There are about 472 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Tanzania. 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 is a phase 2, double-blind, randomized (1:1), placebo-controlled trial with two parallel groups. - H56:IC31 (investigational vaccine) - Placebo 900 HIV-negative adults with a diagnosis of drug susceptible pulmonary TB are planned to be included, recruited from TB clinics with established relationships to the trial sites at the start of their TB treatment. 5 study sites in South Africa: 2 sites from the AURUM institute (Klerksdorp and Tembisa) and 3 in Cape Town at TASK Applied Science (TASK), the University of Cape Town Lung Institute (UCTLI) and South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative (SATVI) under UCT, respectively. 1 study site in Tanzania (TZ): 1 site at Mbeya Medical Research Centre (MMRC) under the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR).
In natural HIV disease, a small fraction (1-2%) of infected individuals develops exceptionally high titres of HIV-1 neutralizing serum activity. Antibodies isolated from these individuals have been shown to be highly active against a broad range of different HIV strains and are therefore called broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs). These antibodies are in fact able to prevent (S)HIV infection in animal models and therefore of great interest for the development of an HIV vaccine. Information of neutralizing antibodies in patients from Africa is still scarce and would be of great value in the development of adapted HIV vaccine strategies in these regions. This study aims to investigate African HIV-infected individuals, who have developed neutralizing antibodies using highly specialized laboratory methodologies.
This is an observational cohort study. Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) patients will be enrolled at the time of TB diagnosis and prospectively followed for at least two years after TB-treatment initiation with optional prolonged follow-up. Study visits will be performed in the study clinics or if necessary at the participant's home at pre-defined time points after TB treatment initiation. Clinical assessments, biological sample collections and collection of socio-economic data will be performed according to the pre-defined schedule of events.
Emerging evidence from high-income countries suggests that diabetes mellitus is become a major health problem among HIV-infected patients. However, due to differences in social, environmental, and genetic factors data from high-income countries can not be extrapolated directly to low-income countries. This study investigates HIV, ART, inflammation, and body composition changes as risk factors for diabetes mellitus among HIV-infected patients in Tanzania.
Dolutegravir is a potent integrase strand transfer inhibitor. Abacavir/dolutegravir/lamivudine (ABC/DTG/3TC) is a fixed dose combination regimen containing two nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors and dolutegravir. This is a phase 3b, non-randomized, open-label, multi-center, two treatment rollover study. The primary objective of this pediatric interventional study is to provide continued access to age appropriate formulations of investigational product (dolutegravir), either as Tivicay or as part of fixed dose combination ABC/DTG/3TC, for eligible participants who previously participated in parent studies P1093 (NCT01302847) or P2019 (NCT03760458) and who cannot locally access age appropriate formulations of dolutegravir or ABC/DTG/3TC in the public sector. The P1093 study was designed to evaluate the pharmacokinetics (PK), safety, tolerability and antiviral activity of dolutegravir in combination with optimized background regimens in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) experienced adolescents and children as well as treatment naïve infants and toddlers. The P2019 study was designed to evaluate PK, safety, tolerability and antiviral activity of ABC/DTG/3TC dispersible and immediate release tablets in HIV-1-infected children. Participants who have tolerated investigational product in the parent studies without any significant toxicity or signs of virologic failure leading to the permanent discontinuation of investigational product and withdrawal from the parent study will be considered for this open label continued access study. Participants will receive their age/weight appropriate dose of investigational product as defined in the parent study. The duration of participation in the study will extend until age appropriate formulations of Tivicay or ABC/DTG/3TC receive local (by country) regulatory approval and are available in those countries from another source (e.g. government programs, aid programs, assistance programs, etc.) or the participant is no longer deriving benefit from treatment or meets a protocol defined reason for discontinuation. Participants will be enrolled after all screening procedures have been completed. In most cases, the Screening visit will overlap with the participants penultimate visit on the parent study (at Week 180 of P1093, or Week 36 of the P2019 study). Participants who meet all entry criteria may enroll and will be seen in the clinic every 12 weeks for a safety evaluation and to receive investigational product. It is estimated that no more than 300 participants will be enrolled in this study. Tivicay is a registered trademark of ViiV Healthcare.
This study will evaluate the clinical sensitivity and specificity of the FilmArray Global Fever (GF) Panel.
Cervical cancer is the most common cancer in women aged 15-44 years in East Africa, and mortality rates are very high. HPV vaccines are most effective if given to girls who have not yet acquired HPV infection. In Tanzania, HPV vaccine has been shown to be safe, acceptable and can be delivered with high coverage (~80%). However, the cost of delivering HPV vaccine is considerably higher than costs for traditional infant/child vaccinations. This is primarily because of costs to establish outreach programmes and associated personnel costs including nurses who must spend significant time away from their posts to deliver vaccine, especially if multiple doses are needed. There is global interest in simplifying HPV vaccine delivery by reducing the number of doses. If a single dose could be given, this could halve the costs of delivery, making it more accessible to the populations that need it most. Recently, the WHO recommended that 2 doses of HPV vaccine could be given to young girls, based on studies in high and upper middle-income countries. However in Africa high rates of infections like malaria and worms can affect immune responses to vaccines. It is essential to know that reducing the number of doses does not reduce the protective immune response of these vaccines. The investigators are conducting a trial in Tanzanian girls aged 9-14 years to establish whether a single dose of HPV vaccine produces immune responses that are likely to be effective in preventing cervical cancer. Two different HPV vaccines, the bivalent (2-v) vaccine that protects against HPV 16/18 (the cause of 70% of cancers) and the 9-valent (9-v) vaccine that protects against 9 HPV types, will be compared. The trial will randomise 900 girls to 6 arms and follow them for 36 months. Girls will receive the 2-v or the 9-v HPV vaccine, as 1, 2 or 3 doses. Girls receiving 1 or 2 doses will be compared with those receiving 3 doses of the same vaccine, to ensure that the reduced dose regimen produces an immune response that is not inferior to 3 doses. Girls in the 1 and 2 dose arms will be enrolled in an extension and followed for up to 9 years, to examine the stability of immune responses. The immune responses in this study will also be compared with results from other countries where the vaccine has been shown to be protective. This will provide information about whether a reduced number of doses is likely to be protective in Africa. This work will be extremely important in informing future HPV vaccination strategies and will be one of the first randomised trials of 1 and 2 doses of any HPV vaccine in Africa.
Intravenous iron preparations have been shown to be superior to oral iron and have largely replaced the treatment of anaemia in Northern countries. However, the socio-economic and medical conditions in low resource countries greatly differ from those in northern countries. Patients' different access to medication supply, perception of medication need and compliance as well as the burden of concomitant disease like malaria, soil-transmitted helminths, schistosomiasis, HIV and red blood cells (RBC) genetic disorders may influence effectiveness and safety of iron substitution modality. The aim of the present study is to compare iv iron substitution by ferric carboxymaltose (Ferinject®) to per oral iron substitution in a low resource country
Malnutrition is considered one of the most prevalent risk factors for morbidity and mortality in children under five. An estimated 20% of children in the developing world are malnourished [1] and poor nutrition is linked to more than half of all child deaths worldwide [2]. Malnutrition in early childhood may lead to cognitive and physical deficits and may cause similar deficits in future generations as malnourished mothers give birth to low birth weight children [3]. In addition, malnutrition increases susceptibility and incidence of infections and is associated with diminished response to vaccines. The MAL-ED Project is designed to determine the impact of enteric infections/diarrhea that alter gut function and impair children's nutrition, growth and development to help develop new intervention strategies that can break the vicious enteric infection-malnutrition cycle and reduce its global burden. The overall objective of the MAL-ED Project is to quantify the associations of specific enteric pathogens, measures of physical and mental development, micronutrient malnutrition, gut function biomarkers, the gut microbiome, and immune responses in very young children in resource-limited settings across eight sites that vary by culture, economics, geography, and climate. The central hypothesis of the MAL-ED Project is that infection (and co-infection) with specific enteropathogens leads to impaired growth and development and to diminished immune response to orally administered vaccines by causing intestinal inflammation and/or by altering intestinal barrier and absorptive function. Data analyses will test for associations between enteropathogen infections and growth/development to help illuminate: - which micro-organisms or mixed infections are most frequently associated with growth faltering and poor development; and - at what age specific infections cause the most disruption to growth and development and impair immune response.
Memory Work Therapy (MWT) has been developed to improve psycho-social outcomes for children living with HIV who are orphaned. This phase 2 trial aims to determine whether attending the intervention improves outcomes compared to standard care. We aim to test the hypothesis that attendance at MWT improves psychological symptoms, self-esteem, emotional and behavioural difficulties, and self-efficacy compared to standard care.