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Trial of Low-cost Microbiological Water Test Kits

NCT03021434 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 572

Last updated 2017-06-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The present study is a cluster randomized control trial of low-cost microbiological water test kits in rural and peri-urban communities in the Kanpur region of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Community and household water safety education sessions

Data collectors will give a short community presentation on water treatment, as well as safe water handling and storage. Then, data collectors will immediately visit households and review this information. Data collectors will return within 72 hours and review this information once more.

OTHER

Household-specific water quality information

Household specific water quality data will be provided in two ways. In the Standard Testing Arm, water quality data will be analyzed in a laboratory by standard methods and results will be delivered to households. In the Test Kit arm, water quality data will be analyzed in households using provided water test kits.

OTHER

Low-cost microbiological water test kits

Intervention component consists of low-cost, biodegradable that tests for the presence of E. coli in water samples. The test uses Aquatest broth medium with resorufin methyl ester chromogen. Presence of E. coli (positive test) imparts bright red color, making it easy to use/interpret at the household level with minimal training

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

    collaborator OTHER

  • London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Robert Dreibelbis, PhD · London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-01-31
Primary Completion
2017-05-25
Completion
2017-05-25

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