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Sponsors and Collaborators: |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Medentech Ltd. Emory University Center for Global Safe Water NewEnergy University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana |
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Information provided by: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00252928 |
The purpose of this study to determine whether Aquatabs, a water treatment tablet, reduces diarrheal diseases in a peri-urban population of Tamale, Ghana.
Condition | Intervention |
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Diarrhea |
Other: Sodium dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC) tablets Other: Placebo |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Prevention, Randomized, Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator), Placebo Control, Factorial Assignment, Efficacy Study |
Official Title: | Health Impact Study of a Water Treatment Tablet, Aquatabs, in Tamale, Ghana |
Enrollment: | 240 |
Study Start Date: | July 2006 |
Study Completion Date: | November 2006 |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
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A: Placebo Comparator
Placebo group does not receive Aquatabs.
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Other: Placebo
Placebo
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B: Experimental
Intervention arms receives Aquatabs.
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Other: Sodium dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC) tablets
Intervention arm receives NaDCC tablets to use for to disinfect their household water for use for 20L of water. Ideally, disinfection occurs every day.
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Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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United States, Georgia | |
Emory University Center for Global Safe Water | |
Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30322 | |
Ghana | |
NewEnergy | |
Tamale, Ghana | |
University of Development Studies | |
Tamale, Ghana |
Principal Investigator: | Seema Jain, MD | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
Principal Investigator: | Robert Quick, MD | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
Study ID Numbers: | CDC-NCID-4730 |
Study First Received: | November 10, 2005 |
Last Updated: | October 29, 2007 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00252928 |
Health Authority: | United States: Federal Government; Ghana: University for Development Studies |
sodium dichloroisocyanurate water purification disinfection Ghana |
Diarrhea Troclosene Clotrimazole Miconazole Tioconazole |
Anti-Infective Agents Disinfectants Therapeutic Uses |
Antifungal Agents Antiviral Agents Pharmacologic Actions |