Clinical trials: in Niger
Contraception
Evaluating Household Visits and Small Groups to Increase Contraception Use Among Married Adolescent Girls in Rural Niger
This study entails a quasi-experimental, mixed-methods (i.e., complementary quantitative and qualitative) outcome evaluation to assess the efficacy of the Reaching Married Adolescents (RMA) Interventions developed and implemented…
- Trial name
- IMPACT-RMA (NCT03226730)
- Testing
- Household Visits, Small Groups
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Niger
- Volunteers
- 2,898 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Childhood Mortality
Mortality Reduction After Oral Azithromycin: Mortality Study
Our long-term goal is to more precisely define the role of mass azithromycin treatments as an intervention for reducing childhood mortality.
- Trial name
- MORDORIMort (NCT02047981)
- Testing
- Azithromycin
- Where
- 6 sites in United States, Malawi and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 190,238 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Acute Malnutrition in Infancy (Disorder)
Optimizing Acute Malnutrition Management in Children Aged 6 to 59 Months in Niger (OptIMA Niger)
Acute malnutrition (AM) is a continuum condition, arbitrarily divided into severe and moderate categories (SAM, MAM) which are managed separately, with programs overseen by different agencies with different products and supply…
- Trial name
- NCT04698070
- Testing
- Nutritional Strategy - OptiMA, Nutritional Strategy - ComPAS, National nutritional Strategy (Niger)
- Where
- 4 sites in Niger
- Volunteers
- 2,304 people
- Sponsor
- Alliance for International Medical Action
Childhood Mortality
Mortality Reduction After Oral Azithromycin Contingency: Mortality Study
MORDOR was a cluster-randomized placebo controlled trial that assessed the efficacy of mass azithromycin distributions for the prevention of childhood mortality.
- Trial name
- MORDORIIMortY5 (NCT03338244)
- Testing
- Azithromycin
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Niger
- Volunteers
- 66,228 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Moderate Acute Malnutrition
Comparing Several Strategies to Manage Moderate Acute Malnutrition Among Children From 6 to 24 Months Old
The aim of this open-label randomized controlled trial conducted in four African countries (Madagascar, Niger, Central African Republic and Senegal) is to compare three strategies of renutrition for moderate acute malnutrition…
- Trial name
- MALINEA (NCT03474276)
- Testing
- Azythromycin, Inuline and fructo-oligosaccharides, Albendazole
- Where
- 4 sites in Central African Republic, Madagascar and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 1,357 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut Pasteur
MALARIA
Efficacy of Antimalarial Drugs Used for the Treatment of Uncomplicated Malaria, Plasmodium Falciparum, at the Agadez, Gaya and Tessaoua Sentinel Sites
In Niger, malaria is a major public health problem. It is the main cause of morbidity and mortality among children. The management of malaria cases is based on the principle of early diagnosis and rapid treatment with effective…
- Trial name
- NCT05070520
- Testing
- Artemether-lumefantrine
- Where
- Niger
- Volunteers
- 259 people
- Sponsor
- Programme National de Lutte contre le Paludisme, Niger
Childhood Mortality
Mortality Reduction After Oral Azithromycin: Morbidity Study
The long-term goal of this study is to more precisely define the role of mass azithromycin treatments as an intervention for reducing childhood morbidity and increasing growth, and for the potential selection of antibiotic…
- Trial name
- MORDORMorb (NCT02048007)
- Testing
- Azithromycin
- Where
- 6 sites in United States, Malawi and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 72,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Malnutrition
Use of MUAC as Basic Criterion for Admission, Follow-up and Exit From the Ambulatory Nutrition Program
The aim of this study is to provide comprehensive documentation of the relevant results and operational implications of this new model using Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) as the single anthropometric criterion for admission…
- Trial name
- MUAC120 (NCT03280082)
- Testing
- MUAC Program, Standard Program
- Where
- Niger
- Volunteers
- 6,200 people
- Sponsor
- Epicentre
Pregnancy
Assessment of the Nutritional Status of Pregnant Women and Optimization of Prenatal Care Services
A national survey in Niger found that women and children are at risk of undernutrition and that many pregnant women don't visit health centers during pregnancy as often as is recommended.
- Trial name
- NCT01832688
- Testing
- Programmatic prenatal care optimization
- Where
- Niger
- Volunteers
- 2,306 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
Meningitis, Meningococcal
Ciprofloxacin for the Prevention of Meningococcal Meningitis 2018
The trial is an interventional, cluster-randomized trial to assess the impact of oral ciprofloxacin for household and community contacts of meningitis cases on the incidence of meningitis during an epidemic.
- Trial name
- NCT03431675
- Testing
- Ciprofloxacin
- Where
- Niger
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Epicentre
Acute Coronary Syndrome, Heart Failure
A Survey of Hospitalizations in Cardiology Units in Sub-Saharan Africa
FEVRIER study is an observatory of hospitalizations in cardiology units in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Conditions
- Acute Coronary Syndrome, Heart Failure, Syncope, Stroke
- Trial name
- FEVRIER (NCT03231449)
- Testing
- observation of current care
- Where
- 20 sites in Benin, Burkina Faso and 11 more
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people
- Sponsor
- Cardiologie et Développement
Meningitis, Meningococcal
Ciprofloxacin for the Prevention of Meningococcal Meningitis
This study evaluates the effect of antibiotic prophylaxis with ciprofloxacin, given to the contacts of meningitis cases, on the overall attack rate of meningitis during an epidemic.
- Trial name
- NCT02724046
- Testing
- Ciprofloxacin
- Where
- Niger
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Epicentre
Malnutrition
Different Strategies for Preventing Severe Acute Malnutrition in Niger
Options for large-scale preventive distributions include fortified blended flours, ready-to-use foods and direct cash transfer either alone or in combination with family protective rations.
- Trial name
- NCT01828814
- Where
- Niger
- Volunteers
- 7,836 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Epicentre
Surgery, Surgery- Complications
African Surgical Outcomes Study (ASOS)
STUDY OBJECTIVE To confirm the incidence of in-hospital postoperative complications in adult surgical patients in Africa. STUDY DESIGN Seven day, African national multi-centre prospective observational cohort study of adult (≥18…
- Conditions
- Surgery, Surgery- Complications, Mortality
- Trial name
- ASOS (NCT03044899)
- Testing
- All surgeries in adult patients
- Where
- 25 sites in Algeria, Benin and 23 more
- Volunteers
- 11,422 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of KwaZulu
Suspected Damage to Fetus From Viral Disease in the Mother, HIV
Optimizing Integrated PMTCT Services in Rural North-Central Nigeria
Each year, an estimated 230,000 HIV-infected women in need of services for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) give birth in Nigeria, more than in any other nation in the world.
- Trial name
- NCT01805752
- Testing
- Task-shifting to lower-cadre providers at PMTCT sites, POC CD4+ cell count testing, integrated mother-infant care
- Where
- 12 sites in Nigeria, Niger
- Volunteers
- 369 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University
Malaria, Severe Acute Malnutrition
Efficacy and Bio-availability of Artemether-Lumefantrine in Severely Malnourished Children
The general objective of the study is to answer to the question: "Is the current dose of AL less efficacious in the severely malnourished compared to the non-severely malnourished children, and is PK in cause?" We aim to assess…
- Trial name
- MAL-NUT (NCT01958905)
- Testing
- Artemether-lumefantrine fixed combination
- Where
- 2 sites in Mali, Niger
- Volunteers
- 399 people
- Sponsor
- Epicentre
Malaria
Efficacy of Three ACTs for the Treatment of Falciparum Malaria in Maradi Niger
Study treatments: Artemether-lumefantrine Artesunate-amodiaquine Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine Location: Maradi, Niger Principal Objective: To measure the clinical and parasitological efficacy of the three artemisinin…
- Trial name
- NCT01755559
- Testing
- Artesunate-amodiaquine, Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine, Artemether-lumefantrine
- Where
- Niger
- Volunteers
- 663 people
- Sponsor
- Epicentre
Severe Malnutrition, Malnutrition
Characterizing the Gut Microbiota Alteration Associated With Severe Acute Malnutrition
The investigators performed two case-control studies in Niger and Senegal analysing fecal microbiota to characterize the specificity of the gut microbiota alteration associated with severe acute malnutrition (SAM).
- Conditions
- Severe Malnutrition, Malnutrition, Infant Nutrition Disorders, Child Nutrition Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT02413905
- Testing
- Stool samples
- Where
- 2 sites in Niger, Senegal
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée Infection
Vaginal Fistula
Non-inferiority of Short-term Catheterization Following Fistula Repair Surgery
This facility-based, multi-center randomized controlled trial (RCT) will test the non-inferiority of short-term (7 day) urethral catheterization compared to longer-term (14 day) urethral catheterization in terms of predicting…
- Trial name
- NCT01428830
- Testing
- 7-day catheterization following fistula repair surgery, 14 day catheterization
- Where
- 8 sites in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia and 6 more
- Volunteers
- 524 people
- Sponsor
- EngenderHealth
Malnutrition
Evaluation of Two Community Based Screening Strategies for Severe Acute Malnutrition in Children 6-59 Months in Mirria District, Niger
The objective of this study is to determine the efficacity of a community strategy for screening children 06-59 months old for Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) conducted by their mothers' compared with a community screening…
- Trial name
- MàLÉ (NCT01863394)
- Testing
- Screening by mothers, Active comparator: Screening by community health workers
- Where
- Niger
- Volunteers
- 4,429 people
- Sponsor
- Alliance for International Medical Action