NCT01563640

Insecticidal School Uniforms for Dengue Prevention in Thailand

Can Insecticide-treated School Uniforms Reduce Dengue Infections in School-aged Children in Thailand

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,825 (actual)
• Sponsor: Umeå University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 7 Years – 15 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

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.

Conditions

• Dengue

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	permethrin insecticide	commercial permethrin insecticide impregnation of clothing before transmission season
OTHER	washing	normal washing of school uniforms, without permethrin insecticide impregnation

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-03-01
• Primary completion: 2013-06-01
• Completion: 2014-12-01
• First posted: 2012-03-27
• Last updated: 2015-09-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Thailand