Fit Plus: Assessing the Impact of a School-based Intervention on Toilet Quality

Hand Hygiene Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Randomised Control Trial of a Sanitation Operation and Management Intervention in Elementary Schools in the Philippines (Fit for School Plus)

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03204175
• Other study ID #: 12238
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: June 28, 2017
• Last updated: March 9, 2018
• Start date: July 10, 2017
• Est. completion date: November 30, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: June 2017
• Source: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study will assess the impact of a school-based water, sanitation, and hygiene management intervention on toilet use and pupil handwashing in the Philippines.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 8687
• Est. completion date: November 30, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: November 30, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 5 Years to 15 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Attending study school on day of observation

Exclusion Criteria:

• No predefined exclusion criteria since individual-level data is not recorded.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Hand Hygiene

Intervention

Other:
• FIT Plus
Group handwashing facilities Daily group handwashing and toothbrushing activities Sanitation operation and maintenance manuals for school officials Toilet cleaning consumable Toilet and handwashing station maintenance kits Soap, toothbrushes, and toothpaste
• Comparator arm
This is the same intervention as FIT Plus, but will be delivered to schools following endline data collection

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Philippines	GIZ / Fit For School	Manila

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine	Academic Centre for Dentistry in Amsterdam, Deutsche Gesellshaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GMBH

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Philippines, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Toilet Usability Index	The Toilet Usability Index is a composite score based on toilet availability, accessibility, and privacy collected through direct observation of facilities.	5 months after intervention delivery
Secondary	Soap Use Ratio	The secondary outcome measure is the soap-use ratio per toilet, which will be calculated based on the weight of soap used in one day divided by the number of toileting events in the same day.	5 months after intervention delivery