Insecticidal School Uniforms for Dengue Prevention in Thailand
Not Applicable
Terminated
- Conditions
- Dengue
- Interventions
- Other: permethrin insecticideOther: washing
- Registration Number
- NCT01563640
- Lead Sponsor
- Umeå University
- Brief Summary
This is a randomised controlled trial that will be conducted in eastern Thailand in a group of schools with approximately 2,000 students aged 7-15 years. Pre-fabricated school uniforms will be commercially treated to ensure consistent high quality of insecticide impregnation with permethrin. A double-blind randomised cross-over trial at the school level will cover two dengue transmission seasons.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- TERMINATED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1825
Inclusion Criteria
- pupils in participating schools
Exclusion Criteria
- skin sensitivity, exema
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- CROSSOVER
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description insecticide-treated school uniforms permethrin insecticide washing and insecticide treatment normal school uniforms washing washing only
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method insecticide:placebo incidence rate-ratio (per 1,000 person-years) of laboratory-confirmed dengue cases in school-aged children up to 2 years Schools are cross-over randomised to insecticide-treated or untreated (placebo) school uniforms, and so the primary outcome is the rate-ratio of dengue fever cases in school children, compared between these two groups.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method comparison between intervention and placebo groups of number of serious skin reactions to insecticide-treated uniforms up to 2 years
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Centre of Excellence for Vectors and Vector-Borne Diseases, Mahidol University
🇹🇭Salaya, Thailand