Clinical trials: open to volunteers, in Zambia
Violence by Teachers
School-based Prevention of Teacher Violence Against Children in Zambia
The United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child UN General Assembly, 1989), outlawed violence against children worldwide.
- Trial name
- ICC-T Zambia (NCT07773961)
- Testing
- Interaction Competencies with Children
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 700 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tobias Hecker, PhD
Hepatitis B, HIV
Integrating Hepatitis B Elimination Into the HIV Program in Zambia
The goal of this study is to develop an integrated HBV-HIV service care model in Zambia by working with people living with HBV, healthcare workers, policy makers and other key stakeholders to co-design an intervention.
- Conditions
- Hepatitis B, HIV, Implementation Science
- Trial name
- INTEGRATE B (NCT07875218)
- Testing
- Integrated HBV/HIV Service Delivery Model
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 460 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia
Long COVID
Long Covid (LC)-REVITALIZE - A Long Covid Repurposed Drug Study
The Long-Covid (LC)-Revitalize clinical study is testing repurposed drug treatments for Long Covid, involving adult participants from Brazil, Canada, Italy, South Africa, Uganda, the United States, and Zambia.
- Trial name
- NCT06928272
- Testing
- Pirfenidone, Upadacitinib
- Where
- 10 sites in United States, Brazil and 5 more
- Volunteers
- 348 people
- Sponsor
- Douglas D. Fraser
Cholera Vaccination Reaction
Phase 1b Ascending Dose Study of PanChol in Healthy Volunteers
Cholera is a serious diarrheal disease that can be fatal within hours of onset. The current available cholera vaccines to prevent the disease are not very effective.
- Trial name
- PanChol (NCT07107516)
- Testing
- PanChol
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia
Fetal Weight, Pregnancy
Prospective Evaluation of an AI Diagnostic Ultrasound Tool for Fetal Weight Estimation
Purpose: The primary objective of this study is to assess the diagnostic accuracy of an AI-enabled ultrasound tool for estimating fetal weight Participants: 1,000 pregnant individuals Procedures (methods): This prospective…
- Conditions
- Fetal Weight, Pregnancy, Machine Learning, Pregnancy - Prenatal Testing
- Trial name
- krittenhouse (NCT07661433)
- Testing
- AI ultrasound diagnostic tool for fetal weight estimation
- Where
- 6 sites in United States, Canada and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Feasibility Study, Vaccine Immune Response
How Gut Health Affects Immune Responses to the Oral Rotavirus Vaccine in Adults in Zambia
The Rotavirus SpatioTrasncriptomics (Rota-Omics) study is a multidisciplinary research project aimed at understanding why oral rotavirus vaccines perform less effectively in some low- and middle-income countries, including…
- Conditions
- Feasibility Study, Vaccine Immune Response, Rota Virus Gastroenteritis, Transcriptomics
- Trial name
- Rota-Omics (NCT07626606)
- Testing
- Rotarix®,
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 43 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant
Bioneer Q-RFIA Clinical Evaluation
Robust evidence on the clinical diagnostic accuracy and operational characteristics of the Bioneer Accupower Q-RFIA PCR kit on IRON qPCR is required to comprehensively evaluate validity of the Bioneer RFIA assay to support both…
- Trial name
- NCT05117788
- Testing
- Estimate the diagnostic accuracy of the Bioneer Accupower Q-RFIA PCR kit on IRON qPCR for MTB detection using culture as reference standard. Estimate the diagnostic accuracy of the Bioneer Ac
- Where
- 5 sites in Kenya, Moldova and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 2,350 people
- Sponsor
- Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, Switzerland
HIV, Syphilis
Pilot HIV Self-Testing And Self-collected STI Testing Strategy for Sex Worker Empowerment Study
The goal of this clinical trial is to find out if sex work managers (also called "queen mothers") can help female sex workers (FSW) get tested for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) by giving out and collecting…
- Conditions
- HIV, Syphilis, Gonorrhea, Chlamydia
- Trial name
- PHASES (NCT07829133)
- Testing
- Venue-based, peer-enhanced strategy for integrated HIV self-testing (and self-collected STI testing
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 232 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Low Birth Weight, Kangaroo Mother Care
Admission to Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) Ward and Maternal Postpartum Depression
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if extended admission to the Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) ward helps to prevent postpartum depression in mothers of low birthweight infants in a low-resource setting whose newborns were…
- Conditions
- Low Birth Weight, Kangaroo Mother Care, Postpartum Depression, Neurodevelopmental Outcome
- Trial name
- KMC PPD (NCT06545760)
- Testing
- Kangaroo mother care (KMC) support for > 2 days, Kangaroo mother care (KMC) support for < 2 days
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 1,908 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Severe Malaria, Thrombocytopenia
Platelet-Directed Whole Blood Transfusion Strategy for Malaria
Open-label randomized controlled trial to test the effectiveness of whole blood transfusion for improving survival in children with severe malaria complicated by thrombocytopenia.
- Trial name
- PLATFORM (NCT05711485)
- Testing
- Whole blood transfusion
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Zambia
- Volunteers
- 132 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
HIV Infection
Very Early Intensive Treatment of Infants Living With HIV to Achieve HIV Remission
The study will explore the effects of early intensive antiretroviral therapy (ART) with or without a broadly neutralizing antibody (bNAb) on achieving HIV remission (HIV RNA below the limit of detection of the assay) among…
- Trial name
- NCT02140255
- Testing
- Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NRTIs), Nevirapine (NVP), Lopinavir/Ritonavir (LPV/r)
- Where
- 47 sites in United States, Argentina and 11 more
- Volunteers
- 1,120 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Tuberculosis
Assessing Diagnostics At Point-of-care for Tuberculosis
Every year, more than 3 million people with TB remain undiagnosed and 1 million die. Better diagnostics are essential to reducing the enormous burden of TB worldwide.
- Trial name
- ADAPT (NCT05941052)
- Testing
- Tongue swab-based molecular assays
- Where
- 3 sites in Nigeria, Philippines and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 1,350 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
HIV, Mental Health
Reducing Stigma and Building Employability Skills for Young People With HIV in Zambia
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a program called Kupambana can improve mental health and HIV care outcomes in young people with HIV in Zambia by combining stigma-reduction support with financial and job-skills…
- Conditions
- HIV, Mental Health, Treatment Adherence
- Trial name
- NCT07732660
- Testing
- Stigma Reduction Support Group (SRSG), Financial Literacy, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Cardiac Diseases, Sickle Cell Disease
Domestication and Implementation of the PEN-Plus Clinical Model in the Zambian Health System
Cognizant of the prevalence of complicated non communicable diseases (NCD) and the attendant capacity problems faced by the health workers in primary care settings, we propose to adapt and pilot the Package of Essential…
- Conditions
- Cardiac Diseases, Sickle Cell Disease, Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus
- Trial name
- PEN Plus (NCT07753681)
- Testing
- Supportive treatment
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 2,084 people
- Sponsor
- Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia
Influenza, RSV
Surveillance, Assessment and Detection of Influenza Associated Respiratory Infections in HIV Positive and Negative Individual in Lusaka, Zambia.
Background and rationale:The World Health Organisation (WHO), estimates influenza global deaths at 290,000 to 650,000 annually. Although influenza is mostly associated with upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs), its role in…
- Conditions
- Influenza, RSV, COVID - 19
- Trial name
- NCT07030075
- Where
- 2 sites in Zambia
- Volunteers
- 594 people
- Sponsor
- Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia
Tuberculosis, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
Shortened Regimen for Drug-susceptible TB in Children
While drug-susceptible tuberculosis (TB) disease in children currently requires four to six months of treatment, most children may be able to be cured with a shorter treatment of more powerful drugs.
- Conditions
- Tuberculosis, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary, Tuberculosis, Lymph Node, Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
- Trial name
- SMILE-TB (NCT06253715)
- Testing
- Isoniazid, Rifampin, Pyrazinamide
- Where
- 9 sites in India, Indonesia and 5 more
- Volunteers
- 860 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Advanced HIV Disease
Advanced HIV Re-engagement in Care
Adults who are hospitalized in Lusaka, Zambia, and found to have advanced HIV disease will be enrolled and randomly assigned to receive the ARC intervention or standard of care.
- Trial name
- ARC (NCT07720128)
- Testing
- ARC
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 724 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Cryptosporidiosis
A Study to Characterize the Clinical Presentation and Course of Cryptosporidium in Pediatric Participants
This study aims to characterize the pediatric cryptosporidiosis disease profile with respect to clinical presentation.
- Trial name
- NCT07716410
- Where
- 4 sites in Kenya, Malaysia and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Folate Deficiency, Neural Tube Defects
Folic Acid Salt Study (FISFA Zambia)
Question: How effective is fortified iodized salt with folic acid (FISFA) in increasing serum and red blood cell folate in non-lactating, non-pregnant women of reproductive age in the country of Zambia who do not have active food…
- Trial name
- NCT06734611
- Testing
- Fortified Iodized Salt with Folic Acid (FISFA)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Zambia
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE)
Caffeine for Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy
CHIME is a randomized, parallel-arm, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial focused on infants with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE).
- Trial name
- CHIME (NCT06855108)
- Testing
- Caffeine citrate oral solution
- Where
- 7 sites in Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of the Congo and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 830 people
- Sponsor
- NICHD Global Network for Women's and Children's Health