Status:
COMPLETED
Caregiver Training to Prevent Konzo Disease in Children in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Lead Sponsor:
Michigan State University
Collaborating Sponsors:
Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale. Kinshasa, République Démocratique du Congo
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Conditions:
Malnutrition
Manihot Species Poisoning
Eligibility:
All Genders
1-4 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The proposed research adapted the caregiver training and child neurodevelopmental assessment capacity that the PI previously built in Uganda beginning in 2008, to a community-based intervention model ...
Detailed Description
Early childhood (1 through 4 yrs) is a period of dramatic developmental change that can be seriously compromised by exposure to toxic cyanogenic cassava (konzo disease), with potentially great impact ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Mother with at least one child aged between 1 and 4 years
- Mother is the primary caregiver of child
- Mother is 18 years of age or older
Exclusion
- History of brain injury (infectious, traumatic, birth) in child
- Konzo disease in any family member of household
- Epilepsy in child
- Any neurodisability in child
- Caregiver is unable to participate in the year-long training
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2021
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 31 2022
Estimated Enrollment :
238 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04036708
Start Date
April 1 2021
End Date
August 31 2022
Last Update
April 24 2024
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Institute National of Research National (INRB)
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo