There are about 69 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Gabon. 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.
Schistosomiasis is one of most important human parasitic diseases worldwide. Pregnant women and their infants are two vulnerable population groups, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, where - amongst other infectious agents - they are heavily exposed to infections with S. haematobium. Adoption of the recommendation and implementation by national disease control programs was however delayed in most African countries, due to the lack of safety data in humans and in the unborn babies. First results from randomized controlled trials with PZQ in pregnant women meanwhile have provided evidence for the safety of PZQ also in newborns. In Gabon, S. haematobium is the primarily prevalent Schistosoma species infection. As it is true for most of observational and interventional studies on schistosomiasis, the power of the study is weakened due to the low sensitivity of reference schistosomiasis diagnosis applied, and one might correctly assume that a considerable proportion of samples were misclassified as negative in the control groups. Therefore, diagnostic tests that are highly sensitive and specific are essential to the detection of Schistosoma infections and are urgently needed for a test-and-treat strategy to control schistosomiasis in pregnancy as well as tools to determine efficacy of new interventions tested in clinical trials. Circulating anodic antigen (CAA) and circulating cathodic antigen (CCA) have levels correlating with the number of worms and have also been shown to clear within a few days or weeks after successful treatment. Assays measuring serum levels of these antigens (POC-CCA, UCP-LF CAA) are therefore deemed to assess drug efficacy. Based on above mentioned tools, we decided to assess the accuracy of CAA measurement to determine the Schistosoma infection in two specific conditions: A) as a diagnostic tool for S. haematobium to prepare for the future implementation of a PZQ test-and-treat strategy and B) as a diagnostic tool to measure efficacy of praziquantel in schistosomiasis and pregnancy intervention trials.
Trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of DHA-PPQ for Intermittent Preventive Treatment (IPTp) in HIV-infected pregnant women receiving cotrimoxazole prophylaxis (CTXp) and antiretroviral (ARV) drugs and using long lasting insecticide treated nets will be conducted in Mozambique and Gabon where malaria and HIV infection are moderate to highly prevalent. In addition, the possibility for a PK interaction between DHA-PPQ and ARV drugs will be assessed in a sub-sample of participants. Women will receive ARV therapy according to national guidelines and their infants will be followed until one year of age to evaluate the impact of DHA-PPQ on MTCT-HIV.
Primary Objective: To show the contribution of artefenomel (OZ439) to the clinical and parasiticidal effect of OZ439/Ferroquine (FQ) combination by analyzing exposure-response of OZ439 measured by Day 28 polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-corrected adequate clinical and parasitological response (ACPR) for the effect and the area under the curve (AUC) of OZ439 as pharmacokinetic (PK) predictor. Secondary Objectives: - To evaluate the exposure-response of OZ439 combined with FQ on crude Day 28 ACPR. - To evaluate the dose response of OZ439 combined with FQ on PCR-corrected and crude Day 28 ACPR. - To evaluate the dose-response of OZ439 combined with FQ on selected secondary endpoints. - To evaluate the safety and tolerability of different dosages of OZ439 in combination with FQ and FQ alone. - To characterize the PK of OZ439 in plasma, and of FQ and its active metabolite SSR97213 in blood.
This study is a single site, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. The trial will assess the safety, tolerability, immunogenicity and vaccine efficacy (VE) of PfSPZ Vaccine in Gabonese children that are naturally exposed to malaria parasites. Healthy children aged 1- 12 years living in the surrounding areas of Lambaréné and/or Fougamou Province in Gabon will be eligible for participation.
Na-GST-1 is a protein expressed during the adult stage of the Necator americanus hookworm life cycle that is thought to play a role in the parasite's degradation of host hemoglobin for use as an energy source. Vaccination with recombinant Na-GST-1 has protected dogs and hamsters from infection in challenge studies. This study will evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of administering Na-GST-1 with or without the CpG 10104 immunostimulant to healthy Gabonese adults living in an area of endemic hookworm infection.
KAE609 will be evaluated primarily for hepatic safety of single and multiple doses in sequential cohorts with increasing doses.This study aims to determine the maximum safe dose of the investigational drug KAE609 in malaria patients.
FEVRIER study is an observatory of hospitalizations in cardiology units in sub-Saharan Africa.
The study is to be performed in public health facilities in Central and West Africa where Pyramax will be used as treatment of uncomplicated malaria episodes, including repeat episodes. The study is to assess the safety of Pyramax, particularly in patients with underlying liver function abnormalities, in patients who have co-morbid conditions, such as HIV, and also in very small children (<1 year of age).
This study was designed to determine the most effective and tolerable dose at the shortest dosing regimen of the investigational drug KAF156 in combination with a solid dispersion formulation of lumefantrine (LUM-SDF) in adult/adolescent and pediatric patients with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria. There is unmet medical need for anti-malarial treatment with new mechanism of action to reduce probability of developing resistance, and for duration shorter than 3 days of treatment and/or reduced pill burden.
The CADRE study is a multinational observational cohort of patients with sickle-cell disease (SCD) in five west and central sub-Saharan African countries. The aim of this project is to describe the incidence and assess the predictive factors of SCD-related micro- and macro-vascular complications in sub-Saharan Africa.