Hand sanitizer and virus tracking: new study aims to curb COVID-19 in dominican republic
NCT ID NCT04898738
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This completed study enrolled over 1,000 people in the Dominican Republic to track how COVID-19 spreads and how to control it. Researchers provided some households with alcohol-based hand sanitizer and monitored handwashing habits, virus exposure, and vaccine attitudes. The goal was to understand transmission and test simple prevention measures.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- alcohol-based hand sanitizer
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that providing hand sanitizer helps reduce COVID-19 spread in communities.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. Results may not apply to other countries or settings.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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1,043 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2021
- Finished
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Feb 2023
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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2 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Previously enrolled in a linked national community-based seroepidemiological study in the Dominican Republic * Agreed and consented to be recontacted to participate in additional research studies at the time of enrollment in #1 * ≥2 years of age * Agree to participate Exclusion Criteria: * Ward of the State
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Community study
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
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