Clinical trials: in Liberia
Lassa Fever
A Lassa Fever Vaccine Trial in Adults and Children Residing in West Africa
A Phase 2 Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, and Immunogenicity of rVSV∆G-LASV-GPC Vaccine in Adults and Children Residing in West Africa
- Trial name
- NCT05868733
- Testing
- Day 1 Dose (2×106 pfu), Day 1 Dose (1×107 pfu), Day 1 Dose (2×10^5 pfu)
- Where
- 3 sites in Ghana, Liberia and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 530 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
HIV
PREVAIL VIII: A CoHOrt Clinical, Viral, and ImmuNOlogic Monitoring Study of People Living With Retroviral Infection in Liberia (HONOR)
Background: There are many people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in Liberia. Most experts consider HIV an epidemic there.
- Trial name
- NCT03733093
- Where
- 4 sites in Liberia
- Volunteers
- 1,377 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Ebola, Post-Acute Ebola Syndrome
Long-Term Neurologic and Neurocognitive Sequelae Following Pediatric Ebola Virus in Liberia
Background: Ebola virus disease (EVD) causes fever, vomiting, and diarrhea, and may cause internal bleeding. It is often fatal. EVD may also damage the brain and nervous system.
- Trial name
- NCT06811129
- Where
- Liberia
- Volunteers
- 328 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Hypertension (HTN)
Project HOPE (Hypertension Outreach Through Partnership and Engagement)
The goal of this study is to learn if a nurse-led, task-shifting, community-based program can help lower blood pressure in adults aged 25 and older with uncontrolled high blood pressure (hypertension) in Monrovia, Liberia.
- Trial name
- HOPE (NCT07681726)
- Testing
- Project HOPE Intervention
- Where
- Liberia
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Tuberculosis, HIV
PREVAIL VIIIa: Evaluation of Latent Tuberculosis Infection Screening Methods in People Living With Retroviral Infection in Liberia
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a health threat for people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). People living with HIV are more likely than others to develop active TB. Also, TB makes HIV progress faster.
- Trial name
- NCT04926922
- Where
- 5 sites in United States, Liberia
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Medical Education
Explainable AI in Medical Education: CerViD-MultiModal Framework Trial
This study evaluates whether Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) explanations integrated into medical training improve AI literacy, reduce cognitive workload, and enhance learner trust compared to traditional lecture…
- Trial name
- CerViD-MM (NCT07743658)
- Testing
- Traditional AI Lecture Module, XAI-Enhanced Interactive Module (CerViD-MultiModal)
- Where
- Liberia
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Liberia
Early Childhood Development (ECD)
Combined Nutrition and Parenting Study
This study aims to evaluate whether early childhood development is improved by a bundled set of interventions that promote responsive stimulation and improved nutrition by the provision of eggs and dried fish (nutrient-dense…
- Trial name
- BUNDLE (NCT07490899)
- Testing
- Responsive stimulation, female and male caregivers, Food provision and nutrition education
- Where
- 4 sites in Liberia
- Volunteers
- 2,240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of South Carolina
Malaria
Plasmodium and Other Parasites in Pregnant Women and Children Around Margibi and Montserrado Counties, Liberia
Background: The disease malaria affects many people in Liberia and other parts of Africa. It is caused by germs that are spread by mosquito bites.
- Trial name
- NCT03719599
- Where
- 2 sites in Liberia
- Volunteers
- 1,264 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Hypoxemia, Morality
Health Systems and Policy Contexts of Medical Oxygen
This is a mixed-methods program evaluation from a health systems and policy perspective, involving (i) stakeholder analysis, (ii) policy-implementation gap analysis, and (iii) comparative country case studies.
- Conditions
- Hypoxemia, Morality, Pneumonia
- Trial name
- MOXY-HSP (NCT06169514)
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- 6 sites in Cambodia, Laos and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Lassa Fever
ISTH/ANRS 0409s INTEGRATE Lassa Fever Study
Lassa fever (LF) is a viral haemorrhagic fever responsible of 5000 deaths per year in West Africa, with in-hospital mortality at 12%.
- Trial name
- NCT06212336
- Testing
- Favipiravir, Ribavirin, Dexamethasone
- Where
- 4 sites in Liberia, Nigeria
- Volunteers
- 1,755 people
- Sponsor
- Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital
Ebola Virus Disease
EBOla Post-Exposure Prophylaxis
EBO-PEP is a multicentre, multi-epidemic, phase III, comparative, controlled, randomised, strict superiority trial in two unblinded parallel arms.
- Trial name
- EBO-PEP (NCT06841614)
- Testing
- Ervebo, Inmazeb
- Where
- 4 sites in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- ANRS, Emerging Infectious Diseases
Malaria
Community Dynamics of Malaria Transmission in Humans and Mosquitoes in Fleh-la and Marshansue, Salala District, Bong County, Liberia
Background: Malaria is a disease that affects many people in Liberia. It is caused by germs (parasites) that are spread by mosquito bites.
- Trial name
- NCT04704674
- Where
- Liberia
- Volunteers
- 396 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
COVID-19
International Study on COVID-19 Vaccine to Assess Immunogenicity, Reactogenicity and Efficacy (InVITE)
InVITE is funded by NIAID and is conducted in multiple international sites (approximately 20 sites across 7 countries). This is a study of adults who receive locally available COVID-19 vaccines through local vaccination programs.
- Trial name
- InVITE (NCT05096091)
- Where
- 11 sites in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea and 5 more
- Volunteers
- 5,399 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Onchocercal Subcutaneous Nodule, Onchocerciasis
Safety and Efficacy of Novel Combination Regimens for Treatment of Onchocerciasis
This study will investigate the safety and effectiveness of combination regimens in persons with onchocerciasis when it is administered after pre-treatment with ivermectin to clear or greatly reduce microfilariae from the skin…
- Conditions
- Onchocercal Subcutaneous Nodule, Onchocerciasis, Onchocerciasis, Ocular, Onchocerca Infection
- Trial name
- NCT06070116
- Testing
- Ivermectin w/ Albendazole, Ivermectin + Diethylcarbamazine + Albendazole, Moxidectin + Albendazole
- Where
- Liberia
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Ebola Virus Disease
Natural History, Disease Progression, and Long-Term Neurologic Sequelae of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Survivors in PREVAIL III
Background: Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a viral fever that can cause internal bleeding. The death rate from EVD is very high. In a 2014 outbreak in West Africa, 28,000 were affected and 11,000 died.
- Trial name
- NCT05494801
- Where
- Liberia
- Volunteers
- 203 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Malnutrition, Child
Cash Transfers to Increase Dietary Diversity in Grand Gedeh County, Liberia
The investigators aim to evaluate the efficacy of a cash transfer and nutrition education program delivered by community health assistants to increase dietary diversity among children 6 to 23 months of age in Grand Gedeh County…
- Trial name
- NCT04101487
- Testing
- Cash Transfer, Cash Transfers and Nutrition Education
- Where
- Liberia
- Volunteers
- 599 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Parenting, Child Abuse
Parents Make the Difference II: Trial of a Parenting Intervention
Multisite randomized trial of a parenting intervention in Liberia for caregivers of young children. Two main objectives of the "Parents Make the Difference" program are to teach parents (a) skills for decreasing harsh punishments…
- Trial name
- PMD2 (NCT02852291)
- Testing
- Parents Make the Difference, Parents Make the Difference Plus
- Where
- Liberia
- Volunteers
- 201 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Ebola Virus Disease
Partnership for Research on Ebola VACcinations
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of three vaccine strategies that may prevent Ebola virus disease (EVD) events in children and adults.
- Trial name
- PREVAC (NCT02876328)
- Testing
- Ad26.ZEBOV, MVA-BN-Filo, rVSVΔG-ZEBOV-GP
- Where
- 6 sites in Guinea, Liberia and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 4,789 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Leprosy, Buruli Ulcer
Integrated Mapping of Skin-presenting Neglected Tropical Diseases in Liberia
Appropriate targeting of interventions for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) that require innovative and intensified disease management (IDM) requires accurate data on the distribution of these diseases within endemic countries.
- Conditions
- Leprosy, Buruli Ulcer, Yaws, Lymphatic Filariases
- Trial name
- NCT03683745
- Where
- Liberia
- Volunteers
- 56,285 people
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Plasmodium Falciparum, Malaria
Efficacy of Artesunate-amodiaquine and Artemether-lumefantrine for Treatment of Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria in Liberia
To assess the efficacy of both first-line antimalarial medications used for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria infections in two geographic regions in Liberia.
- Conditions
- Plasmodium Falciparum, Malaria, Uncomplicated Malaria
- Trial name
- NCT06300970
- Testing
- Amodiaquine-artesunate (ASAQ), Artemether+Lumefantrine (AL)
- Where
- 2 sites in Liberia
- Volunteers
- 352 people
- Sponsor
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention