There are about 3709 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Thailand. The country of the clinical trial is determined by the location of where the clinical research is being studied. Most studies are often held in multiple locations & countries.
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) can be asymptomatic for years but can also lead to chronic hepatitis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and liver failure and death and cannot be eradicated with the current therapy. Chronic maternal HBV infection is an important source of perinatal transmission in regions of high HBV prevalence. In antenatal clinics at Shoklo Malaria Research Unit (SMRU), the Hepatitis B (HB) surface antigen (sAg) prevalence is 8.3% with a HB e-antigen (HBeAg) prevalence of 32.7% in those positive for HBsAg in 2012-2014. Perinatal infection occurs in 70-90% of women with HBeAg positive chronic HBV compared with 0-30% in those with HBeAg negative chronic HBV (inactive carriers). These infection rates reflect, in part, the failure of maternal and child health programs to prevent perinatal transmission with hepatitis B immunoglobulin (HBIG) and HB vaccines. Prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) fails in an estimated 8-32% of cases with adequate preventive techniques. Antiretrovirals, like tenofovir (TFV) that is administered as the prodrug Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate (TDF), are active against HBV and may reduce the risk of HBV transmission at birth if offered at the right time in pregnancy. One of the major gaps in implementing this strategy is adequate pharmacokinetic (PK) data in pregnant women that informs correct dosing. One recently published population PK study in 154 women who provided maternal blood samples (32 and 36 weeks of pregnancy, at delivery, and at 1 and 2 months post-partum) reported a tenofovir area under curve (AUC) 0-24 that was estimated to be 20% (95% CI, 19-21%) lower during pregnancy than during post-partum suggesting no dose adjustments are needed in 3rd trimester. Most PK studies for TDF in pregnancy have been for Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 (HIV-1) infections. However, these patients often receive additional antiretroviral medications, preventing conclusions on PK parameters of Tenofovir (TFV) alone. Doses that are optimal for HIV may not be appropriate for HBV. When TDF is administered during pregnancy and potentially during lactation, it is important to establish the infant drug exposure. Previous human studies have shown that antiretrovirals administered to lactating mothers are present in the breast milk and have detected a low TDF breast milk concentration representing 0.03% or less of the proposed infant dosage. However, there is no data on this subject in therapeutic treatment of HBV infected women. In resource poor settings TDF administration will be ceased after 1 month post-partum. While there is some understanding of what happens to viral load post cessation in non-pregnant individuals, post-partum TDF cessation is less well understood and may be affected by differences in immunity. With breastmilk as the primary source of nutrition for babies in resource limited settings, it is important to know the viral exposure from breastmilk, if any, as these settings may also have problems achieving birth dose, HBIG and completion of the recommended three doses of vaccine. The investigators propose a dense PK study of once daily TDF 300 mg during pregnancy given for PMTCT of HBV mono-infection. Tenofovir PK will be measured in maternal blood samples in steady-state, in the 2nd and 3rd trimesters and post-partum. The presence of HBV DNA in blood and breast milk will also be explored in women after cessation of treatment until 6 months post-partum.
In July 2015-November 2016, a phase II/III randomized, observer-blind,controlled study of two acellular Pertussis vaccines (aP standalone and TdaP combined vaccined) manufactured by BioNet-Asia Co., Ltd. (Bionet) and chemically-detoxified Adacel Tdap vaccine was conducted in Bangkok, Thailand in healthy subjects aged 12-17 years (Protocol No. TDA202; http://clinicaltrials.in.th; Study ID:TCTR20150703002). A total of 450 subjects were enrolled into the study at 2 study sites (Site No.1:Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital; Site No.2:Vaccine Trial Centre (VTC), Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University) with equal number of 225 subjects enrolled at each study site. During the study, the subjects had been randomized in a 1:1:1 ratio to received intramuscularly a booster dose (0.5 mL) of the study vaccines. In this current study, persistence of pertussis antibodies induced by a booster dose of recombinant acellular Pertussis based vaccines (Pertagen and Boostagen) manufactured by Bionet will be evaluated and compared to the conventional chemically-detoxified Tdap vaccine (Adacel) at 2 years after previously immunized in the TDA202 study.
In July 2015-November 2016, a phase II/III randomized, observer-blind,controlled study of two acellular Pertussis vaccines (aP standalone and TdaP combined vaccined) manufactured by BioNet-Asia Co., Ltd. (Bionet) and chemically-detoxified Adacel Tdap vaccine was conducted in Bangkok, Thailand in healthy subjects aged 12-17 years (Protocol No. TDA202; http://clinicaltrials.in.th;Study ID:TCTR20150703002). A total of 450 subjects were enrolled into the study at 2 study sites (Site No.1:Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital; Site No.2:Vaccine Trial Centre (VTC), Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University) with equal number of 225 subjects enrolled at each study site. During the study, the subjects had been randomized in a 1:1:1 ratio to received intramuscularly a booster dose (0.5 mL) of the study vaccines. This is further follow-up from TDA202 clinical trial, which was completed on 29 November 2016. Target population for this study is the group of subjects who had received one dose of one of the three study vaccines in the TDA202 trial at site VTC and who had completed the study follow-up at 1-year after vaccination (223 subjects). In this current study, the long-term persistence of pertussis antibodies induced by a booster dose of recombinant acellular Pertussis based vaccines (Pertagen and Boostagen) manufactured by Bionet will be evaluated and compared to the conventional chemically-detoxified Tdap vaccine (Adacel) at 3 years after previously immunized in the TDA202 study.
The primary objective of the study is to assess the efficacy of aflibercept compared to laser in patients diagnosed with retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). The secondary objectives of the study are to assess the need for a second treatment modality, to assess the recurrence of ROP in the study and to assess the safety and tolerability of aflibercept.
This study will be using Luminex-based peptide assay (LPA) to determine major IgE-binding epitope among wheat allergic children to differentiate clinical phenotype.
Colorectal cancer is the most-common cancer of the gastrointestinal tract. The number of positive lymph nodes and total number of lymph nodes retrieved are important prognostic factors. In patients who do not receive preoperative chemoradiation, the total number of lymph nodes should be more than 12 nodes to predict accurate staging. In cases of locally-advanced rectal cancer when patients receive neoadjuvant chemoradiation it is sometimes impossible to retrieve adequate amount of lymph nodes due to the chemoradiation effect. Therefore, this study was to evaluate and predict survival rates based on positive lymph node ratio.
In this project, the investigators aim at an operational research deployment of Ultrasensitive Rapid Diagnostic Test (URDT) -based Mass Screening and Treatment (MSAT) in the Malaria Elimination Task Force (METF) elimination program. This intervention will be tested in two types of setting. In group 1, MSAT will be used in a programmatic setting in order to decrease the reservoir of asymptomatic carriers in high incidence villages (following the same principles and objective as previously deployed MDA interventions). In group 2, the investigators take advantage of the lighter framework of MSAT to use it as a reactive intervention in order to respond to malaria outbreaks in low to intermediate incidence villages. The MSAT intervention will be preceded with community-level consent and community engagement (CE) activities. MSAT will be conducted over a period of approximately 1 week in each hamlet, village or group of villages, and will consist in administering a P. falciparum URDT to all individuals agreeing to participate. A limited subgroup (expected 5-25%) will be found positive and receive supervised treatment over 3 days for the standard regimen (DP to cure asexual stage infection + single low-dose primaquine to destroy gametocytes). After this intervention, the incidence of clinical falciparum episodes will be monitored by the village MP. In group 1, a comparison of the prevalence at baseline and 12 months after MSAT intervention will be performed through a second URDT survey, in addition to which both baseline and 12-month surveys will include the collection of a 200µL capillary blood sample for reference detection in the laboratory. The intervention will be evaluated primarily on its ability to reduce yearly cumulative incidence of clinical falciparum malaria compared to year before intervention. Additional evaluations of the impact of MSAT will include: in group 1, comparison of asymptomatic infection prevalence; and in group 2, modifications of the shape of the incidence curve following intervention. Funder: Wellcome Trust grant reference 106698/B/14/Z
This phase 2b study is designed to have all subjects go into a 12 week induction period to compare different doses of study drug against placebo. After induction is complete all subjects will receive active therapy for 40 weeks, followed by a 12 week follow up period.
Coughing during extubation of endotracheal tube (ETT) is a common problem that leads to poor surgical results including hemodynamic change, rebleeding at the surgical wound and wound dehiscence. Recently, lidocaine has been introduced for reducing coughing during extubation. However, data comparing routes of lidocaine application are lacking, thus, this study compared the combination of lidocaine sprayed on laryngeal inlet and cuff of ETT versus intravenous lidocaine injection for efficacy in reducing coughing
This is a prospective, multicentre cohort study in which the accuracy and the diagnostic yield of the FujiLAM test will be assessed using a microbiological reference standard, an extended microbiological reference standard and a composite reference standard among inpatient and outpatient people living with HIV (PLHIV).