Clinical trials: in Sierra Leone
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Ebola Virus Disease
A Study of 2-dose Vaccination Regimen of Ad26.ZEBOV and MVA-BN-Filo in Infants
The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and reactogenicity of a heterologous 2-dose regimen utilizing Ad26.ZEBOV (first vaccination; Dose 1) and MVA-BN-Filo (second vaccination; Dose 2) administered intramuscularly (IM)…
- Trial name
- NCT03929757
- Testing
- Ad26.ZEBOV, MVA-BN-Filo, MenACWY
- Where
- 2 sites in Guinea, Sierra Leone
- Volunteers
- 108 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Janssen Vaccines & Prevention B.V.
Virus Diseases, Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola
Ad26.ZEBOV, MVA-BN-Filo Vaccination in Children and Adults Previously Vaccinated With Control in the EBOVAC-Salone Study
This is a Phase 2, open-label, study evaluating the safety and immunogenicity of the 2-dose vaccination regimen, Ad26.ZEBOV, MVA-BN-Filo, in adults and children originally enrolled in the control arm of the EBOVAC-Salone study
- Conditions
- Virus Diseases, Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola, Infections, Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral
- Trial name
- NCT05284097
- Testing
- Ad26.ZEBOV, MVA-BN-Filo
- Where
- Sierra Leone
- Volunteers
- 133 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Parent-Child Relations, Emotion Regulation
Evaluation of a Family Strengthening Program Evaluation in Sierra Leone to Prevent Family Separation
In Sierra Leone, poverty and challenges with family functioning can lead to family separation, and children may go to live on the street or enter residential care institutions/orphanages.
- Conditions
- Parent-Child Relations, Emotion Regulation, Economic Problems, Parenting
- Trial name
- NCT05632237
- Testing
- Family strengthening program
- Where
- Sierra Leone
- Volunteers
- 226 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston College
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)
Ebola Virus Disease
Ad26.ZEBOV Booster in Children Previously Vaccinated With Ad26.ZEBOV and MVA-BN-Filo (EBOVAC Booster Study)
This is an open-label study evaluating the safety and immunogenicity of a booster dose of Ad26.ZEBOV administered to children who were previously vaccinated with Ad26.ZEBOV followed by MVA-BN-Filo 56 days later.
- Trial name
- NCT04711356
- Testing
- Ad26.ZEBOV booster vaccination, given at a dose of 5x10^10 vp, via IM injection
- Where
- Sierra Leone
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Parent-Child Relations, Behavioral Intervention
Mobile Health (mHealth) Tools to Improve Delivery Quality of a Family Home Visiting Intervention
This study will pilot a family-focused, behavioral health intervention while also developing and piloting mHealth tools to support Community Health Workers (CHWs) in Sierra Leone.
- Conditions
- Parent-Child Relations, Behavioral Intervention, Exposure to Violent Event, Child Development
- Trial name
- NCT04481399
- Testing
- Family Strengthening Intervention for Early Childhood Development, Community Health Worker Routine
- Where
- Sierra Leone
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston College
Mental Health Impairment, Mental Health Disorder
Youth FORWARD Phase 2 YRI and EPP Study
Objectives: The objectives of this research proposal are to study the delivery of an evidence-based mental health intervention in the alternate setting of youth employment programs tied to regional economic development and to…
- Conditions
- Mental Health Impairment, Mental Health Disorder, Psychosocial Problem
- Trial name
- NCT03542500
- Testing
- Youth Readiness Intervention (YRI), Entrepreneurship Training
- Where
- 3 sites in Sierra Leone
- Volunteers
- 1,783 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston College
Ebola Virus Disease
EBOVAC-Salone Extension
The VAC52150EBL3005 (EBOVAC-Salone Extension) is a cohort study evaluating the long-term safety and immunogenicity of the candidate Ebola vaccines Ad26.ZEBOV and MVA-BN®-Filo in participants who were exposed to these vaccines in…
- Trial name
- NCT03820739
- Testing
- Follow-up, Blood sample collection
- Where
- 2 sites in Sierra Leone
- Volunteers
- 653 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Ebola Virus Disease
Staged Phase 3 Study to Assess the Safety and Immunogenicity of Ebola Candidate Vaccines Ad26.ZEBOV and MVA-BN-Filo
The purpose of this study is the evaluation of the safety and immunogenicity of two candidate Ebola vaccines Ad26.ZEBOV and MVA-BN-Filo, in a 2-dose heterologous regimen.
- Trial name
- EBOVAC-Salone (NCT02509494)
- Testing
- Ad26.ZEBOV, MVA-BN-Filo, MenACWY
- Where
- Sierra Leone
- Volunteers
- 1,023 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Janssen Vaccines & Prevention B.V.
Covid19
Africa COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy
Vaccine hesitancy is defined by the WHO's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization as a 'delay in acceptance or refusal of vaccination despite availability of vaccination services'.
- Trial name
- ACHES (NCT04912284)
- Where
- 5 sites in Burkina Faso, Guinea and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 4,977 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine
Mental Health Disorder, Mental Health Impairment
Youth FORWARD Phase 1 YRI and EPP Study
Objectives: The objectives of this research proposal are to study the delivery of an evidence-based mental health intervention in the alternate setting of youth employment programs tied to regional economic development and to…
- Conditions
- Mental Health Disorder, Mental Health Impairment, Psychosocial Impairment, Emotional Dysfunction
- Trial name
- NCT03603613
- Testing
- YRI, EPP
- Where
- Sierra Leone
- Volunteers
- 297 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston College
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola
STRIVE (Sierra Leone Trial to Introduce a Vaccine Against Ebola)
The 2014 outbreak of Ebola in West Africa is the largest in recorded history with widespread and intense transmission in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
- Trial name
- STRIVE (NCT02378753)
- Testing
- rVSVΔG-ZEBOV
- Where
- 5 sites in Sierra Leone
- Volunteers
- 8,651 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention