Den här översättningen är inte klar ännu. Den här sidan är just nu på engelska.

Gå till den engelska sidan

Cure My Disease

Don't miss your cure!

 Log in / Sign up

UV water treatment tested to keep kids healthy

NCT ID NCT04258059

Prevention Sponsor: Temple University Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

What the study statuses mean

This study's is highlighted.

Recruitment status, easiest to join first

Recruiting now
This trial is taking on new participants right now.
Not yet recruiting
Registered, but not yet taking participants.
By invitation only
Not open to general applications. Only people the study team invites can take part.
Paused
Paused for now. It may or may not start again.
Ongoing
Running, but no longer taking on new participants.
Completed This study
The trial has finished. Results may not be published yet.
Stopped early
Stopped early, before it reached the end. That can be for many reasons, including safety.
Cancelled
Cancelled before anyone took part.

Expanded access (not trials)

Expanded access
Not a trial. This treatment can be requested outside a study, case by case, for people who qualify.
Expanded access (paused)
Not a trial. The treatment can normally be requested outside a study, but is unavailable right now.
Expanded access (ended)
Not a trial. The treatment could once be requested outside a study, but no longer can.
Approved
The treatment has been approved, so it is available normally rather than through this programme.

When the status isn't known

Details not published
The full record has not been published yet, so there is little to show here.
Status unknown
This status has not been confirmed recently, so it may be out of date.

First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026

Summary

This study tested whether treating private well water with ultraviolet (UV) light can prevent stomach and respiratory infections in children under 5. Researchers gave 28 Pennsylvania households either a real UV device or a fake one and tracked illness symptoms via weekly texts. The goal is to see if UV treatment reduces the burden of waterborne illness in vulnerable kids.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
UV water treatment device
What this could lead to
If effective, this could show that treating well water with UV light reduces illness in young children, pointing toward a simple prevention method.
What could go wrong
This is a small, early-stage trial with only 28 households, so results may not apply broadly. The device may not significantly reduce illness, and the study relies on self-reported symptoms.

This is an AI summary of the original study and may miss details. Read our disclaimer.

Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

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

28 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Jun 2020

Finished

May 2022

Lead sponsor

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

6 to 59 months

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.

Show the full entry requirements

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Child resides in Berks, Bucks, Chester, Lancaster, Lehigh, or Montgomery County in Pennsylvania * Household is served by a private well * Participant child is under the age of 5 (under 4 at time of enrollment), who is a full-time resident of the home and drinks untreated well water (75% or more of water consumption must be from untreated well water) * Parent/guardian has access to a phone with texting capabilities Exclusion Criteria: * Child participant is immunocompromised * Child participant has a chronic gastrointestinal condition * Child takes daily oral steroids * Household treats water before consumption (with the exception of water softeners)

Get updates

Get notified about this study

Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for Gastrointestinal infection are added.

Vår säkerhetsrekommendation!

Genom att skicka in godkänner du våra Användarvillkor

Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

digestive system infectious disorder respiratory tract infectious disorder viral respiratory tract infection

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Gastrointestinal infection Respiratory viral infection

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Temple University

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19122, United States

More trials for these conditions

Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.