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Trial of Ceramic Water Filters to Reduce Cryptosporidium Infection in Kenya

NCT01695304 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 227

Last updated 2017-03-22

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Summary

The aim of the study is to examine the efficacy of ceramic water filters to reduce the burden of waterborne diarrheal illness among infants in selected villages in Kenya. In Kenya very young children are given drinking water or water is used in reconstitution of their food. We hypothesize that ceramic water filters will remove Cryptosporidium from drinking water reducing infection in infants.

Conditions

  • Cryptosporidium; Diarrhea
  • Cryptosporidiosis
  • Communicable Diseases
  • Diarrheal Disease

Interventions

OTHER

Ceramic water filter

In total, 120 households with a child 4-10 months old will receive a Cera Maji ceramic water filter for treatment of drinking water at initial entry into the study (intervention group), and 120 households with a child 4-10 months old at initial entry into the study will not receive a ceramic water filter (control group). The study duration will be 6 months. All households in the control group will receive a Cera Maji ceramic water filter when the study ends.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Eric Mintz, MD, MPH · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
4 Months
Max Age
10 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-01-31
Primary Completion
2013-08-31
Completion
2014-06-30

Countries

  • Kenya

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