Evelyne Kestelyn
Head of the Clinical Trials Unit
Clinical Trials Unit
Evelyne Kestelyn is based in Ho Chi Minh City at the Wellcome Programme. She has been managing clinical trials since 2006 through institutions in Rwanda, the Netherlands and now Vietnam. She joined OUCRU in January 2016 as Head of the Clinical Trials Unit. The Clinical Trials Unit manages research operations and governance for OUCRU, which includes Units in Vietnam, Indonesia and Nepal. The CTU currently manages more than 70 active research projects at 65 collaborating institutions, run by hundreds of research staff. It leads and shares trial management systems, explores and addresses ethical issues in clinical research and contributes to clinical trials legislation.
Recent publications
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Safety and tolerability of metformin in overweight and obese patients with dengue: An open-label clinical trial (MeDO).
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Minh Nguyen N. et al, (2025), PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 19
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Treatment options to support the elimination of hepatitis C: an open-label, factorial, randomised controlled non-inferiority trial.
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Cooke GS. et al, (2025), Lancet
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Effectiveness and safety of shortened intensive treatment for children with tuberculous meningitis (SURE): a protocol for a phase 3 randomised controlled trial evaluating 6 months of antituberculosis therapy and 8 weeks of aspirin in Asian and African children with tuberculous meningitis.
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Huynh J. et al, (2025), BMJ Open, 15
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Higher dose corticosteroids in hospitalised COVID-19 patients requiring ventilatory support (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial.
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RECOVERY Collaborative Group None., (2025), EClinicalMedicine, 81
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Status of Digital Health Technology Adoption in 5 Vietnamese Hospitals: Cross-Sectional Assessment.
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Tran DM. et al, (2025), JMIR Form Res, 9