Clinical trials: Helminthiasis
Cholangiocarcinoma, Liver Fluke-Related Cholangiocarcinoma
Evaluating a Community-Based Behaviour Change Communication Model to Prevent Cholangiocarcinoma in Khon Kaen, Thailand
Liver cancer, specifically cholangiocarcinoma (CCA), is very common in different areas in Thailand. Many factors make this cancer more common, such as liver fluke infection, older age, eating raw fish, family history of cancer…
- Conditions
- Cholangiocarcinoma, Liver Fluke-Related Cholangiocarcinoma, Opisthorchiasis
- Trial name
- eCHEC (NCT05321992)
- Testing
- eCHEC program
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 480 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Necator Americanus Infection
Comparative Efficacy of Different Mebendazole Polymorphs in the Treatment of Soil-transmitted Helminth Infections
Mebendazole tablets which are produced by most pharmaceutical manufacturers, including the State Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Corporation (SPMC) of Sri Lanka, contain a mixture of polymorphs A and C.
- Trial name
- NCT01350271
- Testing
- Mebendazole polymorph A and C 500 mg, Mebendazole polymorph C
- Where
- 2 sites in Sri Lanka
- Volunteers
- 214 people
- Sponsor
- University of Kelaniya
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
Helminthiasis, Filariasis
Field Studies on the Feasibility of Interrupting the Transmission of Soil-transmitted Helminths (STH)
Over 1.5 billion people are infected with soil-transmitted helminths (STH). Global STH guidelines recommend MDA (mass drug administration) of albendazole or mebendazole to targeted populations, including pre-school age children…
- Trial name
- NCT03014167
- Testing
- Albendazole
- Where
- 3 sites in Benin, India and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 357,716 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Trachoma, Yaws
Safety of Co-administration of IDA and Azithromycin for NTDs ( ComboNTDs )
This is a cluster randomised trial evaluating the safety of co-administering Azithromycin alongside the new IDA (Ivermectin, Diethylcarbamazine, Albendazole) combination treatment for LF.
- Conditions
- Trachoma, Yaws, Lymphatic Filariases, Scabies
- Trial name
- NCT03676140
- Testing
- Albendazole on Day 1, Ivermectin on Day 1, Diethylcarbamazine on day 1
- Where
- Papua New Guinea
- Volunteers
- 20,000 people
- Sponsor
- Lihir Medical Centre
Asthma
Randomised Placebo Controlled Study of Effects of Therapeutic Hookworm Infection in Asthma
There has been considerable debate over the last 30 years about the interaction between asthma and parasitic infection. It has been suggested that at least part of the reason for the increasing prevalence of asthma in the…
- Trial name
- NCT00469989
- Testing
- Infection with hookworm larvae
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nottingham
Intestinal Disease, Parasitic, Chronic Disease
Intestinal Parasites in Inhabitants of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Province in Poland
The goal of the proposed study is to assess the prevalence of intestinal parasitic diseases in adults and children. These invasions are included to "dirty hand diseases" (per os invasions), therefore it applies mainly preschool…
- Trial name
- NCT03490435
- Testing
- Tests for diagnosis of intestinal parasitic diseases
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nicolaus Copernicus University