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Effectiveness of Permethrin Impregnated Underwear in Preventing Louse Proliferation in Infected Homeless

NCT01287663 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 125

Last updated 2014-08-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Homelessness, also name the fourth world, is a growing public health problem worldwide. Previous studies showed that up to 30% of the homeless people reported pruritus that often results in itchy lesions, which expose them to bacterial skin infections.

The investigators therefore conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to test the hypothesis that a single oral dose of ivermectin was effective in significantly reducing the prevalence of pruritus in a sheltered homeless population.

Conditions

  • Body's Louses

Interventions

DRUG

Permethrin impregnated

DRUG

no Permethrin impregnated

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • BERNARD BELAIGUES · Assistance Publique hôpitaux de Marseille

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-01-31
Primary Completion
2012-05-31
Completion
2012-05-31

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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