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Evaluation of Novel Antimicrobial Hand Towels

NCT02512614 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2/PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 449

Last updated 2015-07-31

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Summary

In March 2012, the investigators initiated a prospective, cluster-randomized, controlled field trial in Kisumu County, located in an area in western Kenya which has the highest under-five mortality rate in Kenya with 149 childhood deaths per 1,000 live births 9. The study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of an antimicrobial hand towel (hereafter referred to as towel) in preventing diarrheal diseases, acute respiratory infections, self-reported fever, and skin infections in children \<2 years old.

Conditions

  • Diarrheal Diseases
  • Acute Respiratory Infections
  • Fever
  • Skin Infection

Interventions

OTHER

Antimicrobial Hand Towel

Novel antimicrobial hand towel.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-03-31
Primary Completion
2013-04-30
Completion
2013-04-30

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