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Field Testing of a Low-Cost Copper Device for Microbial Purification of Drinking Water

Field testing the effect of a low cost point-of-use copper device on diarrheogenic pathogens in drinking water in seven villages near Bangalore-An open labelled, controlled, parallel assignment study - Jalabhandu

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2014/07/004747
Enrollment
1000
Registered
2014-07-18
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: Copper coil to use as a water purification device along with a food grade 10 liter water container for the device to be dropped in.: The test households will receive the copper coil as

Sponsors

Grand Challenges Canada
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Who give written informed consent for participating in the study and having at-least one under five child in the household

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Unwilling to provide written informed consent 2. Households who have access to clean/potable water

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Reduction in Diarrheal pathogens like total coliforms, E coli and Vibrio cholerae in drinking water after the interventionTimepoint: 1. Baseline at 0 time point 2. 4th month and 3. 8th month—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
reduction in Diarrheal incidence among under-five children at 8 monthsTimepoint: at baseline and at every 2 weeks for 8 months duration—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactPadma Venkatasubramanian

Foundation for revitalization of Local Health Traditions

padma.venkat@frlht.org09482582825

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026