Clinical Trial

Preventative Intervention for Cholera for 7 Days

Study acronym: PICHA-7
Recruiting
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Summary
The first objective of our study is to develop a theory-driven evidence-based targeted water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) intervention for household members of diarrhea patients in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) through formative research and community engagement. The second objective is to conduct a randomized controlled trial of 2,320 household members of 580 severe diarrhea patients to evaluate the effectiveness of the developed targeted WASH intervention in terms of: 1. reducing diarrheal diseases household members of cholera and severe diarrhea patients; and 2. increasing WASH behaviors.
Protocol Amendment History 9 amendments
This ClinicalTrials.gov record has been amended 9 times since 2021-12-08; most recent amendment 2025-12-09.
Status change: Not Yet Recruiting → Recruiting 2022-01-10
Trial Details
NCT Number NCT05166850
Lead Sponsor Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Collaborators: University of New Mexico, Wellcome Sanger Institute
Conditions Cholera, Water-Related Diseases, Diarrhea Infectious
Enrollment 2,900 participants
Start Date 2021-12-22
Primary Completion 2026-12-22 (estimated)
Study Completion 2026-12-31 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov 2025-12-17