NCT03280771 is a NA clinical trial of Hope Soap in Hand-washing Behavior, sponsored by University of Cape Town.

Who is sponsoring NCT03280771?

NCT03280771 is sponsored by University of Cape Town.

What drugs are being tested in NCT03280771?

Interventions in NCT03280771: Hope Soap, Control group soap.

What condition does NCT03280771 study?

NCT03280771 studies Hand-washing Behavior, Diarrhea.

Is NCT03280771 still recruiting?

NCT03280771 is currently completed. Last updated 13 September 2017.

Last reviewed 2017-09-13 · How we verify

NCT03280771

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Published: 2026-01-01
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The Hope Soap Study: a Hand-washing Intervention Among Children in South Africa

Completed NA Last updated 13 September 2017

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Hope Soap in Hand-washing Behavior in 288 participants. Completed in 15 December 2015.

Timeline

1 September 2014

Primary endpoint
15 December 2014

15 December 2015

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of Cape Town
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	prevention
Enrollment	288
Start date	1 September 2014
Primary completion	15 December 2014
Estimated completion	15 December 2015

Drugs / interventions tested

Hope Soap
Control group soap

Conditions studied

Hand-washing Behavior — all drugs for Hand-washing Behavior →
Diarrhea — all drugs for Diarrhea →

Sponsor

University of Cape Town

Who can join

Adults 3 to 9, any sex, with Hand-washing Behavior or Diarrhea. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The Hope Soap Study is a randomised-control pilot study of a hand-washing intervention in which children in treatment households received a bi-monthly delivery of HOPE SOAP©, a colourful, translucent bar of soap with a toy embedded in its centre.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

Washing with hope: evidence of improved handwashing among children in South Africa from a pilot study of a novel soap technology.
Burns J, Maughan-Brown B, Mouzinho Â. · · 2018 · cited 11× · PMID 29879942 · DOI 10.1186/s12889-018-5573-8

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Verify against primary sources

ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
WHO ICTRP — international registry index
EU Clinical Trials Register
Sponsor press releases (Google)

Data sources for this page

Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03280771 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Cape Town
Last refreshed: 13 September 2017

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