Rural Appalachia Pilot Water Treatment Trial

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Exposure to Chemical Pollution; Water-Related Diseases; Enteric Pathogens

Treatments: Device: Countertop pitcher water filter

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06120985

23-685

Details and patient eligibility

About

Consumption of unsafe drinking water is associated with a substantial burden of disease globally. In the USA, the burden of disease associated with consumption of contaminated drinking water from non-regulated private wells and springs in rural areas is relatively understudied and unclear. For some lower-income households in rural areas of the USA without access to reliably safe drinking water, point-of-use treatment with relatively low-cost pitcher filters could help to reduce exposures to contaminated water and associated adverse health outcomes. This pilot randomized controlled intervention trial will provide information and data on water quality and contamination exposures, associated health outcomes, and the adoption potential of point-of-use water filters in rural areas of Virginia and Tennessee.

Enrollment: 76 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6+ months old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The household does not have utility-supplied water at the time of enrollment,
• The household is considered to be "low-income" (based on federally defined income limits),
• The household is in one of the selected study counties in TN or VA.

Exclusion criteria

• None (no exclusion criterion based on gender, race, ethnicity, language, or literacy).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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76 participants in 2 patient groups

Treatment

Active Comparator group

Description:

Households randomized to the treatment group will be provided countertop pitcher water filters

Treatment:

Device: Countertop pitcher water filter

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Households randomized to the control group will be provided water filters at the completion of the study