Clinical trials: in Sierra Leone
Genetic Disease, Genomics
Insights Into Microbiome and Environmental Contributions to Sickle Cell Disease and Leg Ulcers Study (INSIGHTS Study)
Background: People with sickle cell disease and other blood disorders sometimes get chronic leg ulcers. These are wounds that develop on the skin and don t go away.
- Trial name
- NCT02156102
- Where
- 3 sites in United States, Sierra Leone
- Volunteers
- 405 people
- Sponsor
- National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
Severe Acute Malnutrition, Cognitive Impairment
Milk Fat Globule Membrane-Enhanced RUTF for Children With Severe Acute Malnutrition
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the use of milk fat globule membrane (MFGM) in ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) in children with severe acute malnutrition in Sierra Leone.
- Conditions
- Severe Acute Malnutrition, Cognitive Impairment, Kwashiorkor, Severe Wasting
- Trial name
- MEND-SAM (NCT06869850)
- Testing
- MFGM-RUTF (milk fat globule membrane ready-to-use therapeutic food), S-RUTF (standard ready-to-use therapeutic food), Amoxicillin
- Where
- 10 sites in Sierra Leone
- Volunteers
- 1,600 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Reproductive Health, Sexual Health
Estimating the Impact of Sexuality Education and Mobile Health Services on Reproductive Health and Empowerment Among Adolescents in Sierra Leone for the Family Planning Impact Lab
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to learn if comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) and access to mobile sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services in secondary schools can improve short- and long-term health…
- Conditions
- Reproductive Health, Sexual Health, Contraception Behavior, Pregnancy (Unwanted)
- Trial name
- REACH (NCT07860723)
- Testing
- Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Mobile SRH services
- Where
- Sierra Leone
- Volunteers
- 5,300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Guttmacher Institute
Substance-related Disorders, Mental Health Literacy
Brave Heart Intervention and Mental Health Outcomes Among Young People in Sierra Leone
Young people in Sierra Leone face a growing crisis of substance use and mental health struggles, but the country has very few mental health professionals to help them, only a handful of psychiatrists and no psychologists for a…
- Conditions
- Substance-related Disorders, Mental Health Literacy, Adolescent Health, Substance Use Disorder (SUD)
- Trial name
- NCT07853092
- Testing
- Brave Heart Intervention
- Where
- Sierra Leone
- Volunteers
- 2,244 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Slum and Rural Health Initiative
Tuberculosis in Children
Impact of an Innovative Childhood TB Diagnostic Approach Decentralized to District Hospital and Primary Health Care Levels on Childhood Tuberculosis Case Detection and Management in High Tuberculosis Incidence Countries (TB-Speed Decentralisation)
The TB-Speed Decentralisation study aims to increase childhood Tuberculosis (TB) case detection at district hospital (DH) and Primary health Care (PHC) levels using adapted and child-friendly specimen collection methods, i.e.
- Trial name
- NCT04038632
- Testing
- Decentralization of Childhood TB Diagnosis
- Where
- 59 sites in Cambodia, Cameroon and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 3,106 people
- Sponsor
- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Anxiety Disorders, Anxiety State
Intergenerational Study of War-Affected Youth
War-related violence is a leading driver of mental disorders and illness affecting children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
- Conditions
- Anxiety Disorders, Anxiety State, Depressive Disorder, Mood Disorders
- Trial name
- ISWAY (NCT06440460)
- Where
- Sierra Leone
- Volunteers
- 804 people
- Sponsor
- Boston College
Mental Health
Advancing mHealth-supported Adoption and Sustainment of an Evidence-based Mental Health Intervention in Sierra Leone
This study will examine a new implementation strategy for the Youth Readiness Intervention (YRI), an evidence-based mental health intervention.
- Trial name
- NCT05737667
- Testing
- Youth Readiness Intervention (YRI)
- Where
- Sierra Leone
- Volunteers
- 1,454 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder
SUCCEED Africa: Support, Comprehensive Care and Empowerment of People With Psychosocial Disabilities
Although psychotic disorders typically affect less than 1% of the population, they are a significant cause of disability worldwide.
- Conditions
- Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder, Schizotypal Disorder, Acute and Transient Psychotic Disorder
- Trial name
- SUCCEED (NCT06007105)
- Testing
- SUCCEED Community-Based Intervention
- Where
- 4 sites in Malawi, Nigeria and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 425 people
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Ebola Virus Disease
REVIVE (Response to the Ebola Virus Vaccine)
This study is a vaccine-related clinical trial which will be conducted by our study team at Kenema Government Hospital (KGH)'s Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Program in collaboration with Tulane University School of Medicine.
- Trial name
- NCT05992480
- Testing
- rVSVDG-ZEBOV-GP Ebola Virus Vaccine (ERVEBO)
- Where
- Sierra Leone
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tulane University
Child Mortality
Improving Care Through Azithromycin Research for Infants in Africa
Infectious diseases are among the most common causes of mortality in the over 2.5 million children under 5 years of age (U5) who died in 2018 in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
- Trial name
- ICARIA (NCT04235816)
- Testing
- Azithromycin
- Where
- Sierra Leone
- Volunteers
- 20,560 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Barcelona Institute for Global Health
Malnutrition in Pregnancy, Preterm Birth
Improving Cognition and Gestational Duration With Targeted Nutrition
The goal of this clinical trial is to test (1) a novel maternal ready-to-use supplementary food and (2) a novel cognitive behavioral therapy intervention in undernourished Sierra Leonean women.
- Conditions
- Malnutrition in Pregnancy, Preterm Birth, Child Development, Postpartum Depression
- Trial name
- COGENT (NCT05949190)
- Testing
- M-RUSF+ (Maternal Ready-to-Use Supplementary Food + DHA/EPA/choline), M-RUSF (Maternal Ready-to-Use Supplementary Food), Azithromycin
- Where
- 10 sites in Sierra Leone
- Volunteers
- 1,660 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Cost of ICU, Out of Pocket Expenses
ICU-related Out of Pocket Expenses (ICOPE)
The ICU-related Out-of-Pocket Expenses (ICOPE) study is a multinational, prospective observational study conducted in African and Asian countries to quantify ICU-related out-of-pocket expenditures and catastrophic health…
- Trial name
- ICOPE (NCT07439692)
- Where
- 44 sites in Afghanistan, Bangladesh and 10 more
- Volunteers
- 354 people
- Sponsor
- Nat Intensive Care Surveillance - MORU
HPV, High-risk HPV (Any Strain)
Study Assessing Reduced HPV Infectivity and Transmission in HPV-Positive Women Following Vaccination With 9vHPV
This is a randomized, open-label trial, to assess whether a single dose of HPV nonavalent vaccine, administered to HIV uninfected, unvaccinated women with high risk HPV16/18/31/33/45/52 or 58 can decrease the infectivity of shed…
- Conditions
- HPV, High-risk HPV (Any Strain), Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Infections
- Trial name
- RIFT-SSA (NCT07303751)
- Testing
- Nonavalent HPV vaccine (9vHPV)
- Where
- Sierra Leone
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge
Malaria
MULTIple Doses of IPTi Proposal: a Lifesaving High Yield Intervention
As efforts to control malaria are stalling, and the disease is particularly severe in children under the age of two, it is imperative for countries in sub-Saharan Africa, with areas of moderate-to-high transmissions, to implement…
- Trial name
- MULTIPLY (NCT05085340)
- Testing
- Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants (IPTi) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP)
- Where
- 3 sites in Mozambique, Sierra Leone and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 94,252 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Barcelona Institute for Global Health
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
Refractive Errors
Seeing to Learn in Sierra Leone
The main objective of the Sierra Leone Sees to Learn (SL2) trial is to assess the educational impact of providing free eyeglasses to students aged 9-20 years with uncorrected refractive error in Sierra Leone.
- Trial name
- SLII (NCT06065631)
- Testing
- Eyeglasses, Prescription slip
- Where
- Sierra Leone
- Volunteers
- 1,821 people
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Trauma, Trauma Injury
Deploying Emergency Bystander Internet Training
The primary aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a massive open online course (MOOC) for training lay first responders in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Trial name
- DEBIT (NCT05909917)
- Testing
- Half-Day First Responder Training
- Where
- 4 sites in Kenya, Nigeria and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 658 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
HIV Disease Progression
Reducing Mortality in Adults With Advanced HIV Disease (REVIVE)
A double blinded, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial to evaluate effectiveness of azithromycin prophylaxis on mortality in advanced HIV.
- Trial name
- REVIVE (NCT05580666)
- Testing
- Azithromycin Oral Tablet
- Where
- 52 sites in Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia and 9 more
- Volunteers
- 8,000 people
- Sponsor
- Population Health Research Institute
Respiratory Disease, Children, Only
Kinshasa Lung Ultrasound Approach Validation
Study team will perform a prospective, observational study in two sites in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Bangladesh in children aged 3 months to 14 years, admitted to hospital with acute respiratory symptoms.
- Trial name
- K-LUS (NCT06839963)
- Where
- 3 sites in Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of the Congo and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 178 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
HPV Infection
Global Burden Estimation of Human Papillomavirus (GLOBE-HPV)
This study is a multi-country and multi-site project to estimate the point-prevalence of high-risk (HR) HPV genotype infections among representative samples of girls and women aged 9-50 years, and among specific sub-populations…
- Trial name
- HPV (NCT06129253)
- Testing
- Urine Sample Collection, Self-collected Vaginal Swab, Blood Samples
- Where
- 8 sites in Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of the Congo and 6 more
- Volunteers
- 29,750 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Vaccine Institute