There are about 746 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Kenya. 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 determine if the human papillomavirus (HPV) deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing, performed on self-collected vaginal swabs, is acceptable, feasible, and sensitive and specific in detection of high-grade cervical lesions among Kenyan women, compared to the current standard of care.
Antenatal care (ANC), facility delivery and postnatal care (PNC) are proven strategies that can tackle the high burden of maternal and child mortality and morbidity currently witnessed in sub-Saharan Africa. However very few pregnant women utilize these services. This study aims to assess the impact, cost-effectiveness, and scalability of conditional cash transfers (CCTs) to promote increased and uninterrupted contact between pregnant women and the formal healthcare system in Siaya County, Kenya. The study is a cluster randomized controlled trial with the intervention being a conditional cash transfer to women each time they honour their health appointments for ANC, facility birth and PNC visits until their new-borns reach 1 year of age. Study participants are pregnant women identified during their first ANC visit (n = 7200), and their subsequent new-borns. Mothers and their children are followed up throughout their health visits and at 3 additional time points. Trial clusters are 48 public primary health facilities, (24 in the intervention arm and 24 in the control arm). The primary outcomes are: a) proportion of all eligible ANC visits made during pregnancy; b) delivery at health facility; c) proportion of all eligible PNC visits honoured; d) proportion of referrals honoured during pregnancy and postnatal period; e) proportion of child immunizations received. Secondary outcomes include; health screening and infection control, live birth, maternal and child survival 48 hours after delivery, exclusive breastfeeding, birth spacing and self-rated wellness of mother and new-born at respective time points. Primary outcomes will be measured through abstraction of health records at the health facilities attended by the women during the trial period and supplemented by data collection using an electronic based system that comprises of a card and reader system installed at recruited study facilities. Secondary data will be abstracted from the women's medical records at the health facilities and supplemented by telephone surveys administered at three time-points over the course of the study. Additional quantitative and qualitative data will be collected through questionnaires and phone interviews for process and economic evaluations. This trial will contribute to evidence on effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of conditional cash transfers in facilitating health visits and promoting maternal and child health in Kenya and other similar contexts.
We hypothesis that intake of probiotic yogurt reduces absorption of AFB1 in the gut and subsequently reduce AFM1 and aflatoxins adduct, the biomarker in human urine and blood respectively. We have demonstrated that yogurt made using weisella cibiria NN20 isolated from fermented dough made from pearl millet in eastern part of Kenya sequestered upto 42% of aflatoxin available in our invitro texts.
The aim of the study is to examine the efficacy of ceramic water filters to reduce the burden of waterborne diarrheal illness among infants in selected villages in Kenya. In Kenya very young children are given drinking water or water is used in reconstitution of their food. We hypothesize that ceramic water filters will remove Cryptosporidium from drinking water reducing infection in infants.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the use of a Computerized Decision Support System (CDSS) in form of alerts to clinicians enhances early detection of immunological treatment failure in HIV patients.