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Tick-borne Illness and Clothing Study of Rhode Island

NCT02613585 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 135

Last updated 2021-03-10

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Summary

Lyme and other tick-borne diseases pose a significant health threat to outdoor workers. This study is a double-blind randomized controlled trial of outdoor workers in Rhode Island and the surrounding area that will address the following study aims: 1) Evaluate the effectiveness of LLPI clothing in preventing tick bites among outdoor workers in Lyme endemic areas; 2) Measure the urine levels of permethrin metabolites in study subjects; and 3) Measure the loss over time of knockdown activity against ticks and of permethrin in LLPI clothing.

Conditions

  • Tick Bites
  • Tick-borne Diseases

Interventions

OTHER

Permethrin Impregnated Clothing

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Rhode Island

    collaborator OTHER

  • East Carolina University

    collaborator OTHER

  • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH/CDC)

    collaborator FED

  • 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
2016-02-29
Primary Completion
2019-03-31
Completion
2020-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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