Health effects of an improved cookstove intervention in Malawi: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR201110000324321

Enrollment

100

Registered

2011-10-05

Start date

2011-10-10

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-09-14

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Conditions

Eye Diseases Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning Musculoskeletal Diseases Respiratory Short-term ocular and respiratory symptoms, headache, backache and burns

Interventions

Improved cook stove (Chitetezo)

None

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Non smoking women who cook using traditional stoves in Malawi

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The main objective of this trial is to explore trial methodological issues relating to acceptability, recruitment, randomisation, intervention	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Short-term impacts on ocular and respiratory symptoms, headache, backache and burns;Personal exposures to carbon monoxide and particulate matter, exhaled breath carbon monoxide, oxygen saturations	—

Countries

Malawi

Contacts

Public ContactKevin Mortimer

Senior Clinical Lecturer

kevin.mortimer@liverpool.ac.uk0044151 705 3373

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026