermittent Preventive Treatment
Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Schoolchildren
This will be a randomized, single-blinded, placebo-controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of antimalarial regimens in healthy schoolchildren.
- Trial name
- NCT00852371
- Testing
- sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, amodiaquine + sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine
- Volunteers
- 780 people
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Malaria
Safety, Immunogenicity, and Protective Efficacy of Two Regimens of Radiation Attenuated Plasmodium Falciparum NF54 Sporozoites (PfSPZ Vaccine) During Natural Transmission Season in Healthy African Adults in Mali
Background: The disease malaria affects many people in Mali and other parts of Africa and the world. It is caused by germs spread by mosquito bites. Malaria may be mild.
- Trial name
- NCT03510481
- Testing
- PfSPZ Vaccine, Normal Saline, artemether 20mg/lumefantrine 120mg (AL)
- Where
- Mali
- Volunteers
- 478 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Malaria
Preserving ACTs - Text Reminders to Increase Adherence to ACT Treatment
A randomized controlled trial was conducted to assess the effectiveness of text reminders sent to ACT users through an automated text messaging system short-message-system.
- Trial name
- PACT (NCT01722734)
- Testing
- Text message reminders
- Where
- Ghana
- Volunteers
- 1,140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
Malaria, Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria
FMP2.1/AS02A: Rabies Vaccine Malaria-Experienced Adults in Bandiagara, Mali
Malaria is a disease that affects many people in Africa and in Mali. It is caused by germs that are spread by mosquito bites. This study will look at the safety, effectiveness, and best dose of an experimental malaria vaccine in…
- Trial name
- NCT00349713
- Testing
- FMP2.1/AS02A, Rabies vaccine (RabAvert)
- Where
- Mali
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command
Malaria
Stimulating Private Sector Malaria Control
Preliminary evidence from ongoing research provides strong indications that protecting farmers from malaria would be profitable for outgrowing agribusinesses in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Trial name
- Outgrowers (NCT01397851)
- Testing
- Insecticide-treated net (BASF Incerceptor)
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 81,597 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- PATH
Malaria, Plasmodium Falciparum
Optimisation of Controlled Human Malaria Infection Using Sporozoites Administered by Needle and Syringe
This is an open label, human pilot study to optimise controlled human malaria infection (CHMI) administered by Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites (PfSPZ. Volunteers will be inoculated with PfSPZ Challenge.
- Trial name
- NCT01465048
- Testing
- Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites 2sites, Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites 1 site, Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites 1site
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Malaria
Pfs230D1M-EPA/AS01 Vaccine, a Transmission Blocking Vaccine Against Plasmodium Falciparum, in an Age De-Escalation Trial of Children and a Family Compound Trial in Mali
Background: Malaria affects many people in Mali and other parts of Africa. It is spread by mosquito bites. Malaria can make people sick or can lead to death.
- Trial name
- NCT03917654
- Testing
- Pfs230D1M-EPA/AS01, HAVRIX, TYPHIM Vi (Salmonella typhi vaccine)
- Where
- Mali
- Volunteers
- 1,301 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Malaria
Safety and Efficacy Study of IV Artesunate to Treat Malaria
The purpose of this study is to determine how GMP IV Artesunate is metabolized and cleared by individuals with uncomplicated malaria infection and to determine how fast it eliminates malaria infection from the body.
- Trial name
- NCT00298610
- Testing
- Artesunate, Malarone
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command
Malaria, Vivax
VAC071: A Study to Assess Efficacy of the ChAd63/MVA PvDBP Vaccines
This is an open label, Phase IIa, controlled human malaria infection (CHMI) study aimed to assess whether the new vivax malaria vaccines ChAd63 PvDBP and MVA PvDBP can protect against malaria infection.
- Trial name
- NCT04009096
- Testing
- ChAd63 PvDBP and MVA PvDBP
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Malaria
Safety and Immunogenicity of GSK Biologicals' Investigational Malaria Vaccine in HIV Infected Infants and Children
The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and immunogenicity of the candidate malaria vaccine in HIV-infected infants and children
- Trial name
- NCT01148459
- Testing
- GSK Biological's Investigational Malaria Vaccine 257049, Human Diploid Cell Vaccine (HDCV) or Purified Vero Cell Rabies Vaccine (PVRV, Verorab) (Aventis Pasteur);, Purified Chick Embryo Cell Culture (PCEC) Rabies Vaccine (Rabipur or equivalent) (Novartis).
- Where
- 2 sites in Kenya
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- GlaxoSmithKline
Malaria, Vivax, G6PD Deficiency
Assessing a Risk Model for G6PD Deficiency
A clinical study designed to develop and inform an individual risk of hemolysis model based on individual red blood cell G6PD levels.
- Trial name
- NCT03337152
- Testing
- primaquine, chloroquine + primaquine
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- PATH
Malaria
Pyronaridine Artesunate (3:1) Versus Coartem® in P Falciparum Malaria Patients
The primary objective of this phase III study is to compare the efficacy and safety of the fixed combination of pyronaridine artesunate (Pyramax®, PA) with that of Coartem® (artemether lumefantrine, AL) in children and adults…
- Trial name
- NCT00422084
- Testing
- Pyronaridine artesunate, Coartem® (artemether lumefantrine)
- Where
- 10 sites in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana and 7 more
- Volunteers
- 1,272 people
- Sponsor
- Medicines for Malaria Venture
Pneumonia, Malaria
Zambia Integrated Management of Malaria and Pneumonia Study
The purpose of the study is to demonstrate the effectiveness and feasibility of community-based management of pneumonia and malaria by community health workers (CHWs) in a rural district of Zambia.
- Trial name
- ZIMMAPS (NCT00513500)
- Testing
- Coartem and amoxicillin, Coartem
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 3,125 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Plasmodium Falciparum, Malaria
DSM265 Chemoprophylaxis of Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria
Study to evaluate the efficacy of DSM265 as a causal prophylactic in a standardized and validated Human Challenge model using direct venous inoculation of aseptic, purified, cryopreserved, vialed Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites.
- Trial name
- NCT02450578
- Testing
- DSM265 400mg, Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite challenge, Malarone
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medicines for Malaria Venture
Malaria, Vivax
VAC069: A Study of Blood-stage Controlled Human P. Vivax Infection
This is a clinical study to assess the safety and feasibility of Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax) controlled blood-stage human malaria infection (CHMI), by inoculation using a newly created source of P. vivax malaria-infected blood.
- Trial name
- NCT03797989
- Testing
- P. vivax infected inoculum (parasitised red blood cells)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 19 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
HIV
Daily Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole or Weekly Chloroquine Among Adults on ART in Malawi
The purpose of this study is to determine if there is a benefit to taking trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TS) as prophylaxis among HIV positive adults who have viral load suppression and a good clinical response on anti-retroviral…
- Trial name
- TSCQ (NCT01650558)
- Testing
- Standard of Care prophylaxis, Chloroquine (CQ) prophylaxis
- Where
- 2 sites in Malawi
- Volunteers
- 1,499 people
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Malaria, Malaria,Falciparum
Safety and Efficacy of R0.6C Vaccine
This is a first-in-human phase I, open-label, single-site, dose escalation study to determine the safety, tolerability and Plasmodium falciparum transmission reducing activity of the R0.6C vaccine in two different adjuvant…
- Trial name
- STOP-TRANS (NCT04862416)
- Testing
- R0.6C transmission blocking vaccine
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Radboud University Medical Center
Malaria
Examine Safety and Immune Responses of GSK 257049 Vaccine When Administered to Infants Living in a Malaria-endemic Region
GSK Biologicals is developing in partnership with the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH) Malaria Vaccine Initiative a candidate malaria vaccine for the routine immunization of infants and children living in…
- Trial name
- NCT00197028
- Testing
- RTS,S/AS02D, TETRActHib™, Engerix-B®
- Where
- Mozambique
- Volunteers
- 214 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- GlaxoSmithKline