Insecticidal School Uniforms for Dengue Prevention in Thailand

Not Applicable

Terminated

• Conditions: Dengue

• 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

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-03
• Study First Submitted: 2012-03-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-03-22
• Study First Posted: 2012-03-27
• Primary Completion: 2013-06
• Study Completion: 2014-12
• Status Verified: 2015-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-08-31
• Last Update Posted: 2015-09-01

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

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