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DiarrheaNCT02441699

Assessing the Health Impact of a Combined Water and Sanitation Intervention in Rural Odisha, India

An observational study of Diarrhea and Enteric Infection, run by London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine at 1 site in United Kingdom.

Unknown status

Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

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Trial summary

This is a matched-cohort study designed to assess the health impact of a rural demand-driven water and sanitation intervention that provides piped treated water and household level pour-flush latrines and bathing rooms, as implemented by Gram Vikas. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Any age
What is being tested?
Improved water supply and sanitation
How many people
2,940 participants
Where
1 siteUnited Kingdom
Study dates
Apr 2015to Dec 2019
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages Any age
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Study population: Rural householders living in Ganjam district, Orissa, India.

Who may be able to join

  • Households in participating villages will be eligible to participate in the study if they have at least one child under 5 years.

Who cannot join

  • None

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United Kingdom1 site
  • London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

    London, WC1E 7HT

Other trials in United Kingdom

About this study

This is a matched-cohort study designed to assess the health impact of a rural demand-driven water and sanitation intervention that provides piped treated water and household level pour-flush latrines and bathing rooms, as implemented by Gram Vikas.

Read the detailed description

We will undertake a matched-cohort study among 84 villages in Ganjam district, Orissa, India to assess the health impact of a program that provides improved water supplies and sanitation to rural villages.

Being tested
Improved water supply and sanitation
Medical subject headings
Diarrhea, Growth Disorders

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Improved water supply and sanitationBehavioural

    Village-level reticulated water supply with distribution to household taps; pour-flush pit latrines.

Study groups in NCT02441699
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Intervention groupRural villages in which Gram Vikas has fully implemented its water supply and sanitation (Mantra) intervention. Intervention villages must: 1) be within 3 hours travel to the study office in Brahmapur, 2) have started the intervention by January 2003, and 3) have completed the intervention by January 2013.
Receives: Behavioral: Improved water supply and sanitation
Control groupRural villages that have been matched with intervention villages on demographics and other criteria. The sampling frame for control villages is limited to those: 1) within 3 hours travel to the study office in Brahmapur, and 2) within Gram Panchayats which do not include an intervention village and are not adjacent to an intervention village, to minimize spillover effects. In addition, both intervention and control villages must appear in the Government of India Census in 2001.

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Reported diarrhoea in children <5 years

    Measured: 7-day recall, assessed 4 times during 3-month follow-up rounds

Secondary outcomes (7)
  1. Reported lower respiratory infection in children <5

    Measured: 7-day recall, assessed 4 times during 3-month follow-up rounds

  2. Diarrhoea among all ages

    Measured: 7-day recall, assessed 4 times during 3-month follow-up roundsits

  3. Lower respiratory infection among all ages

    Measured: 7-day recall, assessed 4 times during 3-month follow-up roundsts

  4. Soil-transmitted helminth infection

    Stool samples taken and assayed for ascaris, trichuris, hookworm

    Measured: Point prevalence assessed in rounds 2 (approximately 90-120 days after study commencement) and 4 (approximately 240 to 360 days after study commencement)

  5. Height-for-age among children < 2 years

    Children height measured and HAZ scores computed

    Measured: Assessed approximately every 90 days for a total of four measurement over study period

  6. Weight-for-age among children <5

    Children weighed and WAZ scores computed

    Measured: Assessed approximately every 90 days for a total of four measurement over study periodAssessed during all four follow up rounds

  7. Biomarkers of environmental enteropathy and enteric infection

    Measured: Assessed once during round 3 (approximately 180 to 240 days following commencement of study

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted12 May 2015 (estimated)
  2. Study startApr 2015
  3. Primary completionDec 2019 (estimated)
  4. Study completionDec 2019 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
2,940 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02441699
Sponsor's protocol ID
9071
Status last verified
Aug 2019
First submitted
27 Apr 2015
Last updated
21 Aug 2019
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No

Publications

  • Sinharoy SS, Reese HE, Praharaj I, Chang HH, Clasen T. Effects of a combined water and sanitation intervention on biomarkers of child environmental enteric dysfunction and associations with height-for-age z-score: A matched cohort study in rural Odisha, India. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021 Mar 8;15(3):e0009198. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009198. eCollection 2021 Mar.

    PubMed 33684111
  • Reese H, Routray P, Torondel B, Sinharoy SS, Mishra S, Freeman MC, Chang HH, Clasen T. Assessing longer-term effectiveness of a combined household-level piped water and sanitation intervention on child diarrhoea, acute respiratory infection, soil-transmitted helminth infection and nutritional status: a matched cohort study in rural Odisha, India. Int J Epidemiol. 2019 Dec 1;48(6):1757-1767. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyz157.

    PubMed 31363748
  • Reese H, Routray P, Torondel B, Sclar G, Delea MG, Sinharoy SS, Zambrano L, Caruso B, Mishra SR, Chang HH, Clasen T. Design and rationale of a matched cohort study to assess the effectiveness of a combined household-level piped water and sanitation intervention in rural Odisha, India. BMJ Open. 2017 Mar 31;7(3):e012719. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012719.

    PubMed 28363920

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Diarrhea and Enteric Infection, run by London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine at 1 site in United Kingdom.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 21 Aug 2019. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United Kingdom. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Reported diarrhoea in children <5 years (time frame: 7-day recall, assessed 4 times during 3-month follow-up rounds). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT02441699, which also lists 3 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 21 Aug 2019.

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