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Tick-borne Illness and Clothing Study

NCT01454414 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 159

Last updated 2021-03-30

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Summary

The high risk of acquiring tick-borne diseases by outdoor workers is well documented. Workers most at risk include, foresters, park rangers, land surveyors and other outdoor workers have frequent exposure to tick-infested habitats. Many North Carolina state employees with outdoor occupations report multiple tick bites each year, which indicates that existing tick preventive strategies may be ineffective. The principal goal of this study is to assess whether the use of long-lasting permethrin impregnated uniforms can reduce the number of tick bites sustained by North Carolina outdoor workers.

Conditions

  • Tick Bites
  • Tick-borne Illness

Interventions

OTHER

Permethrin Impregnated Uniforms

Uniforms treated with permethrin according to proprietary process used by Insect Shield, Inc.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • North Carolina State University

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Steven R Meshnick, MD, PhD · University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-10-31
Primary Completion
2012-10-31
Completion
2013-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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