EFECAB: Improving Pig Management to Prevent Epilepsy in Burkina Faso

University of Oklahoma (OU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cysticercosis

Treatments: Other: Educational package

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03095339

1419

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a pre-post randomized community-based controlled trial aimed at estimating the effectiveness of an educational package developed using PRECEDE PROCEED to reduce the cumulative incidence of Taenia solium cysticercosis in three Provinces of Burkina Faso. The study design included an 18-months baseline study to measure baseline cumulative incidence of cysticercosis followed by an 18-month post randomization study to measure the effectiveness of the intervention. Sixty villages of three Provinces of Burkina Faso were included. The primary outcome was the change in the baseline to post randomization cumulative incidence in the intervention group compared to the control group.

Enrollment: 58 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

The unit of randomization and analysis of this study is the village. Therefore, the eligibility criteria were determined at the village level.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Population of at least 1000 at the 2006 census
• Present on the map of the "Institut Géographique du Burkina 2000"
• Separated from another village by at least 5 kilometers.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Village located on a National or Provincial road
• Village located within 20 km of Koudougou or Ouagadougou
• Regional or Provincial Capital
• Absence of pigs in the village

At the individual level, the following eligibility criteria were used:

Inclusion Criteria:

• Aged 5 years old or more
• Has lived in the village for at least 12 months
• Not planning to move in the next three years

Exclusion Criteria:

• Presence of confirmed epilepsy or progressively worsening severe chronic headaches at baseline.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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58 participants in 2 patient groups

Educational package

Active Comparator group

Description:

The educational package included the offering of the Self-Esteem , Associative strengths, Resourcefulness, Action-planning and Responsibility (SARAR) Participatory Hygiene and Sanitation Transformation (PHAST) approach, a 52 minutes educational movie and accompanying cartoon booklet. The package was developed using the PRECEDE approach.

Treatment:

Other: Educational package

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group did not receive any intervention