Cardiopulmonary Outcomes and Household Air Pollution Trial

Summary

The purpose of this randomized controlled field trial is to determine whether a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) stove and fuel distribution intervention reduces personal and kitchen exposure to household air pollutants and improves cardiopulmonary health outcomes when compared to usual cooking practices with open-fire biomass-burning stoves in adult women aged 25-64 years.

Conditions

• Blood Pressure
• Carotid Intima Media Thickness
• Endothelial Function
• Signs and Symptoms, Respiratory
• Respiratory Function Tests

Interventions

DEVICE

Three-burner LPG stove

The intervention arm will receive a three-burner LPG stove upon enrollment. The control arm will receive the stove one year after enrollment.

OTHER

Delivery of LPG tanks

One year supply of LPG fuel, in the form of delivery of 20 kg tank that holds 10 kg of LPG. Delivered to homes.

OTHER

Vouchers for LPG tanks

One year supply of LPG, in the form of vouchers to obtain a free LPG tanks from a distribution center. (Beginning one year after enrollment, for one year)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Washington University School of Medicine

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Georgia

  collaborator OTHER

• Emory University

  collaborator OTHER

• Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

  collaborator OTHER

• Asociacion Benefica Prisma

  collaborator OTHER

• Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• William N Checkley, MD, PhD · Associate Professor

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

25 Years

Max Age

64 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2017-01-18

Primary Completion

2019-02-15

Completion

2019-02-15

Countries

• Peru

Study Locations