Pilot Intervention Trial of Ceramic Water Filters to Reduce the Burden of Cryptosporidium in Household Drinking Water in Rural Kenya.
Ceramic water filter
Animal Diseases+17
+ Coccidiosis
+ Digestive System Diseases
Prevention Study
Summary
Study start date: January 1, 2013
Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.Diarrhea is a major cause of illness among children in Africa. Cryptosporidium is a protozoan waterborne diarrheal pathogen resistant to chlorine. Ceramic filters are effective at improving drinking water quality, including removal of protozoa. In a recent preliminary analysis of >22,000 children <5 years enrolled in the Global Enterics Multi-Center Study (GEMS) case-control study of moderate-to-severe diarrhea, Cryptosporidium was identified as a leading cause of diarrhea in infants across all four participating African sites. This pilot is the first Cryptosporidium specific intervention trial of household ceramic water filters to reduce the burden of cryptosporidiosis acquired through drinking water in rural Kenya.
Protocol
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.227 patients to be enrolled
Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.Prevention Study
Eligibility
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.Any sex
Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.From 4 to 10 Months
Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.Healthy volunteers allowed
If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.Conditions
Pathology
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Children 4-10 months old living in selected villages in the Asembo Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) study area in Kenya whose primary caretakers consent on their behalf to be visited weekly for 6 months to carry out weekly illness surveillance, and have a follow up home visit one year after initial enrollment into the trial. The household in which the child resides must be a consenting participant in the HDSS. As the children included in the trial are infants, the child's primary caretaker will be invited to participate and be administered questionnaires. Random selection will be at the compound level. Only one household per compound will be eligible for selection. Exclusion Criteria: Children 4-10 months old whose households are not active consenting participants in the HDSS will not be eligible for inclusion. Only the subset of children 4-10 months old who are randomly selected in the sample will be eligible for participation. -
Study Plan
Find out more about all the medication administered in this study, their detailed description and what they involve.2 intervention groups are designated in this study
This study does not include a placebo group
Treatment Groups
Group I
ExperimentalGroup II
No InterventionStudy Objectives
Primary Objectives
Study Centers
These are the hospitals, clinics, or research facilities where the trial is being conducted. You can find the location closest to you and its status.This study has 1 location