Clinical trials: completed, in Cameroon
Trauma/Injury Problem
Pre and Post-Implementation of Injury/Trauma First Aid Training Among Early Secondary School Students in Fako, Cameroon
To save lives, alleviate pain, and prevent injuries from worsening before medical assistance can be summoned, first aid is essential. These fundamental skills are accessible to everyone, including young people.
- Trial name
- NCT07110077
- Testing
- Young First Aiders Traing of Early Secondry School children
- Where
- Cameroon
- Volunteers
- 166 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Buea
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
Wounds and Injury
Mobile Phone-administered Triage Tool to Followup on Discharged Trauma Patients
After being admitted to and then discharged from a hospital in Cameroon for having experienced an injury, there is no established way for the health system to check in on how the discharged person is doing.
- Trial name
- NCT03805646
- Testing
- Mobile Phone-based Triage Tool
- Where
- 4 sites in Cameroon
- Volunteers
- 3,990 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Tuberculosis, Pediatric
TB Innovation Project: A Pre- and Post- Implementation Assessment (TIPPI)
This evaluation will be conducted in ten countries involved in the Catalyzing Pediatric TB Innovation (CaP-TB) project: Cameroon, Cote D'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe and…
- Trial name
- TIPPI (NCT03948698)
- Testing
- Innovative approached to pediatric TB care
- Where
- 10 sites in Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire and 8 more
- Volunteers
- 4,159,533 people
- Sponsor
- Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
Loiasis
Loiasis Cross-reactive Antigenemia and Treatment-related Adverse Events
This study seeks to determine which Loa loa antigens are released into circulation when infected individuals are treated with ivermectin.
- Trial name
- NCT05085665
- Testing
- Ivermectin
- Where
- Cameroon
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Postpartum Sepsis, Postpartum Endometritis
Antibiotic Prophlaxis for High-risk Laboring Women in Low Income Countries
This study, performed over a course of 3 years in 5 collaborating hospitals in Cameroon, Africa, will randomize 750 women in labor with prolonged rupture of membranes ≥ 8 hours or prolonged labor ≥ 18 hours to identical oral…
- Conditions
- Postpartum Sepsis, Postpartum Endometritis, Postpartum Fever
- Trial name
- NCT03248297
- Testing
- Azithromycin, Azithromycin and amoxicillin
- Where
- Cameroon
- Volunteers
- 756 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Human Immunodeficiency Virus-type 1 Infection
A Clinical Trial Comparing the Efficacy of Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate/Emtricitabine/Rilpivirine (TDF/FTC/RPV) Versus TDF/FTC/Efavirenz (TDF/FTC/EFV) in Patients With Undetectable Plasma HIV-1 RNA on Current First-line Treatment
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate noninferiority (a new treatment is equivalent to standard treatment) in terms of the percentage of patients who have plasma human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 (HIV-1) ribonucleic acid…
- Trial name
- SALIF (NCT01709084)
- Testing
- Rilpivirine, Efavirenz, Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate
- Where
- 18 sites in Cameroon, Kenya and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 426 people
- Sponsor
- Janssen-Cilag International NV
HIV/AIDS
Efficacy and Safety Study of Darunavir for the Treatment of HIV/AIDS
The aim of this pilot study is to assess the feasibility, efficacy and safety of Darunavir/ritonavir 800/100 mg once daily (DRV/r) monotherapy as a switch-maintenance strategy for patients receiving second-line ART at Yaoundé…
- Trial name
- MANET (NCT02155101)
- Testing
- Darunavir, ART with 2 NRTIs plus LPV/r (or ATV/r)
- Where
- Cameroon
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- University of Liverpool
Virus Diseases
A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Immunogenicity of a Candidate Ebola Vaccine in Adults
The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and immunogenicity of the investigational ChAd3-EBO-Z vaccine administered to approximately 3 000 adults in Africa as a single IM dose Considering the risk of exposure to Ebola…
- Trial name
- NCT02485301
- Testing
- GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Biologicals' investigational recombinant chimpanzee adenovirus Type 3-vectored Ebola Zaire vaccine (ChAd3-EBO-Z) (GSK3390107A)
- Where
- 5 sites in Cameroon, Mali and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 3,024 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- GlaxoSmithKline
HIV, HIV Infections
Evaluation of Three Strategies of Second-line Antiretroviral Treatment in Africa (Dakar - Bobo-Dioulasso - Yaoundé)
Since the first line antiretroviral (ARV) treatment is now largely accessible in the Sub-Saharian Africa countries, documentation of virological failure, drug resistance patterns and second line treatment evaluation are still to…
- Trial name
- 2LADY (NCT00928187)
- Testing
- emtricitabine/tenofovir + lopinavir/ritonavir (WHO recommended second line), abacavir + didanosine + lopinavir/ritonavir (WHO recommended second line), emtricitabine/tenofovir + darunavir + ritonavir (Second line strategy under evaluation)
- Where
- 3 sites in Burkina Faso, Cameroon and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 454 people
- Sponsor
- ANRS, Emerging Infectious Diseases
Loiasis
Post-treatment Effects of Ivermectin (IVM) or Diethylcarbamazine (DEC) in Loiasis
Background: Loa loa is a small worm that infects people in West and Central Africa. It is spread by the bite of a fly. Adult worms live under the skin and can cause swelling in the arms, legs, and face.
- Trial name
- NCT01593722
- Testing
- Diethylcarbamazine, Ivermectin
- Where
- Cameroon
- Volunteers
- 155 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Blood Pressure
Newer Versus Older Antihypertensive Agents in African Hypertensive Patients (NOAAH) Trial
The purpose of this study is to compare the blood pressure lowering efficacy of a treatment regimen based on a dihydropyridine calcium-channel blocker combined with an angiotensin II type-1 receptor blocker with the recommended…
- Trial name
- NOAAH (NCT01030458)
- Testing
- amlodipine 5/10 mg per day plus valsartan 160 mg/day, hydrochlorothiazide 6.25 mg/day plus bisoprolol 5/10 mg/day
- Where
- 7 sites in Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 183 people
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven