Stimulating Private Sector Malaria Control

Malaria Clinical Trial

— Outgrowers  

Official title:

Stimulating Private Sector Malaria Control: The Outgrower Opportunity

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01397851
• Other study ID #: PATH Outgrowers
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: December 2010
• Est. completion date: December 2013

Study information

• Verified date: November 2023
• Source: PATH
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Preliminary evidence from ongoing research provides strong indications that protecting farmers from malaria would be profitable for outgrowing agribusinesses in sub-Saharan Africa. The study team invests in experimental research to investigate this conjecture in more detail.

Description:

The study evaluates whether the sourcing of insecticide-treated nets and their distribution to smallholder farmers for free would be a profitable investment for a cotton outgrowing agribusiness in Zambia.

The study therefore carries out a major net distribution through the existing distribution channels of a cotton outgrowing agribusiness, evaluates the impact of this distribution on smallholder cotton yields, and values the profitability implications for the outgrowing agribusiness.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 81597
• Est. completion date: December 2013
• Est. primary completion date: December 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 70 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Farmers who contracted with the participating cotton outgrowing company in the 2010-2011 season

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Malaria

Intervention

Device:
• Insecticide-treated net (BASF Incerceptor)
One per farmer, once during the 2010-2011 season

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Zambia	National Malaria Control Centre	Lusaka

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
PATH

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Zambia, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Cotton Yields	Farmer's cotton yields (kg delivered per household), as defined in the routine data collection system of the participating cotton outgrowing agribusiness	2010-2011 season (up to 1 year)
Secondary	Contract Defaults	Defaults on input loans, as defined in the routine data collection system of the participating cotton outgrowing agribusiness. Odds ratios calculated in accordance with NIH guidance: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2938757/	2010-2011 season (up to 1 year)
Secondary	Increase in Maize Productivity	Increase in self-reported maize productivity (yield on maize plots divided by size of maize plots), collected through validation survey; calculated as maize productivity 2010-11 minus maize productivity 2009-10, measured in bags (ordinarily 50kg bags; however, kg measure not specified)	2009-2010 and 2010-2011 seasons (up to 2 years)
Secondary	Self-reported Malaria Prevalence	Over two weeks before interview, collected through validation survey. Odds ratio calculated in accordance with NIH guidance http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2938757/	2010-2011 season (up to 1 year)

External Links

•   status update as of 2 April 2013