Clinical trials: Yaws
Yaws, Cutaneous Ulcer
Repurposing Clinically Approved Drugs for Yaws With an Insight Into the Cutaneous Ulcer Disease Syndrome (Trep-AByaws)
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the non inferiority of linezolid compared with azithromycin as a treatment for yaws .
- Trial name
- Trep-AByaws (NCT05764876)
- Testing
- Linezolid Oral Tablet, Azithromycin Oral Tablet
- Where
- Papua New Guinea
- Volunteers
- 383 people
- Sponsor
- Fundación FLS de Lucha Contra el Sida, las Enfermedades Infecciosas y la Promoción de la Salud y la Ciencia
Adhesive Capsulitis
Maitland Mobilization With and Without Stroking Release Technique of Rotator Cuff Muscle in Frozen Shoulder
Frozen shoulder has been described as a painful condition associated with stiffness and difficulty in sleeping on the affected side.
- Trial name
- NCT07854288
- Testing
- Maitland mobilization combined with Stroking release technique, Maitland Mobilization, along with baseline treatment
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 44 people
- Sponsor
- Riphah International University
Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases, Neglected Tropical Diseases
Early Detection and AI-Based Management of Skin-Related Neglected Tropical Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa by Frontline Health Workers
Skin-related Neglected Tropical Diseases (Skin NTDs) affect about 1.8 billion people worldwide, particularly in poor and rural communities where healthcare access is limited.
- Conditions
- Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases, Neglected Tropical Diseases, Leprosy, Buruli Ulcer
- Trial name
- SkincAIr (NCT07506967)
- Testing
- A mobile app with AI functionality for diagnosing skin-related NTDs
- Where
- 5 sites in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 2,420 people
- Sponsor
- Kenya Medical Research Institute
Leprosy, Lymphatic Filariases
Integrating Mental Health Into Neglected Tropical Disease Care in Ghana
Background Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) are a group of diseases that are more common among the poorest people in the poorest countries.
- Conditions
- Leprosy, Lymphatic Filariases, Buruli Ulcer, Onchocerciasis
- Trial name
- IMAGINE (NCT07248462)
- Testing
- WHO Essential Care package for mental health and NTDs
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Yaws
Evaluation of a LAMP Assay for T. Pallidum. Pertenue
This is a diagnostic evaluation comparing the performance of real-time PCR performed at a national reference laboratory and a LAMP assay performed at a regional hospital for the diagnosis of yaws
- Trial name
- LAMP4YAWS (NCT04753788)
- Testing
- PCR, LAMP
- Where
- 3 sites in Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 563 people
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Leprosy, Buruli Ulcer
Integrated Mapping of Skin-presenting Neglected Tropical Diseases in Liberia
Appropriate targeting of interventions for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) that require innovative and intensified disease management (IDM) requires accurate data on the distribution of these diseases within endemic countries.
- Conditions
- Leprosy, Buruli Ulcer, Yaws, Lymphatic Filariases
- Trial name
- NCT03683745
- Where
- Liberia
- Volunteers
- 56,285 people
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Yaws
Evaluation of an Intensive 3-round MDA Strategy Towards Yaws Eradication
The current principle of yaws eradication (the Morges strategy) is based on single round mass drug administration (MDA) of azithromycin (AZI) called total community treatment (TCT) followed by targeted treatment of active cases…
- Trial name
- NCT03490123
- Testing
- R1-Total community treatment with azithromycin, R2-Total community treatment with azithromycin, R3-Total community treatment with azithromycin
- Where
- Papua New Guinea
- Volunteers
- 56,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lihir Medical Centre
Pian, Fear
The Effects of Using an Interactive Game With Virtual Reality for Children During Intravenous Placement
To develop the intervention strategies of hospitalized school-age children with IV placement, using interactive virtual reality(VR)as a guiding play and emotional catharsis play, to further examine the effectiveness of reducing…
- Trial name
- NCT04558086
- Testing
- Virtual reality, Photo book
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 134 people
- Sponsor
- National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Yaws; Cutaneous, Cutaneous Ulcer
An Accessible Low-cost Plant Treatment for Cutaneous Ulcers
In a search for accessible treatment options, plant medicines used by different communities in Papua New Guinea have been tested to identify the sap of the tree, Ficus septica, as a promising antibacterial agent in vitro.
- Conditions
- Yaws; Cutaneous, Cutaneous Ulcer, Yaws
- Trial name
- NCT04453124
- Testing
- Topical antiseptic treatment
- Where
- 2 sites in Papua New Guinea
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Oriol Mitja
Scabies, Yaws
Azithromycin - Ivermectin Mass Drug Administration for Skin Disease
This is an open-label prospective community intervention trial to assess the impact of community mass treatment with azithromycin for yaws and ivermectin for scabies, on non-yaws bacterial skin infections.
- Conditions
- Scabies, Yaws, Impetigo
- Trial name
- AIM-Skin (NCT02775617)
- Testing
- Ivermectin, Azithromycin, Permethrin
- Where
- Solomon Islands
- Volunteers
- 1,291 people
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Lymphatic Filariasis, Yaws
PK PD Study of IDA and Azithromycin for NTDs ( ComboNTDs )
This is a Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic study evaluating the safety of co-administering Azithromycin alongside the new IDA (Ivermectin, Diethylcarbamazine, Albendazole) combination treatment for LF.
- Conditions
- Lymphatic Filariasis, Yaws, Trauma
- Trial name
- NCT03664063
- Testing
- Azithromycin, Albendazole, Ivermectin
- Where
- Papua New Guinea
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lihir Medical Centre
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
Yaws
Comparison of Two Different Doses of Azithromycin for Treatment of Yaws
The study will be a single blinded, randomized, controlled open label non-inferiority phase III, trial with two parallel groups, conducted in Ghana and Papua New Guinea (PNG).
- Trial name
- NCT02344628
- Testing
- Azithromycin
- Where
- 7 sites in Ghana, Papua New Guinea and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 583 people
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Yaws
Effect of WHO-yaws Elimination Strategy in Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea
The trial that the investigators are proposing is a pilot study to determine the effect of the new WHO-yaws eradication strategy in Lihir Island (population 18,000), Papua New Guinea.
- Trial name
- YESA-13 (NCT01955252)
- Testing
- Azithromycin
- Where
- Papua New Guinea
- Volunteers
- 16,000 people
- Sponsor
- Lihir Medical Centre
Yaws
Dual Point-of-care Test for the Diagnosis of Yaws
A dual POC immunoassay simultaneously detecting non-treponemal and treponemal antibodies was developed for the diagnosis of infections with T. pallidum.
- Trial name
- YARADI (NCT01841203)
- Where
- 2 sites in Papua New Guinea
- Volunteers
- 703 people
- Sponsor
- Oriol Mitja
Yaws, Treponema Infection
Single-dose Azithromycin for the Treatment of Yaws
Yaws, an endemic treponematosis and as such a neglected tropical disease (NTD), is currently making a comeback in children in rural areas. Injectable long acting penicillin remains the drug of choice for the treatment of yaws.
- Conditions
- Yaws, Treponema Infection, Neglected Tropical Disease
- Trial name
- NCT01382004
- Testing
- Penicillin-G-benzathine, Azithromycin
- Where
- Papua New Guinea
- Volunteers
- 255 people
- Sponsor
- Lihir Medical Centre