A One Health intervention for pork tapeworm in Rwanda

A One Health randomized control trial of a human-pig-WASH intervention for Taenia solium infection in pigs and humans in southern Rwanda

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR202502854781727

Enrollment

30000

Registered

2025-02-12

Start date

2025-02-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-09-14

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Conditions

Taenia solium

Interventions

Community Education

Human treatment

Pig treatment

WASH

One Health

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Human treatment - children aged 6+ and adults Pig treatment - pigs aged 3 months and above Latrines - demonstrated need One Health - see above

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Human treatment - any individual with a history of seizures or previous adverse reaction to PZQ Pig treatment - sows in the last month of gestation Latrines - none One Health - see above

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Prevalence of Taenia solium cysticercosis in pigs	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Prevalence of Taenia solium taeniasis in humans	—

Countries

Rwanda

Contacts

Public ContactRuth Uwase

Project Coordinator

ruwase@ughe.org+250786791894

Outcome results

None listed

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