Implementation Research of New Dengue Vector Control Tools

Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium

Status: Completed

Conditions: DENGUE

Treatments: Other: Insecticide treated curtains and insecticide treated covers

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00883441

INCO-CT-2004-517708-WP4

Details and patient eligibility

About

This project will provide new insights concerning how to reduce dengue transmission by means of cost-effective and sustainable implementation strategies of vector control methods.

The research will assess key strategies which deliver new vector control tools with respect to their cost-effectiveness, acceptability and sustainability in contrasting environments.

Enrollment: 22 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• No patients, but communities were included, with as inclusion criteria: neighborhoods of Lam Chabang, Thailand and Valera and San Rafael de Carvajal, Venezuela after obtaining community approval

Exclusion criteria

• Neighborhoods without community approval

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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22 participants in 2 patient groups

VM

Experimental group

Description:

implementation of new vector control tools (insecticide treated curtains and jar covers) through the existing routine vector control programme

Treatment:

Other: Insecticide treated curtains and insecticide treated covers

PM

Experimental group

Description:

implementation of new vector control tools (insecticide treated covers and curtains) through partnerships

Treatment:

Other: Insecticide treated curtains and insecticide treated covers