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Stimulating Private Sector Malaria Control (Outgrowers)

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01397851
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : July 20, 2011
Results First Posted : January 15, 2015
Last Update Posted : January 15, 2015
Sponsor:
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Richard Sedlmayr, PATH

Study Description
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Brief 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.

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Malaria Device: Insecticide-treated net (BASF Incerceptor) Not Applicable

Detailed 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.

Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Actual Enrollment : 81597 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
Official Title: Stimulating Private Sector Malaria Control: The Outgrower Opportunity
Study Start Date : December 2010
Actual Primary Completion Date : December 2011
Actual Study Completion Date : December 2013

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MedlinePlus related topics: Malaria

Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: Treatment: Insecticide-treated net
Smallholder farmers in the treatment group are informed that they won a raffle, and receive a free insecticide-treated net
 Device: Insecticide-treated net (BASF Incerceptor)
One per farmer, once during the 2010-2011 season
No Intervention: Control
Smallholder farmers in the control group are informed that they had a chance to win an insecticide-treated mosquito net in a raffle, but did not end up winning


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Cotton Yields [ Time Frame: 2010-2011 season (up to 1 year) ]
    Farmer's cotton yields (kg delivered per household), as defined in the routine data collection system of the participating cotton outgrowing agribusiness


Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. Contract Defaults [ Time Frame: 2010-2011 season (up to 1 year) ]
    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/

  2. Increase in Maize Productivity [ Time Frame: 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 seasons (up to 2 years) ]
    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)

  3. Self-reported Malaria Prevalence [ Time Frame: 2010-2011 season (up to 1 year) ]
    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/


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Ages Eligible for Study:   Child, Adult, Older Adult
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Farmers who contracted with the participating cotton outgrowing company in the 2010-2011 season
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Locations
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Zambia
National Malaria Control Centre
Lusaka, Zambia
Sponsors and Collaborators
PATH
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Additional Information:

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Responsible Party: Richard Sedlmayr, Principal Investigator, PATH
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01397851    
Other Study ID Numbers: PATH Outgrowers
First Posted: July 20, 2011    Key Record Dates
Results First Posted: January 15, 2015
Last Update Posted: January 15, 2015
Last Verified: January 2015
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Malaria
Protozoan Infections
Parasitic Diseases
Infections
Vector Borne Diseases