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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 11 January 2021
Main ID:  NCT03351504
Date of registration: 19/11/2017
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital
Public title: Solar Lighting to Reduce Indoor Air Pollution in Rural Uganda
Scientific title: Solar Lighting Intervention Trial to Reduce Indoor Air Pollution and Improve Adult Respiratory Health in Rural Uganda
Date of first enrolment: February 7, 2018
Target sample size: 80
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03351504
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Uganda United States
Contacts
Name:     Peggy S Lai, MD MPH
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Affiliation:  Massachusetts General Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Women living in Nyakabare Parish, Uganda with no prior history of chronic lung disease

Exclusion Criteria:

- Current active tuberculosis in any family member



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Pollution Related Respiratory Disorder
Hypertension
Pollution; Exposure
Intervention(s)
Other: Solar lighting system
Primary Outcome(s)
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and Black Carbon [Time Frame: 48 hour]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Daily use of solar lighting system (hours per day) [Time Frame: baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months after the intervention]
Blood pressure [Time Frame: baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months after the intervention]
Heart rate variability [Time Frame: baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months after the intervention]
Forced Expiratory Volume in one Second (FEV1) [Time Frame: baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months after the intervention]
Qualitative interviews [Time Frame: Post-intervention]
Stool microbiome [Time Frame: baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months after the intervention]
Secondary ID(s)
2017P000306/PHS
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Harvard School of Public Health
Ethics review
Results
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