London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

The LSHTM Trials Network is hosting its second Trials Day as a hybrid event at Protea Hotel, Entebbe, Uganda (LSHTM staff/students and invites only) and via Zoom (open to all).

The event brings together a diverse group of experts in randomized controlled trials, including trial managers, clinical research associates, data managers, epidemiologists, statisticians, researchers and practitioners. The day provides a platform for sharing knowledge, best practices and the latest discoveries in the field of randomized controlled trials

Connect with other researchers, clinicians and professionals in the field of randomized controlled trials. Explore cutting-edge topics, innovative methods and best practices through; keynote speeches, short talks, a panel discussion and poster exhibition.

In-person attendees will receive lunch, dinner and refreshments throughout the day.

Agenda

Timings	Session description
09:00 – 10:00	In-person attendees arrival and registration
10:00 – 10:30	Welcome & introduction Dr. Eugene Ruzagira, MRC/UVRI & LSHTM Uganda Research Unit (MUL)
10:30 – 11:30	High impact trials The effectiveness of the social worker intervention on post-hospital mortality among HIV-infected adults in Tanzania: The Daraja randomised clinical trial,Saidi Kapiga, Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit Landmark trials in HIV/STIs and the unpredictable road to impact, Fiona Cresswell, Honorary Scientist MUL; Senior Lecturer, Brighton and Sussex Medical School   Effects of a multi-component menstrual health intervention (MENISCUS) on menstrual health, mental health problems, and educational performance in Ugandan secondary schools: a school-based cluster randomised controlled trial, Denis Ndekezi, Social Scientist, MUL
11:30 – 12:00	Morning break
12:00 – 13:00	Short talks part 1: Social & Behavioural studies and infectious diseases (4 x 10-minutes talks + Q&A) Utilising community based participatory learning and action to improve healthcare access for people with disabilities: Lessons from a cluster-randomized controlled trial in Luuka district, Uganda (Andrew Ssemata & Sarah Marks) A crossover pilot intervention trial exploring app messages to achieve sustainable and healthy diets (Esther Curtin) Thetha Nami ngithethe nawe: Early findings from a stepped-wedge trial on peer-navigator mobilisation into mobile integrated sexual health and HIV services to increase oral PrEP uptake in rural South Africa (Jacob Busang) Impacting public health through a microneedle patch technology: Monitoring approach and findings from the Measles and Rubella Vaccine Microneedle Patch clinical trial in The Gambia (Sheikh Omar Sillah)
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00 – 15:00	Short talks part 2 : Nutrition, Non-communicable diseases, methodology Prenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation in Ethiopia: pragmatic cluster-randomised trial (Atkure Defar and Bedasa Tessema) Participant recruitment and cluster formation in the design and implementation of trials evaluationg community-based models of care: the INTE-COMM approach (Francis Kasujja et al) Underrepresentation of women in randomised controlled trials in cardiovascular disease: reasons, implications and strategies (Tim Clayton, Zahra Jamal, Richard Evans) Engagement with external stakeholders in highly mobile communities ; a case study of Kisenyi-Uganda (Milli Namutebi)
15:00 – 15:15	Break
15:15 – 16:15	Panel: Role of qualitative research in trials (short talks + panel discussion). Panellists: Nambusi Kyegombe, MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit Chido Dviza Chikwari, London School of Hygiene and Tropical  Medicine
16:15 - 16:30	Closing remarks
17:30	BBQ for in-person delegates

Speakers

High Impact Trials

• Saidi Kapiga, Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit
• Fiona Cresswell, MRC/UVRI & LSHTM Uganda Research Unit, Brighton and Sussex Medical School
• Dennis Ndekezi, MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit

Short talks part 1: Social & Behavioural studies and infectious diseases

• Andrew Ssemata & Sarah Marks, MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
• Esther Curtin, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
• Jacob Busang, African Health Research Institute
• Sheikh Omar Sillah, MRC Gambia

Short talks part 2: Nutrition, Non-communicable diseases, methodology

• Atkure Defar and Bedasa Tessema, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
• Francis Kasujja , MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit
• Tim Clayton, Zahra Jamal, Richard Evans, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
• Milly Namutebi, MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit

Panel discussion: Role of qualitative research in trials

• Nambusi Kyegombe, MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit
• Chido Dviza Chikwari, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

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