{"id":2175,"date":"2026-07-13T16:01:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T16:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnnglobalnews.com\/2026\/07\/13\/first-patients-enrolled-in-record-breaking-ebola-treatment-trial-in-drc\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T16:01:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T16:01:53","slug":"first-patients-enrolled-in-record-breaking-ebola-treatment-trial-in-drc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/?p=2175","title":{"rendered":"First patients enrolled in record-breaking Ebola treatment trial in DRC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-gu-name=\"media\" class=\"dcr-14sl0e4\">\n<div class=\"dcr-17l77cs\">\n<figure id=\"ddd4e314-e305-4d7a-866a-896cb36b162d\" class=\"dcr-191xnya\">\n<div id=\"img-1\" class=\"dcr-1t7hdmw\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A smiling woman holds a baby boy in her arms while a nurse looks on and a group of people gather behind her.\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b5a234cedfbdf2689683190861251d50d942e050\/416_0_6091_4873\/master\/6091.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" width=\"465\" height=\"372.0152684288294\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"dcr-up96pv\"><span class=\"dcr-kogzpx\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-18mnkpm\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1294qmb\"><label for=\"the-checkbox\" class=\"dcr-4sl2vt\"><\/label> <\/p>\n<div id=\"the-caption\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1mfxiaj\"><span class=\"dcr-13i4yc9\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1cipnsy\">Ebola survivor Mireille Kahindo, 35, a nurse, holds her 16-month-old son, Micky Paul, as she is discharged from hospital on 16 June.<\/span> Photograph: Michel Lunanga\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><a href=\"#img-1\" data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-zwabc0\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><button data-element-id=\"ddd4e314-e305-4d7a-866a-896cb36b162d\" type=\"button\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-1bitgpn\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><span class=\"dcr-1shbixy\">View image in fullscreen<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-qda0hp\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1e9iiy9\"><span class=\"dcr-13i4yc9\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1cipnsy\">Ebola survivor Mireille Kahindo, 35, a nurse, holds her 16-month-old son, Micky Paul, as she is discharged from hospital on 16 June.<\/span> Photograph: Michel Lunanga\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"headline\" class=\"dcr-ql9l8l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-6mja0y\">\n<h1 class=\"dcr-l0wuod\">First patients enrolled in record-breaking Ebola treatment trial in DRC<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"standfirst\" class=\"dcr-1xpojbf\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1gm5ptv\">\n<p>Two drugs are being trialled in the Ituri region in a programme set up just six weeks after the outbreak was declared, with hopes it will reduce mortality rates<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"body\" class=\"dcr-x1al2c\">\n<div class=\"dcr-11gq2tx\">\n<div id=\"maincontent\" class=\"dcr-1w2vkyc\">\n<div class=\"article-body-commercial-selector article-body-viewer-selector dcr-ogvvui\">\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">There is no approved drug to help the medical teams scrabbling to save lives in the Ebola outbreak in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/congo\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Democratic Republic of the Congo<\/a> \u2013 but there are hopes that could change within months as the first patients are enrolled in a treatment trial.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">It is a record pace to set up and start this kind of research, scientists said, with patients enrolled just six weeks after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news\/item\/17-05-2026-epidemic-of-ebola-disease-in-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-and-uganda-determined-a-public-health-emergency-of-international-concern\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">outbreak being declared a public health emergency<\/a> of international concern by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 17 May.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Nevertheless, in Bunia, the capital of Ituri province, where the virus is raging, people are impatient.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cI hope these drug trials proceed quickly,\u201d said Neema Haba, a mother of three and banana seller. \u201cFinancially, we are being driven to the brink by this outbreak and nothing is going right. We are struggling to provide for our children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Com_mediasRDC\/status\/2075327098382602599\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">As of 9 July<\/a>, there had been 1,792 confirmed cases and 625 deaths caused by the Bundibugyo strain of the virus, for which there is no vaccine and no approved treatment. It is still \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/3fec1b0a85a0\/world\/africa\/ebola-outbreak-congo-still-expansion-phase-who-says-2026-07-07\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">in the expansion phase<\/a>\u201d, according to the WHO.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"635788ea-2ca0-47ae-9c11-814db90290e4\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-d9bay7\">\n<div id=\"img-2\" class=\"dcr-1t7hdmw\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A patient lies in bed with a cannula in their hand.\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/bd25238b7d10edb499a56fd05d706216385c2adc\/0_0_5799_3866\/master\/5799.jpg?width=445&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" width=\"445\" height=\"296.66666666666663\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"dcr-up96pv\"><a href=\"#img-2\" data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-zwabc0\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><button data-element-id=\"635788ea-2ca0-47ae-9c11-814db90290e4\" type=\"button\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-1bitgpn\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><span class=\"dcr-1shbixy\">View image in fullscreen<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/div><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-174mzkf\"><span class=\"dcr-vyhg7z\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1cipnsy\">A patient at an Ebola treatment centre in Rwampara, Ituri, 20 June 2026. <\/span> Photograph: Dieudonne Dirole\/EPA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The response is reliant on the basic techniques of identifying cases, isolating them for care and tracking and monitoring people they have been in contact with.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The latest figures show about 75% of known contacts are being traced, but low trust in authorities and a highly mobile population <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2026\/jun\/26\/whereabouts-of-nearly-300-people-with-ebola-unknown-in-drc\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">are hampering efforts<\/a>. In addition, some frontline workers stopped work this week in protest at a lack of pay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The bodies of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/ebola\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Ebola<\/a> victims are highly contagious, and must be safely buried by properly trained professional teams. Ovide Maliabo, a driver for one of the teams in Rwampara, a mining town in Ituri, said the work was dangerous in the face of community mistrust and he and his colleagues \u201csee no point in risking our lives\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cAt one point, we narrowly escaped being lynched,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a shame that we aren\u2019t being financially supported.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Bahati John, head of the team, said he had lost a tooth after being attacked by local people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cHonestly, since we started working on 15 May, with all the insults we\u2019ve had to put up with, we haven\u2019t seen a single penny,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are the breadwinners of our families, and our families are suffering.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"c1577131-934b-4ffe-8b70-92e18ed90bca\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-d9bay7\">\n<div id=\"img-3\" class=\"dcr-1t7hdmw\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"People wearing medical PPE \" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/38e88ddc9886f8a143fc78090886d8b8838f8201\/0_0_5897_3931\/master\/5897.jpg?width=445&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" width=\"445\" height=\"296.64151263354245\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"dcr-up96pv\"><a href=\"#img-3\" data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-zwabc0\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><button data-element-id=\"c1577131-934b-4ffe-8b70-92e18ed90bca\" type=\"button\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-1bitgpn\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><span class=\"dcr-1shbixy\">View image in fullscreen<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/div><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-174mzkf\"><span class=\"dcr-vyhg7z\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1cipnsy\">Frontline workers have faced shortages of essential equipment, including personal protective wear and vehicles to transport dead bodies.<\/span> Photograph: Dieudonne Dirole\/EPA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">DRC officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/v\/1BnwkbSEcx\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">said payments had been made<\/a> but it is unclear whether activities have fully resumed. The closure of the local airport in Bunia was hampering the response, including by impeding the supply of banknotes, they said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Hopes of turning the tide now rest with scientists searching for effective medicines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news\/item\/02-07-2026-patient-enrolment-begins-in-a-scientific-trial-to-identify-the-first-effective-treatments-for-bundibugyo-virus-disease\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">The Partners treatment trial<\/a> has opened with two drugs on its books \u2013 remdesivir, and MBP134. Patients will be randomly allocated to receive either drug, a combination of the two, or simply standard, supportive care.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Remdesivir is an antiviral made by pharma company Gilead Sciences, while MBP134 is a monoclonal antibody developed by Mapp Biopharmaceutical, containing two specially engineered immune proteins that recognise and neutralise the virus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Both are given intravenously \u2013 MBP134 as a one-off infusion, and remdesivir as 10 days of intravenous therapy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cThese two drugs actually have been proven to work against the Bundibugyo virus in animal models,\u201d said Prof Laurens Liesenborghs of the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, who is working on the trial in Ituri.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cThey showed great efficacy, but now we need to test it in humans. Basically, what we want to see is if they indeed can lower mortality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Bundibugyo typically has a lower death rate than the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2026\/may\/15\/ebola-outbreak-drc-africa-deaths\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Zaire strain of Ebola<\/a>, which has caused most previous outbreaks, but it still kills about one in three of those infected.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"fddf3c01-6db1-4b00-a72b-e5a62a60681e\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-d9bay7\">\n<div id=\"img-4\" class=\"dcr-1t7hdmw\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A man checks boxes stacked against the wall of a room.\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/6b9c006102e157caed56466e80fe5b6d1a230048\/0_0_6000_4000\/master\/6000.jpg?width=445&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" width=\"445\" height=\"296.66666666666663\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"dcr-up96pv\"><a href=\"#img-4\" data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-zwabc0\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><button data-element-id=\"fddf3c01-6db1-4b00-a72b-e5a62a60681e\" type=\"button\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-1bitgpn\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><span class=\"dcr-1shbixy\">View image in fullscreen<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/div><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-174mzkf\"><span class=\"dcr-vyhg7z\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1cipnsy\">A staff member checks medicine stocks at an Ebola treatment centre run by the NGO Alliance for Medical Action in Rwampara, Ituri.<\/span> Photograph: Dieudonne Dirole\/EPA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Researchers are watching carefully for any difference in death rates between the groups given experimental drugs and the group receiving standard care. \u201cAny improvement is good,\u201d said Liesenborghs. \u201cBut it needs to be statistically detected, so we need to see a substantial drop.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.NewsletterSignupBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-d9bay7\"><a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"#EmailSignup-skip-link-23\" class=\"dcr-76akua\">skip past newsletter promotion<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-1tr4stg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-12qa5gp\">\n<hr class=\"dcr-1cjdlyj\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"EmailSignup-skip-link-23\" aria-label=\"after newsletter promotion\" role=\"note\" class=\"dcr-76akua\">after newsletter promotion<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">In trials looking at the impact of monoclonal antibodies on Ebola cases caused by the Zaire strain, it lowered death rates from 50% to 35%, he said. \u201cHopefully we will see something in the order of that magnitude.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The trial\u2019s design allows other potential treatments to be added should they become available. A result is likely to need between 700 and 1,000 patients to be enrolled, Liesenborghs said. \u201cWe opened one site, hopefully we\u2019ll open additional sites very quickly, but still then it will take a couple of months, depending on how the outbreak is going, obviously.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">WHO officials said enough remdesivir and MBP134 had been donated, by Gilead and the US government respectively, for 1,200 patients to be enrolled. The WHO is in discussions to ensure sufficient supplies will be available after the trial, should they prove safe and effective, it said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Patients of any age, including pregnant and breastfeeding women, who are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/article\/2024\/aug\/28\/drug-resistant-tuberculosis-pregnant-women-trials-data-drugs-south-africa-discrimination\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">often excluded from medical research<\/a>, can enrol in the trial.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cWe always think of risk-benefit,\u201d says Liesenborghs. \u201cHere the benefit is potentially very high because you offer a potentially life-saving treatment to someone who has a very high chance of dying.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"d70acb5b-d996-4565-8317-d846240923bc\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-d9bay7\">\n<div id=\"img-5\" class=\"dcr-1t7hdmw\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A medical worker checks a syringe of drugs.\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b44262006302b231fe91cb728600b273239d7af0\/0_0_5820_3880\/master\/5820.jpg?width=445&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" width=\"445\" height=\"296.66666666666663\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"dcr-up96pv\"><a href=\"#img-5\" data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-zwabc0\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><button data-element-id=\"d70acb5b-d996-4565-8317-d846240923bc\" type=\"button\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-1bitgpn\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><span class=\"dcr-1shbixy\">View image in fullscreen<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/div><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-174mzkf\"><span class=\"dcr-vyhg7z\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1cipnsy\">Medical staff at a hospital in Mongbwalu, Ituri.<\/span> Photograph: Dieudonne Dirole\/EPA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Ebola causes miscarriages, while there is no sign of risk to pregnancies from animal experiments on the drugs, he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cIt\u2019s just fantastic we\u2019ve managed to get started so quickly,\u201d says Prof Amanda Rojek, international principal investigator for Partners, of the University of Oxford.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">She said strong scientific leadership in the DRC, which has hosted major trials during earlier outbreaks of Ebola and other diseases such as mpox, had been vital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cIf we look back at west Africa [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2024\/nov\/27\/ten-years-ago-ebola-sierra-leone-2014-vaccine-drive-stop-history-repeating-itself\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">an Ebola outbreak in 2014-16<\/a> that saw more than 28,000 cases and 11,000 deaths], where it took us over a year to start clinical trials, we\u2019re very proud of the team led by INRB [the DRC\u2019s National Biomedical Research Institute] that we\u2019ve managed to achieve that in kind of six weeks since the outbreak was first announced.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The focus, Rojek said \u2013 as in the Recovery trial during Covid, delivered by the same Oxford group \u2013 was on keeping the trial as simple as possible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Partners is sponsored by the WHO, with funding from the Wellcome Trust, FCDO and UKRI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Prof Yap Boum, head of emergency response with continental health watchdog <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/africa\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Africa<\/a> CDC, warned that the danger was not over, but added: \u201cWhat limits an outbreak is our capacity to provide care, our surveillance capacity and our ability to isolate people. These trials will enable us to access treatment, and when we treat people, it also sends a message to the community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Another trial is due to begin this week, looking at whether giving people who have been in contact with Bundibugyo cases a drug called obeldesivir can stop them developing the disease.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Africa CDC said that trial needed around $18m to proceed, with $6m committed to date.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-print-layout=\"hide\" class=\"dcr-swayiu\"><span class=\"dcr-1xhbmzr\">Explore more on these topics<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-2c03t5\">\n<ul class=\"dcr-p7nd18\">\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/global-development\/global-health\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">Global health<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/world\/ebola\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">Ebola<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/science\/infectiousdiseases\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">Infectious diseases<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/world\/congo\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">Democratic Republic of the Congo<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/world\/africa\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">Africa<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/science\/medical-research\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">Medical research<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/tone\/news\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">news<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dcr-313bdz\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=First%20patients%20enrolled%20in%20record-breaking%20Ebola%20treatment%20trial%20in%20DRC&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2026\/jul\/12\/record-breaking-ebola-treatment-trial-drc?CMP=share_btn_url\" class=\"dcr-ncybeu\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-19bkree\"><a data-link-name=\"meta-syndication-article\" href=\"https:\/\/syndication.theguardian.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fglobal-development%2F2026%2Fjul%2F12%2Frecord-breaking-ebola-treatment-trial-drc&amp;type=article&amp;internalpagecode=global-development\/2026\/jul\/12\/record-breaking-ebola-treatment-trial-drc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"Reuse this content\" class=\"dcr-1c41onw\">Reuse this content<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"right-column\" class=\"dcr-1kq7f60\"><span class=\"dcr-1ryr20k\"><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ebola survivor Mireille Kahindo, 35, a nurse, holds her 16-month-old son, Micky Paul, as she is discharged from hospital on 16 June. 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