Caregiver Training to Prevent Konzo Disease in Children in Democratic Republic of Congo
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- Same as current
Summary
- Conditions
- Malnutrition
- Manihot Species Poisoning
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Design
- Allocation: RandomizedIntervention Model: Parallel AssignmentMasking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)Primary Purpose: Prevention
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 4 years and 99 years
- Gender
- Both males and females
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 throughout central and western sub-Sahara Africa in regions dependent on this food staple. In the fa...
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 throughout central and western sub-Sahara Africa in regions dependent on this food staple. In the face of ongoing economic instability and nutritional, medical and educational deprivation affecting konzo at-risk communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo, no programs exist for sustaining a favorable developmental milieu for these children. By establishing the viability of caregiver training interventions to enhance functionality among caregivers and improve caregiving quality while preventing konzo, the present R21 proposal can benefit tens of millions of children at-risk neurodevelopmentally; not only from poorly processed cyanogenic cassava, but also from a myriad of other non-infectious and infectious diseases.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT04036708
- Collaborators
- Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale. Kinshasa, République Démocratique du Congo
- Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Michael J Boivin, PhD Professor