All Studies/Projects

ACCELERATE

Post Date: 
2022-09-08
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Countries: 
India
Under the directives of PEPFAR, with support from USAID, and in collaboration with NACO, the ACCELERATE program provides HIV/AIDS services for high-risk populations including key populations affected by HIV throughout India and technical assistance (TA) to the national, state, and district HIV/AIDS...

Mitr Clinic - Pride and Beyond

Post Date: 
2022-09-08
USAID and PEPFAR supported Program ACCELERATE, implemented by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (JHU SOM) in partnership with YRG Care, The Fenway Institute and the Blue Lotus Advisory under the leadership of National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) and State AIDS Control Societies (SACS...

Kidaba Thawai (Fearless Souls) Documentary

Post Date: 
2022-09-08
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Countries: 
India
The documentary Kidaba Thawai is based on ACCELERATE's intervention - an Adolescent Friendly Health Center (AFHC) in Imphal, Manipur. The documentary discusses AFHC's comprehensive health care delivery model (HIV and non-HIV services) which contributes to the holistic development of adolescents. A...

Prevalence of gestational diabetes (GDM) and postpartum diabetes (DM) and their risk factors at Sassoon General Hospital and Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College in Pune, India

Post Date: 
2021-12-19
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
Primary objective: To determine the prevalence of GDM in a population of women in our hospital To identify the risk factors for GDM and determine the prevalence of GDM risk factors in a population of women screened for GDM and their association with GDM To determine the incidence and time course of...

Creating a Hope: A Mixed-Method Approach to Identify Most Acceptable Evidence-Based Psycho-Social Intervention to Improve the Retention in Care among Indian Youth Diagnosed with Multi-Drug Resistant TB (MDR-TB)

Post Date: 
2021-11-02
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
PURPOSE: Adolescents and youths with MDR/RR tuberculosis reported social isolation, stigmatization, depression, and poor self-esteem highlighting the importance of psychosocial support during tuberculosis treatment phase. Addressing the psycho-social need of youths, by identifying youth friendly...

“Bridging the Gaps”: Understanding the Barriers and Facilitators in the Tuberculosis Prevention Care Cascade for Optimizing Isoniazid Preventive Therapy Uptake among Adults Living with HIV in India, a Mixed-Method Approach

Post Date: 
2021-11-02
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
PURPOSE: The isoniazid preventive therapy policy has achieved limited success in low and middle-income countries. With limited empirical research exploring the barriers to suboptimal IPT uptake, it is important to understand this knowledge gap. Also, limited programmatic strategies exist to address...

Childhood ‘Omics’ and Mycobacterium tuberculosis-derived BiOsignatures (COMBO) for TB diagnosis

Post Date: 
2021-10-18
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
The overall objective of the project is to identify Mtb- and/or host-derived biosignatures in children that can achieve World Health Organization (WHO) target product profile (TPP) accuracy thresholds for a non-sputum biomarker-based triage or diagnostic test for childhood TB. We hypothesize that...

Epidemiologic Factors Associated with TB Treatment Outcomes Across Report International Consortia

Post Date: 
2021-08-12
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Countries: 
Brazil
China
India
Indonesia
Philippines
South Africa
Rationale: RePORT International was designed to enable cross-consortium data analysis. Now that a large number of consortium sites have completed participant enrollment in Common Protocol Cohort A, we can proceed with large-scale analysis of aligned RePORT data. The current study will harmonize and...

ACTIV-2/A5401: Adaptive Platform Treatment for Outpatients with COVID-19 (Adapt Out COVID)

Post Date: 
2021-07-21
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Countries: 
India
United States
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
This study was terminated effective 4/18/2022 Rationale: There is an urgent need for a platform to rapidly evaluate therapies in the outpatient setting, to prevent disease progression, and reduce serious complications of COVID-19 and transmission [10]. ACTIV-2/A5401 is a phase II/III randomized,...

Project COVID-19 Test At Home

Post Date: 
2021-06-28
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Countries: 
United States
This study to test the accuracy of a COVID-19 test for use at home. This test has been authorized by the FDA to be done in a health care setting by a health care provider, but the study is evaluating diagnostic accuracy of tests administered at home

A5362: A Phase IIc Trial of Clofazimine- and Rifapentine-Containing Treatment Shortening Regimens in Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis: The CLO-FAST Study

Post Date: 
2021-06-15
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
Primary Hypothesis A 3-month regimen of rifapentine/isoniazid/pyrazinamide/ethambutol (PHZE) with clofazimine (CFZ) dosed as 100 mg daily with a 2-week 300 mg daily loading dose (Arm 1) will demonstrate early efficacy (time to 12-week liquid culture conversion) relative to standard of care (SOC) (...

P2026: Pharmacokinetic Properties of Antiretroviral and Anti-Tuberculosis Drugs during Pregnancy and Postpartum

Post Date: 
2021-05-18
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Countries: 
Brazil
India
Malawi
South Africa
Thailand
Uganda
United States
Zimbabwe
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
IMPAACT P1026s, the predecessor of this study, was first approved in 2003. P1026s enrolled over 1000 pregnant/postpartum women, studied the PK of more than 25 HIV and TB drugs in these women and published 27 manuscripts presenting these data. P1026s data was cited in 32% of the 76 perinatal...

The Pharmacokinetics, Safety and Acceptability of New Child-Friendly Formulations of Clofazimine and Moxifloxacin in Children Routinely Treated for Rifampicin-Resistant Tuberculosis (CATALYST)

Post Date: 
2021-04-26
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Countries: 
India
Philippines
South Africa
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
PK, safety and acceptability data and practical guidance on the optimal dosing of new more child-friendly formulations of moxifloxacin and clofazimine in children are urgently needed to inform their current and future use in children with Rifampicin-Resistant TB (RR-TB). Both medications have a key...

Dynamics and immune mechanisms of QFT response in close contacts of TB cases

Post Date: 
2021-04-05
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
Rationale: A vaccine that prevents infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) (POI vaccine) is an ideal approach to TB control. As Mtb infection (MTBI) is measured indirectly (positive tuberculin skin test (TST) or interferon gamma release assay (IGRA), prevention of IGRA conversion is the...

A Nanopore Biosensor for Leveling MTB Antigens in Blood

Post Date: 
2021-04-01
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
Purpose of the study: The inability to obtain diagnostically useful sputum specimens, or the inability to analyze non-sputum specimens, is a significant contributor to poor diagnostic sensitivity of current TB assays, leading to the WHO to call for the development of non-sputum-based biomarker or...

Effect of Neighborhoods and Peer Networks on substance use and violence among adolescents living with and without HIV in India

Post Date: 
2021-01-28
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
Purpose of the study: A strong bidirectional association exists between substance use, various forms of violence and HIV. Substance use accounts for 0.8% of the burden of disease measured in disability adjusted life years (DALYs) among adolescents in South Asia. Violence among adolescents living...

COVID-19 Viral Dynamics

Post Date: 
2020-12-20
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Countries: 
United States
Purpose of the study: This study aims to quantitatively define the relationships between (a) testing results obtained via multiple distinct platforms (antigen vs. RT-qPCR), (b) shedding of infectious virus, and (c) self-reported disease symptoms over the course of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Impact of Tuberculosis Infection on HIV-1 Antibody Response (NWCS501)

Post Date: 
2020-12-05
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
Study Objective: Compare longitudinal HIV-1 antibody responses among HIV-1 infected participants that either did or did not develop active TB enrolled in ACTG 5274 and ACTG 5279 Study Design: Longitudinal antibody responses will be examined among select participants in A5274 who have plasma samples...

Pharmacokinetic Assessment of MDR-TB Drugs in the Treatment of TB Meningitis

Post Date: 
2020-08-23
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Countries: 
China
India
South Africa
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Clinical Sites: 
Hinduja Hospital
Rationale: MDR-TBM is a devastating disease with high mortality and severe neurologic sequelae among survivors. We recognize the importance of sufficient drug concentrations at the site of infection for efficacy of anti-TB drugs and believe it is likely that drug distribution into brain and CSF...

Identification of Biomarkers That Can Predict Progression from Latent Tuberculosis Infection to Active Tuberculosis Disease

Post Date: 
2020-08-23
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
NIRT
Purpose: The C-TRIUMPH study has identified 20 household contacts (HHC), who have progressed to active TB from its HHCs cohort (Cohort B). Immunological profiling of TB antigen induced biosignatures, profiling of transcriptional and proteomic biosignatures should provide novel insights into the...

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