There are about 300 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Nepal. 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 seeks to evaluate the safety, acceptability and feasibility of an outpatient "day procedure" for medical abortion at 13-18 weeks gestation. The study regimen will consist of a single dose of 200 mg mifepristone to be taken orally either at home or at the hospital, followed approximately 24 - 48 hours later with administration of 400 mcg misoprostol. Repeat doses of 400 mcg (two tablets) of misoprostol will be administered buccally every three hours until the abortion is achieved.
Type 2 diabetes is the largest growing concern across the globe, and this is particularly apparent in developing countries, including Nepal. Despite the growing burden and chronic nature of diabetes, prevention and control of this disease is far from adequate setting in Nepal. Moreover, there is lack of evidence on effectiveness and affordability of a population approach on reducing blood glucose level among diabetes persons. The main aim of this study is to determine the effect of Female Community Health Volunteers' (FCHVs)-led family-based health education and screening on blood sugar level in adults at community level in Nepal. This is a community-based cluster randomized controlled trial involving family based health education through FCHVs in Nepal. People ≥25 years of age listed in the Community-Based Management of Hypertension (COBIN) study and who were diabetics are eligible for eligible for participation in the study. FCHVs will conduct family based health education and fasting blood glucose measurements in the treatment arm vs not any interventions in the control arm. Independent assessors will conduct the baseline and end line assessment of the intervention. Intention to treat analysis and per protocol analysis will be used in analysis to detect significant differences between treatment and control group participants at baseline and follow up. For individual outcomes, proportions will be compared using Chi-square test and continuous measures will be compared using t-tests. Random effect mixed regression analysis will be adjusted for age and sex. Since randomisation will be at the cluster level in the study, a random-effect model will be used to account for clustering effect. Effectiveness of the intervention will be tested by analysis of covariance, which will allow us to adjust for baseline differences between groups. It is anticipated that the study can give valuable information regarding effectiveness, acceptability, and feasibility of an innovative way to improve diabetes management. Assessing the FCHVs' ability to address diabetes may contribute to develop a policy that can be scaled-up to a national level.
Between February 2008 and February 2009, 500 infant-mother pairs in Bhaktapur, Nepal were randomly selected in this nutritional survey. The dietary intake, nutritional status of several nutrients, growth, and breastfeeding habits were measured in both the women and their infants.The objective of this first phase was to estimate the intake and status of several nutrients in relation to breastfeeding. These mother-child pairs were revisited around the child's fifth birthday when growth, diet, and neurodevelopment was measured. The objective of this phase was to create a cohort study where factors in infancy could be related with health outcomes and development 5 years later.
The objective of this registry is to gather data on the clinical outcomes of Medtronic mitral repair products (Profile 3D™ and CG Future® annuloplasty systems) in the approved intended use up to 12 months from the day of procedure
The vast majority of blindness is avoidable. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 80% of cases of visual impairment could be prevented or reversed with early diagnosis and treatment. The leading causes of visual impairment are cataract and refractive error, followed by glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), and diabetic retinopathy (DR). Loss of vision from these conditions is not inevitable; however, identifying at-risk cases and linking cases with appropriate care remain significant challenges. Worldwide, eye health care systems must determine optimal strategies for reaching people outside of their immediate orbit in order to reduce visual impairment. Visual impairment can be reduced by case detection of prevalent disease like cataract and refractive error, or by screening for early disease like glaucoma, AMD, and DR and preventing progression. Systems around the world have developed numerous approaches to both case detection and screening but there is very little research to support the choice of allocating resources to case detection or screening and little data exists on the cost effectiveness of the various approaches to each. VIEW II Pilot is a cluster-randomized trial to determine the effectiveness of different approaches to community-based case detection and screening for ocular disease. Communities in Nepal will be randomized to one of four arms: 1) a comprehensive ocular screening program, 2) a cataract camp-based program, 3) a community health worker-based program, and 4) no program.
This study analyzes the prevalence of patients using inhalation devices via incorrect technique and access the adherence of patients to correct inhalation technique when taught along with their subjective improvement of symptoms.
This is a randomized controlled trial examining the impact of videos on medical students' implicit and explicit attitudes and knowledge related to mental illness in Nepal. Medical students are randomized to one of three conditions: (a) no video, (b) a didactic video based on the mental health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) modules for depression and psychosis; and (c) videos with personal testimonials from mental health service users with depression and psychosis.
The purpose of this international, multicenter service review is to describe and compare ventilation management in patients at risk of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) versus patients not at risk and patients with established ARDS, and to ascertain whether certain ventilator settings and ventilation parameters are associated with pulmonary complications or development of ARDS after start of ventilation in patients in intensive care units (ICUs) in Asian countries. Participating centers will include adult patients undergoing mechanical ventilation in the ICU during a 28-day period. Patients' data will be collected during the first 7 days in the ICU, or until ICU discharge. Follow up is until ICU discharge. The primary outcome includes two main ventilator settings, i.e., tidal volume and the level of positive end-expiratory pressure. Secondary endpoints are development of ARDS in patients without ARDS at the onset of mechanical ventilation, worsening of ARDS in patients with ARDS at the onset of mechanical ventilation, pulmonary infection, other pulmonary complications, need for tracheostomy, duration of ventilation, length of ICU stay and ICU mortality.
A six-month RCT conducted within 36 health centres throughout urban and rural Nepal. The purpose of the RCT is to test the effectiveness of a peer comparison intervention at increasing uptake of long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs) as a percentage of PAFP uptake among clients who receive a safe abortion at a Marie Stopes International Nepal. The total sample size will be ~12,000 safe abortion clients. The primary outcome of interest is LARCs among safe abortion clients at Marie Stopes Centres in Nepal. The secondary outcome is to evaluate the impact of behaviorally designed intervention on the service providers' engagement in discussing measures to increase PAFP LARC uptake among women.
The emergence and spread of multi-drug resistant and extensively-drug resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MDR/XDR-TB) have posed a great threat to global TB control and elimination, limiting treatment success rate at worrisome 50% for MDR-TB. Among various factors contributing to the development of drug resistance, low drug exposure is well recognized. To overcome this, either new drugs have to be developed or the dose of currently used therapy be optimized, or both. Fluoroquinolones (levofloxacin and moxifloxacin) and aminoglycosides are important drugs in the MDR-TB treatment regimen. Development of acquired drug resistance to these drugs could complicate and narrow down the available options, and further exacerbate to pre-XDR and XDR-TB. Objective: The main objective of this prospective clinical study is to understand the pharmacokinetics of levofloxacin in MDR-TB patients, receiving standard dosage (750-1250mg) based on the body weight and correlate drug exposure, with treatment outcomes. Study design: A prospective pharmacokinetic study Study population: 20 MDR-TB patients Intervention: Patients receive once daily oral dosing of levofloxacin (750-1250mg) based on the body weight, under MDR-TB treatment regimen of Nepal. Main study parameters/end points: The pharmacokinetic parameters(Vd, CL, AUC etc.) of levofloxacin are the primary end points of the study. The Cmax/MIC and AUC0-24h/MIC ratios are the best predictive parameters for efficacy of levofloxacin treatment and will be estimated. Pharmacokinetics will be evaluated in plasma and in oral fluid