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CTRI Number  CTRI/2025/11/097140 [Registered on: 10/11/2025] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 07/11/2025
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Observational 
Type of Study   Cross Sectional Study 
Study Design  Other 
Public Title of Study   Dwarfness and its relationship to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Practices. 
Scientific Title of Study   Association between Stunting and Wash Practices among Under-Five Children in Central Rural India: A Cross-Sectional Study. 
Trial Acronym  NIL 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Dr Pratik Prashant Tawde 
Designation  Junior Resident 
Affiliation  Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research 
Address  Department of Community Medicine, 3rd floor J.N.M.C Building, Sawangi Meghe.

Wardha
MAHARASHTRA
442001
India 
Phone  9869502751  
Fax    
Email  tawde.pratik@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query  
Name  Dr Zahiruddin Quazi 
Designation  Professor 
Affiliation  Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research 
Address  Department of Community Medicine, 3rd floor J.N.M.C Building, Sawangi Meghe.

Wardha
MAHARASHTRA
442001
India 
Phone  9765404065  
Fax    
Email  zahirquazi@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query  
Name  Dr Pratik Prashant Tawde 
Designation  Junior Resident 
Affiliation  Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research 
Address  Department of Community Medicine, 3rd floor J.N.M.C Building, Sawangi Meghe.

Wardha
MAHARASHTRA
442001
India 
Phone  9869502751  
Fax    
Email  tawde.pratik@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Sawangi Meghe Wardha, India 442001. 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research 
Address  Sawangi Meghe, Wardha, Maharashra, India 442001.  
Type of Sponsor  Private medical college 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 1  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr Pratik P Tawde  Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College  Department of Community Medicine, 3rd Floor, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Sawangi Meghe, Wardha.
Wardha
MAHARASHTRA 		 9869502751

tawde.pratik@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Institutional Ethics Committee Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Healthy Human Volunteers  Children under five year of age 
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  Nil  Nil 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  6.00 Month(s)
Age To  5.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  Under-five children who will be present during the data collection and whose caretakers are willing to give consent and participate in the study. 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Children exhibiting any obvious congenital defect, having a major medical condition, or having a prolonged hospital stay after birth, and those presently involved in another study. 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Significant association between WaSH practices and stunting.  Assessment will be done at 6 months. 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
NIL  NIL 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="188"
Sample Size from India="188" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials" 
Phase of Trial   N/A 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   02/12/2025 
Date of Study Completion (India) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="1"
Months="0"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Yet Recruiting 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Not Yet Recruiting 
Publication Details   N/A 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Response - NO
Brief Summary   Stunting contributes to child mortality and serves as an indicator of disparities in human development. Children who experience stunting do not attain their physical and mental potential. In early childhood, it serves as a robust indicator of healthy development and is associated with various child development areas, such as cognitive, language, and sensory-motor skills. Determinants of stunting are maternal undernutrition and health, inadequate infant and young child feeding practices, frequent infections, especially diarrhoea and respiratory illnesses, poor water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) leading to diarrhoea and environment enteric dysfunction (EED), socioeconomic and environmental factors. The connections between inadequate WASH and childhood stunting are intricate, involving several direct biological pathways as well as numerous wider, indirect pathways such as repeated diarrhea, infection pathways, and environmental enteric dysfunction (EED). There is a lack of research on the relationship between stunting and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) practices in central rural India. This study will help develop and implement health education strategies and necessary interventions to reduce the stunting rate. To address this research gap, our study aims to investigate the relationships between stunting and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WaSH) practices in central rural India. 
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