NCT00883441

Implementation Research of New Dengue Vector Control Tools

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 22 (actual)
• Sponsor: Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

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.

Conditions

• DENGUE

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
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.

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-07-01
• Primary completion: 2009-02-01
• Completion: 2009-12-01
• First posted: 2009-04-17
• Last updated: 2013-01-08

Locations

2 sites across 2 countries: Thailand, Venezuela