Summary & Key Points
"EBO-PEP is a consortium of partners aiming to expand the portfolio of therapeutic tools against MVE by evaluating a PPE strategy for high-risk contacts and maintaining a network for sharing knowledge and collaboration around PPE."
EBO-PEP is a consortium of partners whose goal is to expand the portfolio of therapeutic tools against EVD by evaluating a PEP strategy for high-risk contacts and maintaining a knowledge-sharing and collaboration network around PEP.
In executing the project, experts will set up a clinical trial in Africa to test the efficacy of treatments used as PEP for high-risk contacts; strengthen the capacity of clinical researchers and increase community knowledge of Ebola virus research; and define the best PEP strategy for high-risk contacts and advocate for the implementation of PEP in Ebola-affected countries.
For this collaborative workshop held at the Hôtel Assoyam in Grand-Bassam from 09.10.2024 to 09.13.2024, the various partners from France (INSERM (iPLesp, ANRS-MIE), University of Bordeaux, ALIMA, PANTHER), DRC (INRB), Spain (ISGLOBAL), Belgium (Doctors Without Borders), Senegal (Cheikh Anta Diop University), Côte d’Ivoire (PAC-CI Programme), and Guinea (ANSS, CERFIG) met to pre-finalize the protocol and discuss the implementation of the EBO-PEP study.
Several presentations were given, followed by discussions on the clinical trial protocol and the activities of the various working groups. These working groups focus on overall project coordination, scientific coordination, project preparation program, clinical trial management, health economics, community engagement, and study acceptability among target populations.
In addition, participants discussed key points for the project’s success, including the governance of the EBO-PEP consortium, the governance of the EBO-PEP project, and the timeline to facilitate its implementation.
The next meetings have been scheduled for September and December 2024 to finalize the protocol, establish the scientific advisory board and the independent monitoring committee, and submit the project.
Participants left very satisfied with the results of the work, the atmosphere in which the workshop took place, and the opportunity for some to discover Grand-Bassam, one of Côte d’Ivoire’s tourist treasures.
