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STREAM International Union request to include Council as site for clinical trials
08 Apr 2016 at 06:51hrs | Views
The STREAM International Union has requested to include Council as site for clinical trials for new treatment regimens against Multi-Drug Resistant TB (MDR-TB).
According to the latest Bulawayo City Council minutes, Director of Health Services Zanele Hwalima reported that a request had been received from the STREAM International Union Against Lung Disease (Union) to include the city as a site for clinical trials for new treatment regimens against Multi Drug Resistant TB (MDR-TB).
"Clinical trials were the only way of proving efficacy of new drugs. The world was faced with a rise in MDR-TB as well as Extremely Drug Resistant TB (XDR-TB)
and Bulawayo had not been spared. In 2015 a total of 89 patients had been diagnosed with MDR-TB while two had XDR-TB. The current treatment regimens were 20 to 24 months long and include up to 8 months of injections. New drug regimens had been developed and were being given under experimental conditions. And some were as short as 9 months," reads the minutes.
"The city had patients and staff willing to be trained in clinical trials. Khami Road clinic had been identified as a potential site for such research. The STREAM team proposed to renovate the property as required."
The minutes states that the department's staff and Council stood to benefit by having personnel trained in conducting clinical trials.
"It was envisioned that the clinic would be renovated and that equipment that would be brought for use would be handed over to Council at the conclusion of the study," reads the minutes.
"The department had no objection to the use of Khami Road clinic as a clinical trials study site. It was recommended that the Union be granted permission to carry out clinical trials in the city and use of Khami Road clinic for such purposes."
The council then resolved that Stream International Union Against Tubercolosis
And Lung Disease be granted permission to carry out clinical trials in the city and authority be granted for the use of Khami Road Clinic for such purposes.
According to the latest Bulawayo City Council minutes, Director of Health Services Zanele Hwalima reported that a request had been received from the STREAM International Union Against Lung Disease (Union) to include the city as a site for clinical trials for new treatment regimens against Multi Drug Resistant TB (MDR-TB).
"Clinical trials were the only way of proving efficacy of new drugs. The world was faced with a rise in MDR-TB as well as Extremely Drug Resistant TB (XDR-TB)
and Bulawayo had not been spared. In 2015 a total of 89 patients had been diagnosed with MDR-TB while two had XDR-TB. The current treatment regimens were 20 to 24 months long and include up to 8 months of injections. New drug regimens had been developed and were being given under experimental conditions. And some were as short as 9 months," reads the minutes.
"The city had patients and staff willing to be trained in clinical trials. Khami Road clinic had been identified as a potential site for such research. The STREAM team proposed to renovate the property as required."
"It was envisioned that the clinic would be renovated and that equipment that would be brought for use would be handed over to Council at the conclusion of the study," reads the minutes.
"The department had no objection to the use of Khami Road clinic as a clinical trials study site. It was recommended that the Union be granted permission to carry out clinical trials in the city and use of Khami Road clinic for such purposes."
The council then resolved that Stream International Union Against Tubercolosis
And Lung Disease be granted permission to carry out clinical trials in the city and authority be granted for the use of Khami Road Clinic for such purposes.
Source - Byo24News
