Massive rural health study to reveal hidden burden of RSV and pneumonia
NCT ID NCT07403019
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study will follow 2,000 people—children under 5 and adults aged 16-60—in 30 villages in rural India to track how often they get serious lung infections from RSV, flu, COVID-19, and other viruses. Researchers will visit homes weekly and test samples to measure how many cases lead to hospital stays or death. The goal is to understand the true impact of these infections in a high-risk area.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 2,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Apr 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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.
Who is studied
The study is based on a poor rural population of Melghat, Amaravati district of Maharashtra in India, where all of the participants are of Indian origin/descent. Since India is the single most important country contributing to the burden of morbidity and mortality of respiratory illness globally, and most of this occurs in parts of rural India where infant mortality and adult mortality still remains high, this population is the exact population where studies on the viral epidemiology and burden need to be conducted. Hence this population though not diverse, is a highly relevant population whether burden of disease occurs, but is really unstudied till our preceding study referenced in the text.
- Ages
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1 minute to 60 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Inclusion Criteria: * All children (0-5 years) and adults (16-60 years) from 30 villlages and 15 hospitals will be included in the study who are sufffering from pneumonia or who died. Informed written consent from parents, patients and spouse or children in necessary Exclusion Criteria: * All other healthy people from the study area will be excluded or who donot give informed written consent will be excluded.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Mahatma Gandhi Tribal Hospital Karmgram Utavali Dharni Amaravati
Amravati, Maharashtra, 444 702, India
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