The Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) is a public hospital in Accra, Ghana. KBTH is the leading national referral center in Ghana and serves more than 500,000 patients per year from across the country and from nearby countries in West Africa. The hospital has 2,000 beds and a clinical staff of 1,000. KBTH has previously hosted clinical trials for both infectious and non-communicable diseases, including a Phase I trial for retinal disease and Phase III trials for breast cancer and pediatric malaria. AC3T’s cancer clinical trials capacity data show that KBTH performs well across all dimensions; though the hospital currently lacks certain diagnostic capabilities. KBTH hosts the national Radiotherapy Center of Excellence, offering a range of radiotherapy treatment options for cancer patients.
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Clinical Trial Experience
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Institution Regulatory/Research Ethics Committees
Frequency of meetings: Monthly
Application turnaround time (IRB/IEC): 4-8 weeks
Average time from receipt of final protocol to review and approval of study by all relevant committees: 6 weeks
Institution Staffing Resources
| Staff type | Number of staff |
|---|---|
| Performs study site coordination and manage daily operational activities | 3 |
| Prepares and administers study drug | 10 |
| Collects and processes study data and maintain data integrity | 4 |
| Monitors site processes and ensures quality | 2 |
| Biostatisticians | 1 |
| Database programmers | 1 |
| Epidemiologists | 1 |
| Pathologists | 11 |
| Pharmacists | 10 |
Institution Diagnostic Capabilities
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Institution Research Systems, Recordkeeping, and Data Management
Institution Pharmacy
Institution Equipment
Availability of banked blood at institution:
Institution performs the following routine blood screening tests on banked blood:
Institution Cancer Treatment Capabilities and Equipment
Radiotherapy machines on site:
Institution Infectious Disease Treatment Capabilities and Equipment
Data collection in progress
Director, Centre for Tropical Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Ghana; Professor of Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology, University of Ghana; Chairperson, Scientific and Technical Committee, Institutional Research Board, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital
Prof. Adjei is the Director of the Centre for Tropical Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, and Professor of Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Ghana. He is also the Chairperson of the Scientific and Technical Committee of the Institutional Research Board (IRB) at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. He specializes in pediatric clinical pharmacology, especially malaria. He has published extensively on pharmacokinetics and drug modeling of antimalarial medications, as well as immunology and genetic factors associated with malaria and sickle cell disease. He is interested in clinical research ethics and serves on multiple IRBs. Prof. Adjei’s clinical trial interests and experience include diagnostic, drug (small molecule), epidemiological, observational, and precision medicine studies of pediatric infectious diseases in developing country settings.
Formal Clinical Trial Training*
