There are about 193 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Zimbabwe. 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.
The purpose of this study is to compare two different methods of intensified tuberculosis (TB) case finding in the community. These methods all involve the use of a mobile clinic to reach people with TB symptoms who are not able to readily access clinic services. A standard diagnostics package consisting of smear microscopy and culture (with smear result available the next day) will be compared with a novel diagnostics package involving point-of-care sputum GeneXpert MTB/RIF performed at a mobile or conventional clinic (with same day result), sputum culture, and lateral flow urinary lipoarabinomannan (LAM) testing (in HIV +ve subjects only). The primary outcome is a comparison between the number of culture +ve subjects on TB treatment in each group at the end of two months. A secondary aim is an evaluation of the accuracy and feasibility of GeneXpert performed in a mobile clinic. Additional study aims include using chest X-rays obtained during the study to develop and validate of an computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) software package for TB (together with collaborators in the Netherlands), as well as establishing whether LAM is detectable at sub-ELISA concentrations in the urine of those with TB.
The goal of the ACCLAIM (Advancing Community-Level Action for Improving MCH/PMTCT) project is to increase community demand for, uptake of, and retention in Maternal and Child Health (MCH) and/Prevention of Mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) services to improve country progress toward elimination of pediatric HIV/AIDS.
The protocol, approved by the Medical Research Council, was issued to assess the safety and efficacy of the non-surgical device for applying it to the national scale up of adult male circumcision in Zimbabwe
The protocol, approved by the Medical Research Council, was issued to assess the safety and efficacy of the non-surgical device for applying it to the national scale up of adult male circumcision in Zimbabwe
The protocol, approved by the Medical Research Council, was issued to assess the safety and efficacy of the non-surgical device for applying it to the national scale up of adult male circumcision in Zimbabwe
The primary objectives of Cohort 1 are to evaluate the steady state pharmacokinetics (PK) for elvitegravir (EVG) and tenofovir alafenamide (TAF) and confirm the dose of the elvitegravir/cobicistat/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide (E/C/F/TAF) STR (Part A) and to evaluate the safety and tolerability of E/C/F/TAF STR through Week 24 (Part B) in human immunodeficiency virus - 1 (HIV-1) infected, antiretroviral (ARV) treatment-naive adolescents. The primary objectives of Cohort 2 are to evaluate the PK of EVG and TAF in virologically suppressed HIV-1 infected children 6 to < 12 years of age weighing ≥ 25 kg administered E/C/F/TAF STR (Part A) and to evaluate the safety and tolerability of E/C/F/TAF STR through Week 24 in virologically suppressed HIV-1 infected children 6 to < 12 years of age weighing ≥ 25 kg (Part B). The primary objectives of Cohort 3 are to evaluate the PK of EVG and TAF and confirm the dose of the STR, and to evaluate the safety and tolerability of E/C/F/TAF low dose (LD) STR in virologically suppressed HIV-1 infected children ≥ 2 years of age and weighing ≥ 14 to < 25 kg.
A randomised controlled trial to investigate three methods to reduce early mortality in adults, adolescents and children aged 5 years or older starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) with severe immuno-deficiency. The three methods are: (i) increasing the potency of ART with a 12 week induction period using 4 antiretroviral drugs from 3 classes (ii) augmented prophylaxis against opportunistic/bacterial infections and helminths for 12 weeks (iii) macronutrient intervention using ready-to-use supplementary food for 12 weeks.
Globally, stunting affects 26% (165 million) of under-5-year children, underlies 15-17% of their mortality and leads to long-term cognitive deficits, fewer years and poorer performance in school, lower adult economic productivity, and a higher risk that their own children will also be stunted, perpetuating the problem into future generations. Stunting begins antenatally and peaks at 18-24 months of postnatal life, when mean length-for-age Z-score (LAZ) is about -2.0 among children living in Africa and Asia. Improving the diets of young children can reduce stunting, though, at best, only by about one-third. Frequent diarrheal illness has also been implicated. However, the effect of diarrhea on permanent stunting is relatively small, maybe because children grow at "catch-up" rates between illness episodes. The Sanitation Hygiene Infant Nutrition Efficacy (SHINE) trial is motivated by a 2-part premise: - A major cause of child stunting and anemia is Environmental Enteric Dysfunction (EED). EED is a subclinical disorder of the small intestine, which is virtually ubiquitous among asymptomatic people living in low-income settings throughout the world. EED is characterized by increased permeability which facilitates microbial translocation into the systemic circulation and triggers chronic immune activation. - The primary cause of EED is infant ingestion of fecal microbes due to living in conditions of poor quality and quantity of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH).
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 drug levels. The greater surface area to weight ratio in severely malnourished children could also place them at higher risk of under dosing compared to children with mild to moderate malnutrition. However, limited data are available on the pharmacokinetics of ARVs in severely malnourished children. This study addressed this critical gap in knowledge by evaluating the PK of zidovudine (ZDV), lamivudine (3TC), and lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r) in severely malnourished children living with HIV, compared to children with normal nutrition to mild malnutrition living with HIV.
This randomized phase II trial studies how well intravenous (IV) chemotherapy or oral chemotherapy works in treating patients with previously untreated stage III-IV human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin hydrochloride, vincristine sulfate, prednisone, lomustine, etoposide, and procarbazine hydrochloride, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) may kill more cancer cells