Clinical trial NCT00252928: Health Impact Study of Aquatabs in Tamale, Ghana
Official title: Health Impact Study of a Water Treatment Tablet, Aquatabs, in Tamale, Ghana
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Diarrhea
Keywords: sodium dichloroisocyanurate
water purification
disinfection
Ghana
Lead sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Sponsor class: FED
Collaborators: name: Medentech
name: Emory University Center for Global Safe Water
name: NewEnergy
name: University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana
First posted: 2005-11-15
Enrollment: 240
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: FACTORIAL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The purpose of this study to determine whether Aquatabs, a water treatment tablet, reduces diarrheal diseases in a peri-urban population of Tamale, Ghana.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Households with at least one child under 5 years old

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Primary outcomes:
measure: Measure the impact of Aquatabs on diarrhea among persons in households in Tamale, Ghana.
timeFrame: 12 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Assess the microbiological quality of household water among persons living in Tamale, Ghana.
timeFrame: 12 weeks
measure: Determine the acceptability of Aquatabs.
timeFrame: 12 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Atlanta
country: United States
facility: Emory University Center for Global Safe Water
state: Georgia
city: Tamale
country: Ghana
facility: NewEnergy
city: Tamale
country: Ghana
facility: University of Development Studies
Study officials:
affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
name: Seema Jain, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
name: Robert Quick, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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citation: Quick RE, Venczel LV, Mintz ED, Soleto L, Aparicio J, Gironaz M, Hutwagner L, Greene K, Bopp C, Maloney K, Chavez D, Sobsey M, Tauxe RV. Diarrhoea prevention in Bolivia through point-of-use water treatment and safe storage: a promising new strategy. Epidemiol Infect. 1999 Feb;122(1):83-90. doi: 10.1017/s0950268898001782.
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