Institute Of Tropical Medicine, Belgium

This trial tests whether giving a single dose of acoziborole to people who test positive for sleeping sickness antibodies, but show no active infection, can stop the disease from spreading in a community. Researchers will screen entire villages and treat all seropositive individu…

This trial tests whether community-led environmental management—like removing standing water and properly disposing of waste—can reduce Aedes mosquito populations in Kinshasa. Researchers will compare different mosquito control strategies across 400 households per arm, tracking m…

This phase 3 trial tests whether a combination of two antibiotics (bedaquiline and rifampicin) can better prevent leprosy than the current standard single dose of rifampicin. Over 124,000 people living near a leprosy patient in the Comoros will receive either the new two-dose reg…

This study investigates whether six specific Leishmania antigens can activate T-cells in blood and tissue samples from patients with visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis. Researchers will compare responses before and after treatment, and against healthy volunteers, to see if thes…

This study looks at immune cells in the skin of 40 healthy adults who have never received a yellow fever vaccine. Researchers will take small skin samples and blood to measure baseline levels of memory T cells. The goal is to understand the skin's natural immune state before vacc…

This study looks at 20 adults in Ethiopia who have both HIV and visceral leishmaniasis (a serious parasitic disease). Researchers want to find out why the parasite keeps coming back in some patients and how to better monitor treatment. Participants provide samples and attend foll…

This study follows 345 people who had mpox or received the smallpox vaccine to see if there are any long-term physical or mental health problems. Researchers will also check how long the body's immune memory lasts by testing blood, saliva, semen, and anal swabs over 5 years. Part…

This observational study will follow 500 adults and children in the DRC who come to the clinic with a fever. Researchers want to see if using a simple blood test (CRP), a WHO antibiotic guidebook, or electronic decision tools can help doctors prescribe antibiotics more appropriat…