NCT02512614

Evaluation of Novel Antimicrobial Hand Towels

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2 / Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 449 (actual)
• Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Federal
• Sex: Female
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

In March 2012, the investigators initiated a prospective, cluster-randomized, controlled field trial in Kisumu County, located in an area in western Kenya which has the highest under-five mortality rate in Kenya with 149 childhood deaths per 1,000 live births 9. The study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of an antimicrobial hand towel (hereafter referred to as towel) in preventing diarrheal diseases, acute respiratory infections, self-reported fever, and skin infections in children \<2 years old.

Detailed description

In March 2012, the investigators initiated a prospective, cluster-randomized, controlled field trial in Kisumu County, located in an area in western Kenya which has the highest under-five mortality rate in Kenya with 149 childhood deaths per 1,000 live births 9. The study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of an antimicrobial hand towel (hereafter referred to as towel) in preventing diarrheal diseases, acute respiratory infections (ARIs), self-reported fever, and skin infections in children \<2 years old.

Conditions

• Diarrheal Diseases
• Acute Respiratory Infections
• Fever
• Skin Infection

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Antimicrobial Hand Towel	Novel antimicrobial hand towel.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-03-01
• Primary completion: 2013-04-01
• Completion: 2013-04-01
• First posted: 2015-07-31
• Last updated: 2015-07-31