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Uganda launches first clinical trial of chemotherapeutic products to treat viral and bacterial infections

TRACY TEDDY NAYIGA | PML Daily Staff Writer by TRACY TEDDY NAYIGA | PML Daily Staff Writer
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Since March 2020, Uganda has been battling COVID-19. There are 39,188 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 433 active cases and 318 deaths.

KAMPALA- The Presidential Scientific Initiative on Epidemics (PRESIDE) has launched the first clinical trial of natural chemotherapeutic products to treat viral and bacterial infections.
The product code is UBV-01N.

According to the initiative, it is the first Ugandan natural chemotherapeutic product to go through an international level clinical trial process.

The trial will analyse and validate a natural product anticipated to have antiviral, anti-inflammatory and immunological ability.

“The clinical trial will validate the content, standardization and replication of the product after which it will be rolled out for industrial production and wide spread use. The product has already gone through multiple quality assurance steps and got all necessary certifications and approval for use in human beings in a clinical trial setting. A highly competent team in Mulago Hospital will conduct the trial,” reads the statement from PRESIDE in part.

PRESIDE further revealed that National Drug Authority (NDA), Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) and National Council for Science and Technology approved the product.

Quoting Professor Moses Joloba, the Dean School of Biomedical Sciences Makerere University College of Health sciences and one of the Scientists involved in product development said, “It is one thing to be a laboratory researcher and another to be a product manufacturer.”

The study is aimed at enrolling 128 participants with adult males and females aged 18-70 years with a positive COVID-19 test and admitted at Mulago national referral hospital.

“For female patients, they should not be pregnant or breastfeeding or intending to get pregnant during the period when the trial is taking place,” reads an excerpt.

Ugandans have been urged to welcome the clinical trial and willingly participate in when asked to volunteer.

“The product has been proved safe and the trial is basically to prove its efficacy against COVID 19,” reads the statement in part.

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