Effectiveness of Permethrin Impregnated Underwear in Preventing Louse Proliferation in Infected Homeless (ERPOUPER)

Public Assistance-Hospitals of Marseille (AP-HM)

Status

Terminated

Conditions

Body's Louses

Treatments

Drug: Permethrin impregnated

Drug: no Permethrin impregnated

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01287663

2010 30 (Other Identifier)

2010-A01406-33

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment

125 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patient HOMELESS PERSON " individual who has no regular access to a conventional residence ", appearing during the period of study at reception centers (Forbin or Madrague Ville) and being in the habit of wearing there (at least 4 times a week),
Male genital organ and feminine,
Of more than 18 years old,
Presenting of the prurit, hurts of scratching or the louses
Wishing to change his underwear,
Having given his lit(enlightened) consent

Exclusion criteria

Woman presenting a sexually transmitted infection (infection with gonococcus, with Chlamydia trachomatis, with Trichomonas vaginalis) revealing on the takings realized during the consultation of inclusion but the bacteriological results of which will be known only secondarily.
Pregnant Woman presenting to the consultation of inclusion of métrorragies either a break of the pocket of waters or an infectious complication of the pregnancy.
Woman removing her consent during the study.
Lost sight Woman.
Woman deprived of freedom, judicial or administrative;
Woman hospitalized for quite other reason that looks for her(it);
Woman hospitalized in a sanitary establishment or social in the other purposes that the research;
Major Woman except state to express its consent