There are about 211 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Burkina Faso. 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.
Prime boost vaccination with ChAd63 ME-TRAP followed eight weeks later with MVA ME-TRAP shows efficacy against malaria infection when tested in UK volunteers using sporozoite challenge experiments. It is a leading candidate vaccination strategy against malaria. In the field, Phase I studies have been conducted in adults in Kenya and The Gambia and children and infants in The Gambia. The vaccination strategy appears safe and well tolerated in these populations, and also shows impressive immunogenicity, not significantly different to that seen in the UK trials where efficacy was shown. In particular, recent data from The Gambia shows excellent safety and immunogenicity in infants in malaria endemic areas, who would be the ones to benefit most from such a vaccine against malaria. With this clinical development as background, the investigators now propose to evaluate efficacy against natural malaria infection in this important target group for an effective malaria vaccine, that is, 5-17 month infants and children living in malaria endemic areas. The proposed study area, Banfora, Burkina Faso, is highly endemic for Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
The purpose of the study is to obtain efficacy, safety and pharmacokinetic (PK) data following treatment with artemether-lumefantrine dispersible tablet in infants < 5 kg of body weight (BW) with uncomplicated falciparum malaria.
The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and impact of ivermectin, administered as single or repeated dose, in combination with artemether-lumefantrine in reducing the proportion of mosquitoes that survive and become infected after feeding on a blood meal from a malaria-infected individual.
This study aims to evaluate the immunogenicity and reactogenicity of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine among infants, toddlers and children in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. Infants will be randomized to receive vaccine at 6, 10, 14 weeks or at 6 weeks, 14 weeks and 9 months of age. Serotype-specific serum IgG, OPA and nasopharyngeal colonization will be assessed at 6 weeks, 18 weeks, 9 months and 10 months of age. Toddlers 12-15 months of age will be randomized to receive either a single dose of PCV13 or 2 doses 2 months apart. Serotype-specific serum IgG and OPA will be measured pre-dose 1 and again 3 months later. Children 2 to 4 years of age will receive a single dose of PCV13 and have IgG and OPA assessments pre-vaccination and 1 month post-vaccination. The immunogenicity and reactogenicity of PCV13 in the "standard schedule" groups (e.g. 6, 10, 14 weeks for infants and single dose for toddlers) will be compared to that observed in the PCV13 licensure trials. Within each age group the alternative schedule will be compared to the standard schedule in terms of immunogenicity and impact on nasopharyngeal carriage (infants only).
A cluster-randomised trial will be undertaken in Burkina Faso to investigate whether a comprehensive mass media campaign using local radio stations can change behaviours on a scale large enough to result in measurable and sustainable reductions in under-five child mortality. It is hypothesised that as a result of the scale and multi-pronged nature of the campaign, reductions of between 10% and 20% in child mortality will be achieved.
Assessment of zinc absorption from a phytic acid rich complementary food, consumed by young children immediately after the addition of the enzyme phytase. A randomized single blind study
Title: Efficacy and safety of artesunate-amodiaquine combined with methylene blue for falciparum malaria treatment in African children: randomised controlled trial. Design: Mono-centre, two arms, open randomized controlled study in children with uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Burkina Faso. Phase: Phase II. Objectives: The primary objective of this trial is to study the efficacy and safety of the triple therapy artesunate (AS) - amodiaquine (AQ) - methylene blue (MB) given over three days in young children with uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Burkina Faso compared to the local standard three days artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) AS-AQ regimen. Population: Children aged 6-59 months with uncomplicated falciparum malaria from Nouna Hospital in north-western Burkina Faso. Sample size: 180 patients (90 per study arm).
This study has been designed to support the indication of the candidate vaccine (also referred to as GSK 257049 or RTS,S in this record) against hepatitis B virus infection, when administered as a primary vaccination integrated into an Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) regimen to infants living in sub-Saharan Africa.
Childhood tuberculosis (TB) accounts for 11% of the total 9 million annual TB cases and the difficulty of its diagnosis is increased in case of HIV infection in children. The aim of this study is to improve TB diagnosis in HIV-infected children by developing a new diagnostic algorithm incorporating new tools available such as: - interferon gamma release assays (IGRAs), as alternative to the tuberculin skin test - alternative specimen collection methods such as string test (or Enterotest (R)), nasopharyngeal aspirates and stools samples, as alternatives to gastric aspirate - the Xpert MTB/RIF assay
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that ArTiMist (sublingual artemether spray) is better than intravenous quinine in reducing parasite counts by >= 90% within 24 hours after the start of treatment in children with severe malaria, or uncomplicated malaria with gastrointestinal complications