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2025-12-24 @ 6:41 PM
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2026-01-04 @ 4:44 AM
Study NCT ID:
NCT03726957
Status:
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Last Update Posted:
2025-06-13
First Post:
2018-10-17
Is Gene Therapy:
True
Has Adverse Events:
False
Brief Title:
Exploring Respiratory Health Outcomes From Sustained Use of Efficient Cookstoves
Sponsor:
Boston College
Organization:
Study Overview
Official Title:
Exploring Respiratory Health Outcomes From Sustained Use of Efficient Cookstoves
Status:
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Status Verified Date:
2025-06
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
STAR
Brief Summary:
Household air pollution (HAP) is a leading risk factor for global burden of disease. Resource-constrained communities of the world especially women and children are significantly impacted by this challenge. To address household air pollution, cleaner and more efficient improved cookstoves (ICS) have been disseminated to low resource communities. Although there has been initial uptake of these stoves, sustained use has been inconsistent adding to the challenge of household air pollution. There is limited understanding at the intersections of social, ecological, and technical determinants of sustained use of ICS, and how is sustained use of ICS associated with exposure and health outcomes in poor communities.
The overarching goal of this exploratory study is to initiate a comprehensive research program that will facilitate the use of ICS and investigate whether they render significant health benefits among rural Indian households.
The investigators installed ICS (model: Eco-Chulla XXL) in select households that primarily use biomass for cooking, and evaluate the intervention based on three specific aims:
1. To generate preliminary emissions data \[particulate matter - mass and surface area based, carbon monoxide (CO)\] from ICS and its effect on respiratory health outcomes that will facilitate the development of a pivotal clean cookstove intervention
2. To generate effect size data that establish the feasibility and inform the sample size of a pivotal trial whose primary objective will be sustained improvements in the respiratory health of women and children in rural India
3. To evaluate factors which enable and hinder the sustained use of clean cookstove technologies by the rural poor in India so that the investigators can develop a more refined pivotal intervention focused on improving respiratory health
The overarching goal of this exploratory study is to initiate a comprehensive research program that will facilitate the use of ICS and investigate whether they render significant health benefits among rural Indian households.
The investigators installed ICS (model: Eco-Chulla XXL) in select households that primarily use biomass for cooking, and evaluate the intervention based on three specific aims:
1. To generate preliminary emissions data \[particulate matter - mass and surface area based, carbon monoxide (CO)\] from ICS and its effect on respiratory health outcomes that will facilitate the development of a pivotal clean cookstove intervention
2. To generate effect size data that establish the feasibility and inform the sample size of a pivotal trial whose primary objective will be sustained improvements in the respiratory health of women and children in rural India
3. To evaluate factors which enable and hinder the sustained use of clean cookstove technologies by the rural poor in India so that the investigators can develop a more refined pivotal intervention focused on improving respiratory health
Detailed Description:
In this study, the investigators undertake a 12-month cluster randomized trial in 96 households in the rural areas of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka states of India. The investigators enrolled women (primary cook) and one child (age 8-15) in each of these 96 households. The investigators compare the effect of traditional wood burning stoves (the control condition) to that of improved wood burning stoves on the respiratory health of women and children, and also undertake community-based system dynamics modeling to delineate the feedback mechanisms involved in sustained use or abandonment of improved cookstoves. The study and research program are aligned with recent international attention to explore determinants impacting the sustained use of cleaner cooking systems in poor communities of the world. Thus, in achieving the aims of this R21, the investigators will then have: 1) necessary preliminary data; 2) pre-emptive strategies for most of these unanticipated but preventable challenges. The investigators will leverage these insights to proceed with a larger scale intervention: 1) to examine the effect of sustained use of cleaner cooking systems and respiratory health outcomes in women and children due to reduced HAP in rural India; 2) to explore barriers and enablers of implementation of cleaner cooking systems in multiple resource poor settings. Numerous studies have shown that sustained and exclusive use of cleaner cooking systems irrespective of their types have been a challenge. Lukewarm sustenance of cleaner cooking systems in poor households stems from a limited understanding on the grounds of social, technical, economic, and ecological intersections of energy security. The investigators intend to address this gap by using a trans-disciplinary approach to contribute to our understanding of factors that influence the implementation of cleaner cooking systems for rural poor in India.
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
True
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
False
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
False
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?: