Clinical trials: in Zimbabwe
HIV Infections
Safety and Effectiveness of TFV 1% Gel, TDF Tablets, and FTC/TDF Tablets in Preventing HIV in Women
A new approach to HIV prevention currently being studied includes the use of microbicides, substances that kill microbes. Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) and emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (FTC/TDF) are oral…
- Trial name
- NCT00705679
- Testing
- Emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, Tenofovir 1% vaginal gel
- Where
- 15 sites in South Africa, Uganda and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 5,029 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
HIV/AIDS, Infant Morbidity
Assessing the Feasibility, Acceptability and Effects Of HIV Birth Testing In Maternity Settings In Zimbabwe
This study aims to assess the feasibility and, acceptability and effects of implementing HIV testing at birth testing using point-of-care (POC) HIV nucleic acid testing (NAT) in maternity settings.
- Conditions
- HIV/AIDS, Infant Morbidity, Perinatal HIV Infection, HIV Infections
- Trial name
- NCT04206241
- Testing
- Point of care early infant diagnosis (POC EID)
- Where
- 10 sites in Zimbabwe
- Volunteers
- 278,833 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
HIV Prevention
An Exploratory Study of Potential Sources of Efficacy Dilution in the VOICE Trial (MTN-003)
This study is primarily exploratory and is designed to both identify factors that may have affected participant adherence to study product in VOICE, and describe how sexual behaviors, such as anal sex, may have had an effect on…
- Trial name
- NCT02358616
- Where
- 5 sites in South Africa, Uganda and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 219 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Microbicide Trials Network
Pregnancy Related
EMBRACE (Evaluation of Maternal and Baby Outcome Registry After Chemoprophylactic Exposure)
The Prevention Agent Pregnancy Exposure Registry, also known as EMBRACE (Evaluation of Maternal and Baby Outcome Registry After Chemoprophylactic Exposure) is a prospective observational cohort investigation of exposures to study…
- Trial name
- EMBRACE (NCT01209754)
- Where
- 17 sites in United States, South Africa and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 873 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Microbicide Trials Network
HIV
Advancing Community Level Action for Improving MCH/PMTCT
The goal of the ACCLAIM (Advancing Community-Level Action for Improving MCH/PMTCT) project is to increase community demand for, uptake of, and retention in Maternal and Child Health (MCH) and/Prevention of Mother-to-child…
- Trial name
- ACCLAIM (NCT01971710)
- Testing
- Community leader engagement, Community days, Community Peer Groups
- Where
- 3 sites in Eswatini, Uganda and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 187,335 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
Orphans, Children, Adolescents, Vulnerable Children, Adolescents
Orphans and Vulnerable Children Risk Screening Tool Research Study (Zimbabwe)
Investigators propose to assess the sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value of an HIV Risk Screening Tool in identifying the risk of being HIV-infected among Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) aged…
- Conditions
- Orphans, Children, Adolescents, Vulnerable Children, Adolescents, Community-based
- Trial name
- NCT03343158
- Where
- Zimbabwe
- Volunteers
- 2,260 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision
Text-based Follow-up in Zimbabwe's Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Program
Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) in sub-Saharan Africa is safe: the average rate of moderate and severe adverse events (AEs) at the country level is 0.8%, corresponding to 99% of men healing without incident.
- Trial name
- 2WT (NCT03119337)
- Testing
- Text-based follow-up
- Where
- 5 sites in Zimbabwe
- Volunteers
- 780 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
HIV Infections
The Impact and Cost-effectiveness of Safer Conception Strategies for HIV-discordant Couples (SAFER)
This is a prospective, non-randomized, open-label study to look at the uptake, adherence to, and impact of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), antiretroviral therapy (ART), semen washing, and vaginal insemination to prevent HIV…
- Trial name
- SAFER (NCT03049176)
- Testing
- PrEP (Truvada), Antiretrovirals, Semen washing
- Where
- Zimbabwe
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Vaccination, Education
Manicaland Cash Transfer Trial for Children in Zimbabwe
The purpose of this study is to determine whether cash transfers (conditional and unconditional) can improve health and social outcomes amongst children living in vulnerable households in Manicaland, eastern Zimbabwe.
- Conditions
- Vaccination, Education, Birth Registration, Financial Support
- Trial name
- NCT00966849
- Testing
- Conditional Cash Transfer, Unconditional Cash Transfers, Standard Agricultural Package
- Where
- Zimbabwe
- Volunteers
- 4,043 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
Pneumonia, Diarrhea
Testing the Effectiveness of a Modified Community Model in Improving Child Health Outcomes in Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe
This study modified and contextualized a community mobilization approach in a bid to find a solution to reduce the high incidence and prevalence of child morbidity and mortality in Zimbabwe.The developed model will be tested for…
- Conditions
- Pneumonia, Diarrhea, Malnutrition, Fever
- Trial name
- NCT03176914
- Testing
- prevention and management of childhood illnesses at community level, conventional community interventions
- Where
- Zimbabwe
- Volunteers
- 765 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zimbabwe
HIV/AIDS
A Field Experiment to Assess the Demand for HIV Self-Tests in Zimbabwe
This study is a field experiment in peri-urban and rural communities near Harare, Zimbabwe, that seeks to estimate the likelihood that individuals will purchase HIV self-tests under various pricing and distribution strategies.
- Trial name
- NCT03559959
- Testing
- Vouchers for HIV self-testing kits
- Where
- Zimbabwe
- Volunteers
- 4,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Schistosomiasis
Childhood Schistosomiasis: a Novel Strategy Extending the Benefits/Reach of Antihelminthic Treatment
Objective and Hypotheses: This project has the overall objective of implementing and evaluating new approaches to reducing the current and future burden of urinary schistosomiasis in young children using the antihelminthic drug…
- Trial name
- NCT02495909
- Where
- Zimbabwe
- Volunteers
- 700 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Edinburgh
Prevention of Mother-to-child Transmission of HIV
Retention of Women in the PMTCT (Prevention of Mother-to-child Transmission of HIV)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY RESEARCH QUESTION TO BE ADDRESSED BY THIS PROPOSAL What are the factors associated with retention-in-care of women enrolled in the eMTCT Option B+ program at eMTCT (elimination of mother-to-child transmission of…
- Trial name
- NCT03213223
- Where
- Zimbabwe
- Volunteers
- 468 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zimbabwe
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
Phase II Safety and Acceptability of an Investigational Injectable Product, TMC278LA, for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
This is a multi-site, double-blinded, two-arm, two:one, randomized, trial comparing the safety of an intramuscular (IM) injection of TMC278 LA to a placebo given once every eight weeks over a 40 week period among sexually active…
- Trial name
- TMC278LA (NCT02165202)
- Testing
- Rilpivirine
- Where
- 4 sites in United States, South Africa and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 136 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- PATH
HIV, Contraception
The Quatro Study: Acceptability Study of (Placebo) Vaginal Delivery Forms for Preventing HIV and Unintended Pregnancy
The purpose of The Quatro Study is to assess the acceptability, preferences, user experience and effect on sexual behavior of four different vaginal microbicide or multi-purpose technology (MPT) delivery forms, using placebo…
- Trial name
- NCT02602366
- Where
- 2 sites in South Africa, Zimbabwe
- Volunteers
- 422 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- CONRAD
Schistosomiasis
Health Benefits of Repeated Treatment in Pediatric Schistosomiasis
Objective and Hypotheses: This project has the overall objective of implementing and evaluating new approaches to reducing the current and future burden of urinary schistosomiasis in young children using the antihelminthic drug…
- Trial name
- NCT01424410
- Where
- Zimbabwe
- Volunteers
- 360 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Edinburgh
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
HIV Infections
Effects of Maternal Anti-HIV Treatment on Infants Born to HIV-Infected Women
In clinical trials being conducted throughout the world, pregnant HIV-infected women are given anti-HIV drugs before, during, and after they give birth to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
- Trial name
- NCT00100867
- Where
- 23 sites in Botswana, Brazil and 6 more
- Volunteers
- 236 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Advancing Clinical Therapeutics Globally for HIV/AIDS and Other Infections
HIV Infection
Effectiveness of the Diaphragm for HIV Prevention
The purpose of this trial is to determine whether using the diaphragm and a lubricant get can reduce women's risk of acquiring an HIV infection.
- Trial name
- NCT00121459
- Testing
- Ortho All-Flex diaphragm and Replens lubricant gel
- Where
- 3 sites in South Africa, Zimbabwe
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
HIV/AIDS
Does Provision of Point of Care CD4 Technology and Early Knowledge of CD4 Levels Affect Early Initiation and Retention on Anti-retroviral Treatment (ART) in HIV Positive Pregnant Women in the Context of Option B+ for PMTCT?
The study will be conducted at 32 health care facilities in three provinces in Zimbabwe and will compare the impact of the provision Point of Care CD4 technology and early knowledge of CD4 levels on retention at 12 months, with…
- Trial name
- E4E (NCT02070900)
- Testing
- POC CD4, Programmatic Mentoring
- Where
- 32 sites in Zimbabwe
- Volunteers
- 704 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- WHO, Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health