Common antibiotic could be lifesaver for advanced HIV patients

NCT ID NCT05580666

Summary

This large international trial is testing whether a 28-day course of the antibiotic azithromycin can reduce deaths in adults with very advanced HIV. It will enroll 8,000 participants with severely weakened immune systems and follow them for nearly a year. The goal is to see if this simple, low-cost treatment can help control the disease and prevent fatal complications while HIV medications take effect.

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Contacts and locations

Study contacts

  • Contact

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Locations

  • 34 Military Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Freetown, Sierra Leone

    Contact Email: •••••@•••••

  • Adama Hospital Medical College

    RECRUITING

    Ādama, Ethiopia

    Contact Email: •••••@•••••

  • Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI)- Hluhluwe Clinic

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Hluhluwe, South Africa

    Contact

  • Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI)- KwaMsane Clinic

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Mtubatuba, South Africa

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  • Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI)- Mpukunyoni Clinic

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Mtubatuba, South Africa

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  • Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI)- Mtubatuba Clinic

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Mtubatuba, South Africa

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  • Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI)- Nkundusi Clinic

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Hlabisa, South Africa

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  • Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI)- Somkhele Clinic

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Mtubatuba, South Africa

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  • Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Kano, Nigeria

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  • Asella Referral and Teaching Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Āsela, Ethiopia

    Contact Email: •••••@•••••

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali (CHUK)

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Kigali, Rwanda

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  • Centre Intégré de Recherches Biocliniques d'Abidjan (CIRBA)

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

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  • Centre médical de suivi des donneurs de sang (CMSDS)

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

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  • College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, University of Sierra Leone

    RECRUITING

    Freetown, Sierra Leone

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  • Desmond Tutu Health Foundation

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Cape Town, South Africa

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  • Faculty of Medicine, Eduardo Mondlane University

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Maputo, Mozambique

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  • Federal Medical Center

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Umuahia, Nigeria

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  • Groote Schuur Hospital -New main building, Infectious Disease Clinic G26

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Cape Town, South Africa

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  • Jimma University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Jimma, Ethiopia

    Contact Email: •••••@•••••

  • Jos University Teaching Hospital

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Jos, Nigeria

  • Kenema Regional Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Kenema, Sierra Leone

    Contact Email: •••••@•••••

  • Koidu Government Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Koidu, Sierra Leone

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  • Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Kumasi, Ghana

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  • Kumasi South Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Kumasi, Ghana

    Contact Email: •••••@•••••

  • Lagos University Teaching Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Lago, Nigeria

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  • Lilongwe Medical Relief Fund/UNC Project

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Lilongwe, Malawi

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  • Livingstone hospital

    RECRUITING

    Port Elizabeth, South Africa

    Contact Email: •••••@•••••

  • MUJHU

    RECRUITING

    Kampala, Uganda

    Contact Email: •••••@•••••

  • Makeni Regional Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Makeni, Sierra Leone

    Contact Email: •••••@•••••

  • Mbarara Regional Referral hospital

    RECRUITING

    Mbarara, Uganda

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  • New Somerset Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Cape Town, South Africa

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  • Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Yenagoa, Nigeria

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  • Right to Care NPC, Esizayo Division

    COMPLETED

    Randburg, South Africa

  • SICRA Kampala

    RECRUITING

    Kampala, Uganda

    Contact Email: •••••@•••••

  • SICRA Lira

    RECRUITING

    Lira, Uganda

    Contact Email: •••••@•••••

  • Steve Biko Academic Hospital, University of Pretoria

    RECRUITING

    Pretoria, South Africa

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  • Suntreso Government Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Kumasi, Ghana

    Contact Email: •••••@•••••

  • The Aurum Institute

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Klerksdorp, South Africa

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  • The Aurum Institute

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Rustenburg, South Africa

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  • The Center for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ)- George Clinical Research Site

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Lusaka, Zambia

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  • The Center for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ)- Matero Clinical Research Site

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Lusaka, Zambia

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  • The Center for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ)-Chawama Clinical Research Site (CRS)

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Lusaka, Zambia

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  • Tigray health research institute (THRI)

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Mek'ele, Ethiopia

    Contact Email: •••••@•••••

  • Ubuntu Clinic, Site B, Khayelitsha, Wellcome Centre

    RECRUITING

    Cape Town, South Africa

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  • Unité de Soins Ambulatoires et de conseils (USAC)

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

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  • University College Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Ibadan, Nigeria

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  • University of Abuja Teaching Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Abuja, Nigeria

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  • University of Calabar Teaching Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Calabar, Nigeria

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  • University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Enugu, Nigeria

    Contact

  • University of Uyo Teaching Hospital

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Uyo, Nigeria

  • Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hos

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Sokoto, Nigeria

  • Wits Health Consortium (Pty) Ltd

    RECRUITING

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    Contact

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