Clinical trials: in Republic of the Congo
COVID-19
Variants of SARS-CoV-2 Causing COVID-19 in Africa
The main objective of this research is to identify and characterize the different molecular variants of SARS-CoV-2, emerging and / or circulating in several countries of Sub-Saharan Africa (Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon…
- Trial name
- South-Spike (NCT05311891)
- Testing
- RT PCR
- Where
- 6 sites in Burkina Faso, Chad and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 12,600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- ANRS, Emerging Infectious Diseases
Onchocerciasis, Ocular, Loiasis
Clinical Trial Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Levamisole in Loa Loa Microfilaremic Patients
This study aims at evaluating the safety and efficacy of levamisole in patients with loiasis infection.
- Trial name
- EOLoa (NCT04049630)
- Testing
- LEV 1 mg/kg, LEV 1,5 mg/kg, LEV 2,5 mg/kg
- Where
- Republic of the Congo
- Volunteers
- 255 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Programme National de Lutte contre l'Onchocercose, Republic of the Congo
Mental Health Disorders
Youth and Adult Microfinance to Improve Resilience Outcomes in Democratic Republic of Congo
The investigators will test the effectiveness of a youth-led animal husbandry microfinance program, Rabbits for Resilience, combined with the adult microfinance, Pigs for Peace (PFP), program on youth, family and community…
- Trial name
- NCT02008695
- Testing
- adult microfinance, Youth microfinance only, youth and adult micro finance
- Where
- Republic of the Congo
- Volunteers
- 988 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Depression
Psychological and Psychosocial Intervention With War-Affected Children
The investigators are interested in knowing whether a group-based, trauma-focused intervention (Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) is superior to a more general, non trauma-focused, psychosocial intervention (Child…
- Conditions
- Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Depression, Anxiety, Conduct
- Trial name
- NCT01509872
- Testing
- Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Child Friendly Space
- Where
- Republic of the Congo
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Queen's University, Belfast
Psychological Distress
A Family-based, Resilience-focused Intervention for War-affected Communities in North-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
The main research question of the study is whether a family-based, life-skills focused psychosocial intervention is effective in reducing psychological distress and stigma and improving inter-personal relations and functioning…
- Trial name
- NCT01542398
- Testing
- Family-Focused, Community-Based, Resilience-Targetting Psychosocial Intervention
- Where
- Republic of the Congo
- Volunteers
- 159 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Queen's University, Belfast
HIV
Conditional Cash Transfers to Increase Uptake of and Retention of PMTCT Services
The goals of the proposed study are to: 1) test whether small, increasing cash payments to HIV-infected pregnant women, on the condition that they attend scheduled clinic visits and receive proposed services, will increase the…
- Trial name
- NCT01838005
- Testing
- Conditional cash transfer
- Where
- Republic of the Congo
- Volunteers
- 433 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Breastfeeding
Effectiveness of Well-child Clinics as the "Community" Basis of Step 10 of the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative
A cluster-randomized controlled trial will be conducted in the Democratic Republic of Congo to compare rates of early initiation and exclusive breastfeeding between mothers who give birth in hospitals with the current standard of…
- Trial name
- NCT01428232
- Testing
- implementation of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative, BFHI steps 1-9 +well-child clinic
- Where
- Republic of the Congo
- Volunteers
- 992 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Mental Disorders, Multiple Trauma
Microfinance Intervention to Improve Health of Trauma Survivors in DRC
The objective is to test the effectiveness of a village-led microfinance program, Pigs for Peace, on health, household economic stability, and reintegration of trauma survivors to family and community.
- Trial name
- NCT02008708
- Testing
- Livestock Microfinance, Delayed Control Group
- Where
- Republic of the Congo
- Volunteers
- 878 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
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
Pregnancy, Eclampsia
A Cluster-Randomized Trial of Ultrasound Use to Improve Pregnancy Outcomes in Low Income Country Settings
In many low-income countries, the use of ultrasound by medical officers and non-physician health care staff (e.g., midwives) for antenatal identification of high risk pregnancies is a new intervention requiring authoritative…
- Conditions
- Pregnancy, Eclampsia, Placenta Previa, Stillbirth
- Trial name
- NCT01990625
- Testing
- Antenatal Ultrasound Scan
- Where
- 5 sites in Guatemala, Kenya and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 45,038 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NICHD Global Network for Women's and Children's Health
Asphyxia Neonatorum
First Breath: Neonatal Resuscitation in Developing Countries
In developing countries, neonatal death from birth asphyxia is a major problem. This study will be conducted in several countries to determine if the combined Neonatal Resuscitation Program/Essential Newborn Care Program compared…
- Trial name
- NCT00136708
- Testing
- Neonatal Resuscitation
- Where
- 7 sites in Argentina, Guatemala and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 120,009 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NICHD Global Network for Women's and Children's Health
Perinatal Mortality, Cause of Neonatal Death
Verbal Autopsy to Assess Early Neonatal Death and Stillbirth
The NICHD Global Network (GN) for Women's and Children's Health Research, a multi-site, international research network, provides a unique infrastructure to implement an expanded perinatal verbal autopsy study using the FIRST…
- Conditions
- Perinatal Mortality, Cause of Neonatal Death, Cause of Stilbirth
- Trial name
- VA (NCT00640055)
- Testing
- Coordinator, Physician-assigned cause of death
- Where
- 4 sites in Guatemala, Pakistan and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NICHD Global Network for Women's and Children's Health
Healthy
Impact IPT With Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine or Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine Plus Piperaquine in Schoolchildren
Considering the facts that: (i) IPT of malaria provides substantial protection against anaemia and malaria in school children (ii); SP resistance has no significant impact on the prophylactic efficacy (iii) SP-PQ is safe and as…
- Trial name
- PIP-IPT (NCT01722539)
- Testing
- Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, Piperaquine, Albendazole
- Where
- Republic of the Congo
- Volunteers
- 616 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universiteit Antwerpen
Malnutrition, Stunting of Growth
Efficacy of Caterpillar Cereal for Complementary Feeding in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Two in every three infants in rural areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) suffer from stunting of linear growth by 12 months of age.
- Conditions
- Malnutrition, Stunting of Growth, Iron Deficiency Anemia, Neurodevelopmental Impairment
- Trial name
- CAT02 (NCT01282788)
- Testing
- Caterpillar Cereal
- Where
- Republic of the Congo
- Volunteers
- 222 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Complementary Feeding, Infant Growth
First Bites: Complementary Feeding - A Global Network Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
The specific aims of this project is to determine the impact of a daily intake of one half ounce of lyophilized meat between 6-18 months of age (0.5 oz for 6-12 mo; 0.75 oz for 12-18 mo) on linear growth velocity, zinc and iron…
- Trial name
- First Bites (NCT01084109)
- Testing
- Lyophilized meat, Cereal
- Where
- 4 sites in Guatemala, Pakistan and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 1,236 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NICHD Global Network for Women's and Children's Health
Smoking
GN Tobacco Use Survey
Smoking can contribute to many health problems for mothers and their babies. In developing countries, there is little information about the number of pregnant women that smoke and the reasons why some pregnant women choose to…
- Trial name
- NCT00121368
- Where
- 9 sites in Argentina, Brazil and 6 more
- Volunteers
- 6,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NICHD Global Network for Women's and Children's Health
Appetitive Aggression, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Intervention to Support the Reintegration of Former Combatants and Soldiers
The project aims to investigate if trauma-related disorders and appetitive aggression can be reduced in former ex-combatants in DR Congo when a specific intervention (Narrative Exposure Therapy for Forensic Offender…
- Trial name
- NCT01624987
- Testing
- NET for Forensic Offender Rehabilitation (FORNET): a variant of Narrative Exposure Therapy, Control group
- Where
- Republic of the Congo
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Konstanz
Post-traumatic Stress Symptoms, Psychosocial Distress
An RCT of Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy With Sexually Exploited, War-affected Girls in the DRC
To date, no RCT has examined the efficacy of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Sexually Exploited, War Affected Adolescent Girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- Trial name
- NCT01483261
- Testing
- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Where
- Republic of the Congo
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Queen's University, Belfast
Malnutrition, Stunting of Growth
Acceptability of a Cereal for Complementary Feeding of Infants and Young Children Made From Caterpillars
Two in every three infants in rural areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) suffer from stunting of linear growth by 12 months of age.
- Trial name
- CAT01 (NCT01258647)
- Testing
- caterpillar cereal
- Where
- Republic of the Congo
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill