Clinical trials: completed, in Laos
Emergency Nursing Education, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training
Development and Evaluation of an Emergency Nursing Care Training Program Focusing on CPR and Triage for the Lao People's Democratic Republic
In low- and middle-income countries, particularly the Lao People's Democratic Republic, limited infrastructure and constrained educational access create competency gaps and limited training opportunities for emergency nurses.
- Conditions
- Emergency Nursing Education, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training, Triage Training
- Trial name
- NCT07871474
- Testing
- Emergency Nursing Training Program
- Where
- Laos
- Volunteers
- 37 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Inje University
Breast Feeding, Exclusive, Breastfeeding
Social Transfers for Exclusive Breastfeeding
The goal of this study is to assess the effectiveness of social transfers on exclusive breastfeeding rates in Lao PDR. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1.
- Conditions
- Breast Feeding, Exclusive, Breastfeeding, Development, Child, Development, Infant
- Trial name
- STEB (NCT05665049)
- Testing
- Social Transfer
- Where
- Laos
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute
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
Gastric Cancer Screening, Prevention and Control
Helicobacter Pylori Infection and Gastric Diseases in Lao PDR: First Community-Wide Population-Based Study
This study aims to determine the regional prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection, bacterial strain differences, and the prevalence of gastric cancer in two provinces of Laos, a multi-ethnic country where these factors may…
- Conditions
- Gastric Cancer Screening, Prevention and Control, Helicobacter Eradication, Helicobacter Infections
- Trial name
- NCT07340593
- Where
- Laos
- Volunteers
- 1,251 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Zero Helicobacter IGAN Network
Quality of Health Care
Use of Facility Ratings to Improve Satisfaction With Heath Care for Children
Despite increasing options for public and private health care providers in Laos, choosing a high-quality health provider or a facility is difficult because timely and reliable information about providers is not readily available.
- Trial name
- NCT06304831
- Testing
- Quality ratings of health care providers for children
- Where
- Laos
- Volunteers
- 559 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute
Infectious Disease
Lao Anti-Microbial Prescribing Guidelines Mobile Phone Application (LAMPA)
The overall aim of this study is to compare the proportion of antimicrobial prescriptions adherent with prescribing guidelines delivered by mobile phone application (app) versus paper-based prescribing guidelines in both in- and…
- Trial name
- LAMPA (NCT04914793)
- Testing
- Antimicrobial prescribing guideline mobile phone application (MicroGuide)
- Where
- Laos
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital Wellcome Trust Research Unit
COVID-19 Pandemic
A Phase I/II Clinical Trial in Healthy People Aged 18 Years and Above
This clinical trial is a phase I/II clinical trial to evaluate the safety, immunogenicity and immune persistence of COVID-19 mRNA vaccine in healthy people aged 18 years and above.
- Trial name
- NCT05144139
- Testing
- COVID-19 mRNA vaccine
- Where
- Laos
- Volunteers
- 480 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stemirna Therapeutics
Thiamine Deficiency
Thiamine Responsive Disorders (TRD) Among Infants in Lao PDR
A hospital- and community-based study in Luang Prabang, Lao PDR, which will include a group of hospitalized children 21 days to <18 months of age who are diagnosed with symptoms compatible with thiamine deficiency disorder (TDD).
- Trial name
- NCT03626337
- Testing
- Thiamine 100 MG/ML
- Where
- Laos
- Volunteers
- 1,394 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
Diarrhea
Lao Zinc Study: Effects of Two Forms of Daily Preventive Zinc Versus Therapeutic Zinc Supplementation
The study will be conducted as a community-based, randomized, placebo-controlled, trial with four study groups. The overall objective of the study is to determine the optimal method for delivering zinc to young children, both for…
- Trial name
- NCT02428647
- Testing
- MNP, preventive zinc supplement, therapeutic zinc supplement
- Where
- Laos
- Volunteers
- 3,433 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria
Targeted Active Case Detection Among High Risk Populations in Southern Lao Peoples Democratic Republic
This study assesses the effectiveness of targeted active case detection among high-risk populations in Southern Lao Peoples Democratic Republic (PDR).
- Trial name
- NCT03783299
- Testing
- Standard RDT and HS-RDT, Artemether-lumefantrine, Primaquine Phosphate
- Where
- Laos
- Volunteers
- 39,968 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria
Targeted Chemo-elimination (TCE) of Malaria
The overall aim of this study is two fold: 1. to pilot targeted chemo-elimination of plasmodium falciparum malaria in known areas of artemisinin resistance in South East Asia. 2.
- Trial name
- TME (NCT01872702)
- Testing
- malaria elimination using DP and low-dose primaquine
- Where
- 5 sites in Burma, Cambodia and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 8,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Soil-transmitted Helminth Infections
Validating Egg-based Diagnostics and Molecular Markers for the Spread of Anthelmintic Resistance
Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) are a group of parasitic worms that infect millions of children in sub-tropical and tropical countries, resulting in malnutrition, growth stunting, intellectual retardation and cognitive…
- Trial name
- StarwormsWP1 (NCT03465488)
- Testing
- Albendazole Pill 400mg (GSK)
- Where
- 4 sites in Brazil, Ethiopia and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Antibiotic Use, Rural Healthcare-seeking Behaviour
Antibiotics and Activity Spaces: An Exploratory Study of Behaviour, Marginalisation, and Knowledge Diffusion
The investigators will conduct two rural surveys in Thailand and Lao PDR to improve the understanding of antibiotic-related health behaviour among the general population.
- Conditions
- Antibiotic Use, Rural Healthcare-seeking Behaviour, Marginalisation (Economic, Social, Spatial)
- Trial name
- ESRC (NCT03241316)
- Testing
- Observational study of behaviour
- Where
- 2 sites in Laos, Thailand
- Volunteers
- 5,885 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford