Clinical trials: in Laos
Scabies; Itch, Scabies
Ivermectin Therapy for Scabies Infection in Children Younger Than 5 Years of Age (ITCHY Study)
This is an open label prospective pharmacokinetic single arm study in Laos PDR. This study will be embedded within a cluster-randomized controlled trial of interventions to address childhood undernutrition (SUANHOAM Trial…
- Trial name
- ITCHY (NCT05500326)
- Testing
- Ivermectin Tablets
- Where
- 5 sites in Laos
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Plasmodium Vivax Malaria
Southeast Asia Dose Optimization of Tafenoquine
Tafenoquine was recently approved by regulatory authorities in the USA and Australia. Tafenoquine is an alternative radical curative treatment to primaquine acting against the dormant liver stage of Plasmodium vivax (the…
- Trial name
- SEADOT (NCT04704999)
- Testing
- Tafenoquine, Chloroquine, Artemether 20 mg-Lumefantrine 120 mg
- Where
- 6 sites in Cambodia, Indonesia and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 820 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Febrile Illness
Incidences, Causes, and Outcomes of Febrile Illness in Rural South and Southeast Asia
The study will collect information to understand the causes and outcomes of febrile illness in rural areas in countries across South and Southeast Asia (including Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Bangladesh).
- Trial name
- SEACTN-WP-A (NCT04478578)
- Where
- 7 sites in Bangladesh, Burma and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 82,760 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Opisthorchis Viverrini
Efficacy and Safety of Ascending Doses of Arpraziquantel in Children Infected With Opisthorchis Viverrini
This study aims to assess the efficacy, safety and acceptability of ascending doses of arpraziquantel in children infected with Opisthorchis viverrini.
- Trial name
- ADORA-VI (NCT07262814)
- Testing
- Apraziquantel
- Where
- Laos
- Volunteers
- 125 people
- Sponsor
- Jennifer Keiser
Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria, Plasmodium Vivax Malaria
Targeting High Risk Populations With Enhanced Reactive Case Detection in Southern Lao Peoples Democratic Republic
This study assesses the effectiveness and feasibility of enhanced reactive case detection (RACD) targeting high-risk villages and forest workers for reducing Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax transmission in southern Lao…
- Trial name
- COMBAT (NCT04416945)
- Testing
- Household Reactive Case Detection, RACD of cases' co-workers/co-travelers, Case Management and Follow-up
- Where
- Laos
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Acute Febrile Illness
Causes and Outcomes of Febrile Illness in Health Facilities in Rural South and Southeast Asia
This prospective multi-site observational study aims to describe causes and clinical outcomes of acute febrile illness as well as host biomarkers in patients aged >28 days residing in rural areas in Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, the…
- Trial name
- SEACTN-WP-B (NCT04629053)
- Where
- 4 sites in Bangladesh, Laos and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 7,200 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Infective Endocarditis
Infective Endocarditis in Developing Countries, a Prospective, Observational, Multicentre Study
Introduction. Comprehensive data on infective endocarditis in developing countries are scarce. Objectives: Description of the characteristics (clinical and microbiological) and assessment of the outcomes of infective endocarditis…
- Trial name
- EndoDev (NCT02128139)
- Where
- 6 sites in Fiji, Laos and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Thiamine Deficiency
Further Development and Assessment of Tools to Measure Risk Factors for and Treatment of Thiamine Deficiency Disorders
Thiamine deficiency, including the most severe form infantile beriberi, is a public health concern across South and Southeast Asia, where monotonous diets rely on thiamine-poor white rice.
- Trial name
- NCT05390086
- Testing
- Standard of care
- Where
- 2 sites in Laos
- Volunteers
- 42 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
Healthy, Adolescents
Integration to Improve Adolescent Health and HPV Vaccination in Laos
The goal of this study is to find out if adding HPV vaccination to adolescent health services works to increase HPV vaccine uptake in 10-13-year-old girls in Laos.
- Conditions
- Healthy, Adolescents, Integrated, Community-Health Systems, HPV Vaccines
- Trial name
- NCT06650956
- Testing
- Integrated HPV and SRH Service Package, Human Papillomavirus Quadrivalent (Types 6, 11, 16, and 18) Vaccine, Recombinant
- Where
- Laos
- Volunteers
- 700 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Health Poverty Action
Pregnant Women, Lactating Mother
Can Village Health Volunteers/Workers Working As Male-Female Pairs Improve the Use of Postnatal Care Services in the Lao People's Democratic Republic
The study aims to assess the effectiveness of male-female VHV/Ws working in pairs on women's uptake of second PNC visits in rural Sepone, Lao PDR.
- Trial name
- NCT06654505
- Testing
- Paired Community Health Workers
- Where
- Laos
- Volunteers
- 302 people
- Sponsor
- University of the Ryukyus
Health Care Economics, Child Health
Laos Out-Of-Pocket Costs: an Observational Study on the Impact of Severe Childhood Illness on the Health, Wealth and Wellbeing of Household Members in Laos
This will be a prospective longitudinal study of children attending hospital for treatment of a severe illness with community follow-up in Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR).
- Conditions
- Health Care Economics, Child Health, Cost of Illness, Burden of Illness
- Trial name
- LOOP (NCT05239104)
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- Laos
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Trichuriasis
Efficacy and Safety of IVM/ALB Co-administration
This study is a double-blind randomized clinical trial conducted with two settings in Africa and one in Asia, namely Côte d'Ivoire, Pemba (Zanzibar, Tanzania) and Lao PDR.
- Trial name
- NCT03527732
- Testing
- Albendazole, Albendazole and Ivermectin
- Where
- 3 sites in Côte d’Ivoire, Laos and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 1,673 people
- Sponsor
- Jennifer Keiser
Infectious Disease
Lao Anti-Microbial Prescribing Guidelines Mobile Phone Application (LAMPA)
The overall aim of this study is to compare the proportion of antimicrobial prescriptions adherent with prescribing guidelines delivered by mobile phone application (app) versus paper-based prescribing guidelines in both in- and…
- Trial name
- LAMPA (NCT04914793)
- Testing
- Antimicrobial prescribing guideline mobile phone application (MicroGuide)
- Where
- Laos
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital Wellcome Trust Research Unit
Soil-transmitted Helminth Infections
Monitoring Drug Efficacy and Anthelmintic Resistance in Soil-transmitted Helminth Programs
Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) are a group of parasitic worms that infect millions of children in sub-tropical and tropical countries, resulting in malnutrition, growth stunting, intellectual retardation and cognitive…
- Trial name
- StarwormsWP2 (NCT04177654)
- Testing
- Benzimidazoles
- Where
- 8 sites in Bangladesh, Cambodia and 6 more
- Volunteers
- 9,457 people
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Sepsis
Prediction of Disease Severity in Young Children Presenting With Acute Febrile Illness in Resource-limited Settings
Note that this is a study that is co-sponsored by Medecins Sans Frontieres, Spain, and the University of Oxford. The primary objective is to develop a risk prediction algorithm, combining measurements of host biomarkers and…
- Trial name
- SPOT-SEPSIS (NCT04285021)
- Where
- 6 sites in Bangladesh, Cambodia and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 3,433 people
- Sponsor
- Medecins Sans Frontieres, Spain
Thiamine Deficiency
Thiamine Responsive Disorders (TRD) Among Infants in Lao PDR
A hospital- and community-based study in Luang Prabang, Lao PDR, which will include a group of hospitalized children 21 days to <18 months of age who are diagnosed with symptoms compatible with thiamine deficiency disorder (TDD).
- Trial name
- NCT03626337
- Testing
- Thiamine 100 MG/ML
- Where
- Laos
- Volunteers
- 1,394 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
Plasmodium Falciparum and Plasmodium Vivax
Malaria Genetic Surveillance
This study is to determine the prevalence and geographical distribution of antimalarial drug resistance-linked genetic mutations in clinical P. falciparum and/or P.Vivax infection in the Greater Mekong Subregion
- Trial name
- NCT03384498
- Where
- 3 sites in Cambodia, Laos and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 30,000 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Plasmodium Vivax
P.Vivax Treatment Trial
This study aims to determine whether a 14 day course of 0.5 mg/kg/day primaquine can eliminate subclinical P. vivax infections detected by high volume ultra-sensitive PCR (uPCR).
- Trial name
- Lao Pv (NCT02802813)
- Testing
- Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DP) + Primaquine (PQ)
- Where
- Laos
- Volunteers
- 41 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Diarrhea
Lao Zinc Study: Effects of Two Forms of Daily Preventive Zinc Versus Therapeutic Zinc Supplementation
The study will be conducted as a community-based, randomized, placebo-controlled, trial with four study groups. The overall objective of the study is to determine the optimal method for delivering zinc to young children, both for…
- Trial name
- NCT02428647
- Testing
- MNP, preventive zinc supplement, therapeutic zinc supplement
- Where
- Laos
- Volunteers
- 3,433 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
Acute Febrile Illness
Evaluation of the DPP II Assay in Laos
Fever is the most frequent symptom in patients seeking care globally. Several causative agents of febrile illness have been described with a high prevalence in South East Asia.
- Trial name
- NCT04299607
- Testing
- DPP Fever Panel II assay and DPP Micro Readers
- Where
- Laos
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, Switzerland