Cholera-Hospital-Based-Intervention-for-7-Days (CHoBI7) Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Case Area Targeted Intervention (CATI)

NCT ID: NCT06003816

Last Updated: 2025-12-02

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

3140 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-10-18

Study Completion Date

2026-11-30

Brief Summary

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Objective: The investigators objective is to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a case area targeted water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) intervention in reducing cholera infections and increasing sustained WASH behaviors in transmission hotspots in a ring around cholera cases.

Detailed Description

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Background: Worldwide there are estimated to be 2.9 million cholera cases annually. Effective targeted water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions are urgently needed to reduce cholera globally. The investigators study in Bangladesh found that individuals living within 50 meters of a cholera patient were at 30 times higher risk of developing cholera than the general population during the first week after the index patient sought care at a health facility. However, there has been little work done to develop and evaluate interventions for this high risk population.

Objective: The investigators objective is to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a case area targeted WASH intervention in reducing cholera infections and increasing sustained WASH behaviors in transmission hotspots in a ring around cholera cases.

Previous studies: The investigators research group developed the Cholera-Hospital-Based-Intervention-for-7-Days (CHoBI7), a WASH intervention delivered to cholera patients and the participants household members in a health facility. the investigators randomized controlled trial (RCT) in Bangladesh of CHoBI7 demonstrated this intervention was effective in significantly reducing cholera, and led to sustained increases in handwashing with soap and improved drinking water quality 12 months post-intervention in cholera patient households. This intervention, however, solely focused on cholera patients households. There are no studies to date that have evaluated the impact on reducing cholera of delivering a ring WASH intervention to households living near cholera patients.

Design and Setting: The Director of Disease Control at the Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Welfare would like to take CHoBI7 to scale across Bangladesh, and has requested the investigators build evidence on scalable approaches for delivering CHoBI7 as a CATI in a ring around cholera patient households. This study will have 3 phases. During the formative research and planning phase the investigators will develop a scalable, theory and evidence based ring WASH intervention through in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, workshops, and a pilot. During the intervention implementation and evaluation phase the investigators will conduct a RCT to prospectively follow 3120 participants from 1040 households living in 40 rings around cholera cases to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention in: (1) reducing cholera infections during the first week after the index patient in the ring seeks care at a health facility; and (2) increasing handwashing with soap and stored water quality over a 12 month period. The first arm will receive the standard recommendation given in Bangladesh during diarrhea outbreaks on oral rehydration solution use and a leaflet on WASH practices during a single visit. The second arm will receive this message and the ring WASH intervention which includes group sessions and home visits and mobile health messages. Whole genome sequencing will be performed on water and clinical Vibrio cholerae strains collected to investigate spatiotemporal transmission dynamics of V. cholerae in hotspots. During the dissemination and policy planning phase, the investigators will partner with the Director of Disease Control to disseminate study findings and inform cholera control policies.

Significance: This will be the first RCT of a CATI WASH program to evaluate whether this intervention approach can reduce cholera.

Conditions

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Cholera Diarrhea

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Cholera-Hospital-Based-Intervention-for-7-Days (CHoBI7) CATI

The CHoBI7 program is first delivered during group sessions by a health promoter to those residing in a ring around a cholera patient. The health promoter delivers a pictorial WASH module on how diarrhea can spread, and instructions on handwashing with soap, water treatment, and safe water storage. A cholera prevention package is provided containing: a one-month supply of chlorine tablets for water treatment, a soapy water bottle for handwashing, a handwashing station, and a water vessel with a lid and tap to ensure safe water storage. After the group session, households receive weekly voice and text messages from the CHoBI7 mHealth program over 12 months on the recommended WASH behaviors.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Cholera-Hospital-Based-Intervention-for-7-Days (CHoBI7) CATI

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The CHoBI7 program is during group sessions by a health promoter to those residing in a ring around a cholera patient reinforced through weekly voice and text messages from the CHoBI7 mHealth program over 12 months on the recommended water, sanitation, and hygiene behaviors.

Standard Message Arm

Standard message given in the Bangladesh to diarrhea patients at health facility discharge on use of oral rehydration solution

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Standard message

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Standard message given in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to diarrhea patients at health facility discharge on use of oral rehydration solution

Interventions

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Cholera-Hospital-Based-Intervention-for-7-Days (CHoBI7) CATI

The CHoBI7 program is during group sessions by a health promoter to those residing in a ring around a cholera patient reinforced through weekly voice and text messages from the CHoBI7 mHealth program over 12 months on the recommended water, sanitation, and hygiene behaviors.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Standard message

Standard message given in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to diarrhea patients at health facility discharge on use of oral rehydration solution

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Index cholera patient have no running water inside of their home

Exclusion Criteria

* No one will be excluded because of age, sex, religion, or sexual preference
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Research Training and Management International (RTMI)

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Christine Marie George, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Locations

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International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh

Dhaka, , Bangladesh

Site Status RECRUITING

Research Training and Management International

Dhaka, , Bangladesh

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Bangladesh

Central Contacts

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Christine Marie George, PhD

Role: CONTACT

(202) 657-5798

Facility Contacts

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ASG Faruque, MBBS MPH

Role: primary

ASG Faruque

Role: backup

Tahmina Parvin

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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1R01AI148332-01

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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IRB00009931

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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