Clinical trials: Septicaemia
Meningitis, Meningococcal Disease
Understanding the Immune Response to Two Different Meningitis Vaccines
The bacterium (germ) Neisseria meningitidis causes meningitis and blood poisoning. N meningitidis is classified into different serogroups (types), based on its outer polysaccharide (carbohydrate) capsule.
- Conditions
- Meningitis, Meningococcal Disease, Septicaemia
- Trial name
- NCT01593514
- Testing
- MenACWY-CRM conjugate vaccine (Menveo, Novartis), MenACWY-PS polysaccharide vaccine, ( ACWYVax, GSK) and MenACWY-CRM conjugate vaccine (Menveo, Novartis), 1/5th dose MenACWY-PS polysaccharide vaccine, ( ACWYVax, GSK) and MenACWY-CRM conjugate vaccine (Menveo, Novartis)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Omphalitis, Septicaemia
Efficacy of Umbilical Cord Cleansing With a Single Application of 4% Chlorhexidine for the Prevention of Newborn Infections in Uganda: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Background: Nearly all the yearly 3.3 million neonatal deaths occur in low and middle income countries. Infections, including those affecting the umbilical cord (omphalitis) are a significant factor in approximately a third of…
- Trial name
- NCT02606565
- Testing
- Intervention arm: 4% chlorhexidine
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 4,760 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Makerere University
Severe Illness, Septicaemia
Early Versus Late BCG Vaccination in HIV-1 Exposed Infants in Uganda in Uganda
BCG vaccination may have non-specific effects (NSE) i.e., additional benefits on childhood morbidity and mortality that are separate the vaccine's effect on the incidence of disseminated tuberculosis.
- Conditions
- Severe Illness, Septicaemia, Diarrhoea, Lower Respiratory Infection
- Trial name
- NCT02606526
- Testing
- BCG at birth, Control arm: Delayed BCG
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 4,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Makerere University
Meningitis, Septicaemia
Understanding Pneumococcal Carriage and Disease
Pneumococcus is a bacteria that causes disease of the respiratory tract (pneumonia and middle ear infections), blood poisoning, and meningitis. It is frequently carried by people in back of the throat without symptoms.
- Conditions
- Meningitis, Septicaemia, Pneumonia
- Trial name
- NCT01996007
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 1,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford