Preventative Intervention for Cholera for 7 Days
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
AgeNot listed
SponsorJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
About this trial
The first objective of our study is to develop a theory-driven evidence-based targeted water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) intervention for household members of diarrhea patients in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) through formative research and community engagement. The second objective is to conduct a randomized controlled trial of 2,320 household members of 580 severe diarrhea patients to evaluate the effectiveness of the developed targeted WASH intervention in terms of: 1. reducing diarrheal diseases household members of cholera and severe diarrhea patients; and 2. increasing WASH behaviors.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Diarrhea patients presenting with three or more loose stools over a 24h period
Having no running water inside of their home
Plan to reside in Bukavu for the next 12 months
Have a child <5 years in their household
Disqualifiers
No one will be excluded because of age, sex, religion, or sexual preference
Presenting at the health facility with a fever (COVID-19 prevention)
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- PICHA7 mHealth program
- Standard Arm
Treatment groups
2,900 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Lead sponsor
University of New Mexico
Collaborator
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov