Implementation Research of New Dengue Vector Control Tools

DENGUE Clinical Trial

Official title:

Implementation Research of New Dengue Vector Control Tools

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00883441
• Other study ID #: INCO-CT-2004-517708-WP4
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: April 15, 2009
• Last updated: January 7, 2013
• Start date: July 2006
• Est. completion date: December 2009

Study information

• Verified date: January 2013
• Source: Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Belgium: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This project will provide new insights concerning how to reduce dengue transmission by means of cost-effective and sustainable implementation strategies of vector control methods.

The research will assess key strategies which deliver new vector control tools with respect to their cost-effectiveness, acceptability and sustainability in contrasting environments.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 22
• Est. completion date: December 2009
• Est. primary completion date: February 2009
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• No patients, but communities were included, with as inclusion criteria: neighborhoods of Lam Chabang, Thailand and Valera and San Rafael de Carvajal, Venezuela after obtaining community approval

Exclusion Criteria:

• Neighborhoods without community approval

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Health Services Research

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• DENGUE

Intervention

Other:
• Insecticide treated curtains and insecticide treated covers
The study is comparing the introduction of two new vector control tools (insecticide treated curtains and insecticide treated covers) through two different distribution strategies. These tools are curently not in use in the routine programmes of the concerned countries.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Thailand	Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University,	Bangkok
Venezuela	Universidad de Los Andes, Research Centre, Trujillo	Trujillo

Sponsors (4)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium	European Union, Mahidol University, Universidad Los Andes, Chile

Countries where clinical trial is conducted

Thailand,  Venezuela, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Aedes aegypti entomological indices		every 6 months	No
Secondary	uptake and acceptance of tools		6 and 18 months after distribution	No