CompletedNot Applicable

Trial of Low-cost Microbiological Water Test Kits

572 participantsStarted 2017-01

Plain-language 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.

Who can participate

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria (for villages) : * Village located within the Kanpur district, within * Village population between 100 and 1000 households. * No chlorinated water sources available in the village. Inclusion Criteria (for households) : * Consent to participate in the study * Contain at least one child who is between 29 days and 60 months of age at the time of enrollment Exclusion Criteria: * Villages that receive chlorinated water from utility services

What they're measuring

Arithmetic mean E. coli count from sample of stored household drinking water

Timeframe: 1-2 month follow up visit post initial household information session

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03021434

SponsorLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2017-05-25

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