Clinical Research Directory

Pharmacokinetic Study of Long-acting Antiretrovirals and Contraceptives in HIV

This study is being done to understand how long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) used for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and hormonal contraceptive methods affect each other when used at the same time. Women who are already using CAB-LA or not using PrEP will choose to join one of several groups based on whether they use injectable contraceptive (IM DMPA), an etonogestrel implant, or no hormonal contraceptive. Participants will have study visits every 4 to 12 weeks for up to 12 or 24 weeks after starting a contraceptive method to collect blood samples and measure levels of CAB-LA and hormone concentrations. The study will compare these levels to see if taking CAB-LA changes hormone concentrations or if using hormonal contraception changes CAB-LA drug levels. Safety, side effects, satisfaction, and continuation of CAB-LA PrEP and contraceptive methods will also be evaluated.

Kuwa Free! - Live Free!

The study investigators are conducting foundational pharmacokinetic (PK) and qualitative studies, among 15-24 years old (inclusive) adolescent girls and young women living with HIV (AGYWLHIV) already on oral antiretroviral therapy (ART) and virally suppressed, leading up to a hybrid type I effectiveness-implementation trial randomizing individual AGYWLHIV to receive long-acting (LA) injectable cabotegravir/rilpivirine vs. standard of care within one of Kenya's largest HIV treatment programs. The PK and qualitative studies will investigate potential issues arising from co-delivery and guide delivery of the effectiveness-implementation trial. The PK and qualitative studies will largely be conducted with a sentinel cohort of AGYWLHIV. Learning from this early LA ART use, the investigators will refine the procedures in the LA ART hybrid trial.

Pharmaco-proteomic Platform to Evaluate Drug Interactions in Liver Transplant Patients

The goal of this observational study is to enhance the ability to forecast kidney failure in liver transplant patients in the ICU under multidrug treatment by developing a computer platform that integrates mathematical models of drug interactions, proteomics, and clinical data. The main outcomes it aims to develop are: 1. Design the multidrug web computing platform with available information on drug pair interactions (DDIs). 2. Integrate the proteomic and clinical data of liver transplant patients into the IT platform. 3. Implement the multidrug web platform to predict the clinical evolution of liver transplant patients.

Drug-drug Interactions With Anti-tuberculous Drugs

This study aims to assess the prevalence and the outcome of prescribing drugs known to have major drug-drug interactions with anti-tuberculous drugs among Kasr Alainy tuberculous patients.