Clinical trials: in Malawi
HIV Positive, Malnourished
IMPAACT P1092: Steady State PK in Malnourished HIV Infected Children
Children living with HIV from sub-Saharan Africa often present with severe malnutrition. In severe malnutrition, metabolic and/or gut structural derangement may lead to inadequate antiretroviral (ARV) absorption and/or erratic…
- Trial name
- NCT01818258
- Testing
- ZDV+3TC+LPV/r
- Where
- 5 sites in Malawi, Tanzania and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials Group
Pre Eclampsia
Pilot Assessment of an Auto Blood Pressure Monitor
The purpose of the study is to help make a lower cost automatic blood pressure monitor device for diagnosis and monitoring of pre-eclampsia in pregnant women, where automatic blood pressure monitoring is limited or not available.
- Trial name
- NCT02258256
- Testing
- Sphygmo
- Where
- Malawi
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- William Marsh Rice University
HIV-1 Infection
Study of Options for Second-Line Effective Combination Therapy (SELECT)
The study was conducted on people who were taking their first anti-HIV drug regimen (including an Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor (NNRTI), a type of anti-HIV drug) but the drugs in this regimen were not doing a…
- Trial name
- SELECT (NCT01352715)
- Testing
- Lopinavir/ritonavir, Raltegravir, Emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate
- Where
- 16 sites in Brazil, India and 7 more
- Volunteers
- 515 people
- Sponsor
- Advancing Clinical Therapeutics Globally for HIV/AIDS and Other Infections
Hiv
Developing and Assessing a Male Engagement Intervention in Option B+ in Malawi
There is promising evidence that couple-based approaches within Malawi's Option B+ prevention of mother to child transmission program could address help address 1) poor male engagement in the HIV continuum of care, 2) low male…
- Trial name
- NCT03477279
- Testing
- Enhanced Couple HIV Testing and Counseling
- Where
- Malawi
- Volunteers
- 1,116 people
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
HIV Infections
Use of HIV Self-Test Kits to Increase Identification of HIV-Infected Individuals and Their Partners
This study comprises two trials to evaluate the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of HIV self-testing strategies compared to standard of care among clients in outpatient departments (OPD; Aim 1) and the sexual partners of…
- Trial name
- NCT03271307
- Testing
- Optimized PITC, Facility HIVST, Index HIVST
- Where
- Malawi
- Volunteers
- 6,369 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
HIV-1-infection
INTERVAL: Varying Intervals of ART to Improve Outcomes in HIV
This is an unblinded cluster-randomized study to evaluate the effectiveness of two strategies for scripting/dispensing of antiretroviral therapy (ART) on retention, virologic suppression, and cost compared to the standard of…
- Trial name
- INTERVAL (NCT03101592)
- Testing
- Three-month ART dispensing, Six-month ART dispensing
- Where
- 2 sites in Malawi, Zambia
- Volunteers
- 9,118 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Malaria, Malaria Vaccines
Epidemiology Study of Malaria Transmission Intensity in Africa
The aim of this epidemiology study is to characterize in a standardized way malaria transmission intensity at the clinical trial centers participating in study 110021 (NCT00866619).
- Trial name
- NCT01190202
- Testing
- Blood sampling, Assessment of body temperature
- Where
- 8 sites in Burkina Faso, Gabon and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 21,618 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- GlaxoSmithKline
Tuberculosis
Training Lay Healthcare Workers to Optimize TB Care and Improve Outcomes in Malawi
Task shifting of less complex healthcare tasks to lay health workers (LHWs) is increasingly employed strategy to address the global shortage of skilled health workers.
- Trial name
- NCT02533089
- Testing
- KT intervention
- Where
- Malawi
- Volunteers
- 1,153 people
- Sponsor
- Dignitas International
Enteropathy
The Impact of Legumes vs Corn-soy Flour on Environmental Enteric Dysfunction in Rural Malawian Children 6-11 Months
To determine if 6 months of legume-based complementary foods is effective in reducing or reversing EED and linear growth faltering in a cohort of Malawian children, aged 6-11 months to see if these improvements are correlated…
- Trial name
- NCT02472262
- Testing
- Cow pea complementary food, Corn soy flour, Common bean
- Where
- Malawi
- Volunteers
- 355 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
HIV-1 Infection, Kaposi's Sarcoma
Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Alone or With Delayed Chemo Versus ART With Immediate Chemo for Limited AIDS-related Kaposi's Sarcoma
AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma (AIDS-KS) occurs in persons with HIV infection who are also infected with the Kaposi's sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV).
- Trial name
- REACT-KS (NCT01352117)
- Testing
- efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, etoposide
- Where
- 8 sites in Brazil, Kenya and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 192 people
- Sponsor
- Advancing Clinical Therapeutics Globally for HIV/AIDS and Other Infections
Tropical Enteropathy
Trial of Rifaximin in the Treatment of Tropical Enteropathy
The purpose of this study is to determine whether rifaximin is effective in the treatment of tropical enteropathy in a population of African children at high risk for this disease.
- Trial name
- NCT00858988
- Testing
- Rifaximin
- Where
- Malawi
- Volunteers
- 147 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Malaria
Efficacy of GSK Biologicals' Candidate Malaria Vaccine 257049 Against Malaria Disease in Infants and Children in Africa
The purpose of this observer-blind study is to gather key efficacy, safety, and immunogenicity information on GSK's candidate malaria vaccine in infants and children.
- Trial name
- NCT00866619
- Testing
- Malaria Vaccine 257049, Meningococcal C Conjugate Vaccine, Cell-culture rabies vaccine
- Where
- 10 sites in Burkina Faso, Gabon and 5 more
- Volunteers
- 15,459 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- GlaxoSmithKline
HIV-1 Infection, Pf Subclinical Parasitemia
Comparing PI-Based to a nNRTI-based ART for Clearance of Plasmodium Falciparum Parasitemia in HIV-Infected
The purpose of this study was to see if antiretroviral therapy (ART) is safe and works at getting rid of malaria in blood and to see whether one type of ART is better than another.
- Trial name
- NCT01632891
- Testing
- Lopinavir/ritonavir, Emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, Efavirenz
- Where
- 5 sites in Kenya, Malawi and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- Advancing Clinical Therapeutics Globally for HIV/AIDS and Other Infections
HIV-1 Infection
A5288/MULTI-OCTAVE: Management Using Latest Technologies to Optimize Combination Therapy After Viral Failure
The study was done to: test a strategy of using a resistance test to choose anti-HIV drugs see how well combinations of new anti-HIV drugs work to lower HIV infection see if taking new anti-HIV drugs together is safe and…
- Trial name
- MULTI-OCTAVE (NCT01641367)
- Testing
- Darunavir, Etravirine, Emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate
- Where
- 19 sites in Brazil, Haiti and 8 more
- Volunteers
- 545 people
- Sponsor
- Advancing Clinical Therapeutics Globally for HIV/AIDS and Other Infections
Malnutrition
Whey Permeate Study
This is a prospective, randomized, double-blinded, controlled clinical effectiveness trial of two supplementary foods in the treatment of MAM.
- Trial name
- NCT01790048
- Testing
- Whey permeate RUSF, Soy Protein RUSF
- Where
- Malawi
- Volunteers
- 2,259 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
HIV Infections
NNRTI vs PI Regimens for HIV Infected Women After They Have Taken Nevirapine to Prevent Mother-To-Child HIV Transmission
Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) are commonly included in anti-HIV drug regimens. However, HIV infected women who have previously taken the single dose NNRTI nevirapine (SD NVP) for the prevention of…
- Trial name
- OCTANE (NCT00089505)
- Testing
- Emtricitabine, Emtricitabine/Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, Lopinavir/Ritonavir
- Where
- 11 sites in Botswana, Kenya and 5 more
- Volunteers
- 745 people
- Sponsor
- Advancing Clinical Therapeutics Globally for HIV/AIDS and Other Infections
HIV Infection, Tuberculosis
Immediate Versus Deferred Start of Anti-HIV Therapy in HIV-Infected Adults Being Treated for Tuberculosis
The purpose of this study is to determine the best time to begin anti-HIV treatment in individuals who have HIV and tuberculosis (TB).
- Trial name
- STRIDE (NCT00108862)
- Testing
- Strategy: Immediate ART, Strategy: Deferred ART
- Where
- 26 sites in United States, Botswana and 11 more
- Volunteers
- 809 people
- Sponsor
- Advancing Clinical Therapeutics Globally for HIV/AIDS and Other Infections
HIV Infections
Prospective Evaluation of Anti-retroviral Combinations for Treatment Naive, HIV Infected Persons in Resource-limited Settings
This study compared 3 different three-drug combinations in HIV infected individuals starting their first HIV treatment regimens.
- Trial name
- PEARLS (NCT00084136)
- Testing
- Atazanavir, Didanosine (enteric-coated), Efavirenz
- Where
- 42 sites in United States, Brazil and 7 more
- Volunteers
- 1,571 people
- Sponsor
- Advancing Clinical Therapeutics Globally for HIV/AIDS and Other Infections
Malaria
Safety and Immunogenicity of GSK Biologicals' Malaria Vaccine 257049 When Administered on 7 Schedules to African Infants
The aim of the malaria vaccine program of the MVI/GSK partnership is to develop an efficacious malaria vaccine that is deliverable through the existing system, the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) of WHO.
- Trial name
- NCT01231503
- Testing
- GSK Biological's Investigational Malaria Vaccine 257049, Engerix-B, Tritanrix HepB Hib
- Where
- Malawi
- Volunteers
- 480 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- GlaxoSmithKline
HIV-1 Infection
HPV Test-and-Treat-Strategy Versus Cytology-based Strategy for Prevention of CIN2+ in HIV-Infected Women
Women sometimes develop cancer in an area called the cervix, which is the opening to the uterus, or womb. Women who have HIV are more likely to get this kind of cancer than women who do not have HIV.
- Trial name
- NCT01315353
- Testing
- Cervical Cryotherapy, Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure (LEEP)
- Where
- 13 sites in Botswana, Haiti and 5 more
- Volunteers
- 467 people
- Sponsor
- Advancing Clinical Therapeutics Globally for HIV/AIDS and Other Infections