There are about 1254 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Peru. 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.
To examine the impact of health determinants at the individual (e.g. health related behaviors) and societal level (e.g. environmental factors, health related policy, quality of health systems) on health outcomes (e.g. death, non-communicable disease development) across a range of socioeconomic and health resource settings. Additional components of this study will examine genetic factors for non-communicable diseases. This will be examined both through a cross sectional component, and prospectively (cohort component).
This is a phase 2/3, global, multicenter, open-label, multi-cohort study designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of targeted therapies or immunotherapy as single agents or in combination in participants with unresectable, advanced or metastatic NSCLC determined to harbor oncogenic somatic mutations or positive by tumor mutational burden (TMB) assay as identified by two blood-based next-generation sequencing (NGS) circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) assays.
Tropical diseases are continuously on the rise throughout the world as they are spreading and manifesting in various locations globally. The more prominent vector tends to be the mosquito after it bites a previously infected host. The viruses of Zika, Chikungunya, and Dengue are some of the tropical diseases that are affecting large populations and expanding rapidly. Developing countries are at the highest risk because of the lack of preventive methods that are customarily demonstrated in developed countries. Sanitation issues complicate the problem as contaminated wastewater is ideal for mosquitos to lay eggs. In addition, the organic material in the wastewater serve as food for larvae. The purpose of this study is to test bodies of waters in Peru and examine if contaminated water is a contributing factor in the proportion of the population infected with Zika, Chikanguyna or Dengue.
A major water supply utilized in the Lambayeque region are acequias. Acequias are irrigation canals that are utilized by the agriculture industry for the cultivation of consumables. Utilization of contaminated water to irrigate consumables can lead to foodborne illnesses. Contamination studies on the acequias in the Lambayeque region have not been performed to date. The purpose of this study is to test contamination of acequias in 9 districts in Lambayeque and determine if a difference in infection rates exists in districts with contaminated acequias vs. districts without contaminated acequias for the following diseases: H. pylori, Adenovirus, Rotavirus.
The purpose of the study is to evaluating the acceptability, use and adherence of a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) program using the co-formulation tenofovir disoproxil fumarate 300 mg/emtricitabine 200 mg (TDF/FTC) administered daily by mouth, at four health facilities and one community-based organization providing health care services for MSM and transgender women. This is an Observational, longitudinal, multicenter, open-label study to evaluate the acceptability, use and adherence to TDF/FTC-based PrEP in volunteer men who have sex with men and transgender women at substantial high risk of acquiring HIV, who were prescribed for PrEP , following the clinical guidelines to prevent HIV infection of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2014) and the World Health Organization (2015). Follow-up: Participants will be followed for 96 weeks (approximately two years) after the start of prophylactic treatment. Implementation Target Population: Adults (≥18 years of age), without HIV infection diagnosis, and who were prescribed with PrEP and have a substantial risk of acquiring HIV infection according to the international guidelines for HIV prevention. Sample Size: 1,000 participants Implementation Sites: 1. Asociación Civil Impacta Salud y Educación, Barranco study site 2. Asociación Civil Impacta Salud y Educación, San Miguel study site 3. Asociación Civil Selva Amazónica, ACSA study site 4. Asociación Vía Libre, Vía Libre study site 5. Espacio Común, Epicentro study site Primary Objectives: 1. Describing the acceptability and its socio-demographic and sexual behavior correlates for the use of PrEP. 2. Evaluate the persistence of the use of PrEP and its correlates with risk behaviors 3. Evaluating the adherence to the PrEP using self-reporting and pill counts Secondary Objectives: 1. Describing the changes over time in risky sexual behavior among study participants. 2. Describing the number of participants who acquire HIV infection. 3. Evaluate the deviation of the indication of use of PrEP through self- reporting of its sale or sharing with third parties.
In this study, participants with multiple types of advanced (unresectable and/or metastatic) solid tumors who have progressed on standard of care therapy will be treated with pembrolizumab (MK-3475).
This is a Long-term Access Programme (LAP) which aims to support provision of mepolizumab, until it is commercially available, to eligible subjects with severe asthma who participated in a GSK-sponsored mepolizumab clinical study 200862 and 200363. Eligible subjects will initiate mepolizumab within a 6-month period following the individual subject's last scheduled visit in their preceding clinical study. For each subject benefit versus risk will be assessed throughout the study to support continued treatment with mepolizumab.
This trial is designed to: 1. Assess the response to montherapy with : a thiazide diuretic (HCTZ), a calcium-channel blocker (CCB, amlodipine) and an angiotensin-receptor blocker (telmisartan), among hypertensive subjects who live at sea level, at medium altitude above sea level and at high altitude above sea level. 2. To test whether diferentes exist in the response to therapy among subjects who live at different altitude above sea level 3. To assess the hemodynamic characteristics of hypertension in populations that live at sea level, at medium altitude above sea level, and at high altitude above sea level.
The study is designed to evaluate the clinical impact of a novel strategy for tuberculosis (TB) infection control known as FAST (Find cases Actively based on cough surveillance, Separate temporarily, and Treat effectively). It is anticipated that this will decrease time to effective treatment initiation and also decrease transmission of TB to health care workers.
The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a new population-based active case-finding program among adult household contacts of new infectious TB cases to detect active TB cases in the largest district, Lima, Peru.