There are about 3565 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in South Africa. 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.
This study is a two-arm open label acceptability study that will examine acceptability of, and adherence to, once daily dosing regimen of F/TDF (Truvada) and an investigational once daily dosing regimen of F/TAF (Descovy) under standard of care counselling. The study will recruit approximately 330 healthy, HIV negative, AGYW in up to three sites in Africa. Eligible participants will be randomized 1:1 to receive F/TAF 200 mg/25 mg or F/TDF 200 mg/300 mg for once daily oral administration for 24 weeks. Study visits will take place according to standard of care at month 1, month 3 and month 6. Acceptability and adherence will be assessed by questionnaires and DBS at months 3 and 6; questionnaires will assess acceptability of product attributes; perceived pill side effects; ease of pill-taking and reasons for missed pills, and future interest in PrEP use beyond the trial context. Exit interviews at the final visit and additional qualitative interviews and focus group discussions with a subset of participants as well as other key stakeholders will further inform potential differences in acceptability and adherence between the two products. Data collection will also focus on gathering insights and input from participants that will aid uptake and continuation and inform future programming of oral PrEP.
"Long-COVID'' (also known as post-COVID-19 syndrome, post-acute sequelae of COVID-19, or chronic COVID syndrome, used here as 'Long-COVID' for brevity), is a complex array of postconvalescence symptoms following SARS-CoV-2 infection. The syndrome, common in COVID-19 survivors, can affect every organ system through as-yet uncharacterised but presumed immunological mechanisms. Prevalence depends on the definition used and time-period of follow-up, as well as the population being studied. The syndrome has been associated with significant and persistent disability in some survivors but has been hampered, until recently, by lack of a clinical definition, diagnostic criteria, and objective measures of disease or disability [1]. A Delphi-informed initial World Health Organisation (WHO) clinical definition was released in early October 2021 but has attracted much criticism from both clinicians and survivors for a host of reasons, ranging from a lack of precision to a lack of inclusion [2]. Further complicating the syndrome is the context in which the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic occurred, which was associated with severe lockdowns in many countries (including South Africa) with social isolation, widespread fear and disinformation, widespread economic hardship, and loss of family and acquaintances, all of which contribute to symptoms (psychiatric and sleep disturbances, pain, and other syndromes) reported to be associated with Long-COVID. Finally, many Long-COVID symptoms overlap with those seen in patients hospitalised for any severe illness, especially those admitted to intensive care and ventilated. However, the proliferation of literature reporting associations of Long-COVID symptoms with more severe COVID-19 disease, and objective immunological, radiological, and organ-specific dysfunction in those reporting symptoms, suggests that the entity is real. The pathogenesis of Long-COVID is poorly understood, but this association with more severe disease - where immune dysregulation plays a major role in those with hospitalization, respiratory failure, and death - suggests an immune-mediated inflammatory dysfunction that may impact all organs [3-14]. The sheer rapidity of four major infection waves in South Africa, the initial focus on containing the hospital burden of those with severe illness, and subsequent emphasis on the roll-out of a mass vaccination program, has left little space for studying SARS-COV-2 sequalae in survivors. This group, loosely and inaccurately termed "recovered'' in South African reporting, were largely unvaccinated or partly vaccinated at the time of infection, leaving them at risk of developing Long-COVID.
This study will be a placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomized, phase 3 study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Obicetrapib in Participants with a History of Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia (HeFH).
This is a parallel, Phase 2, global, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-ranging, four-arms study for treatment. The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of add-on therapy with amlitelimab in adult participants with moderate-to-severe asthma. Study details include: - The study duration (per participant) will be up to approximately 76 weeks for participants not going into LTS study and will be up to approximately 64 weeks for participants going into LTS study. - The randomized treatment duration will be up to approximately 60 weeks. - The scheduled number of visits will be 13.
A Phase I, Open-Label, Randomized, Crossover Trial to Investigate the Relative Bioavailability of the 25 mg Dapivirine Vaginal Ring-004 inserted every 30 days and 100 mg Dapivirine Vaginal Ring-008 inserted for 90 days in Healthy Female Participants
This is a Phase IIIb, multinational, multicenter, randomized, open-label study to evaluate patient preference of the fixed-dose combination of pertuzumab and trastuzumab for subcutaneous use (PH FDC SC) administration in the home setting compared with the hospital setting during the cross-over period of adjuvant treatment in participants with early or locally advanced/inflammatory human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive (HER2+) breast cancer.
A Phase 1 Study to Evaluate the Safety and Immunogenicity of eOD-GT8 60mer mRNA Vaccine (mRNA-1644) in HIV-1 Uninfected Adults in Good General Health.
The purpose of this study is to assess the clinical effect, the pharmacodynamics, the safety, and the pharmacokinetics of barzolvolimab (CDX-0159) in patients with Chronic Inducible Urticaria who remain symptomatic despite the use of H1-antihistamines.
This is a randomized, double-blind, parallel design, repeat dose, 2 arm, multicenter study comparing the efficacy, safety, immunogenicity, pharmacodynamic (PD) and pharmacokinetic (PK) profiles of AVT03 and US-Prolia in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis.
The purpose of this study is to assess the clinical effect, the pharmacodynamics, the safety, and the pharmacokinetics of barzolvolimab (CDX-0159) in patients with Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria