Status:
COMPLETED
A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of Refined Methods to Mitigate Indoor Allergens in North Carolina and Boston, Massachusetts Homes
Lead Sponsor:
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Conditions:
Hypersensitivity
Eligibility:
All Genders
21+ years
Brief Summary
A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of Refined Methods to Mitigate Indoor Allergens in North Carolina and Boston, Massachusetts Homes
Detailed Description
We propose to conduct a study to evaluate the efficacy of an intensive cockroach and cockroach allergen removal program to mitigate cockroach allergen levels in house dust to less than 8 Units Bla g1 ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- INCLUSION CRITERIA:
- To be eligible for the study, each home must:
- have a home occupant who intends to live at the same address for at least 6 months;
- have a home occupant live at the house full time;
- have a home occupant that is at least 21 years of age;
- have at least one bedroom with wall to wall carpeting.
- Yield dust collected during the screening visit that contains combined Der f I plus Der p I allergen levels of greater than or equal to 10 ug/gram dust.
- For the intervention arm only:
- home occupant must have an adult at home during the study visits on weekdays over the six month period that the study is ongoing.
- EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
- Homes will be excluded from this study if any of the inclusion criteria are not met.
- Indoor Dust Mite Allergen:
- Must have a home occupant who intends to live at the same address for at least 6 months; live at the house full time; be at least 21 years of age; have at least one bedroom with wall to wall carpeting; yield dust collected during the screening visit that contains combined Def fl plus Der pl allergen levels of greater than or equal to 10 ug/gram dust.
- For Intervention arm only - home occupant must have an adult at home during the study visits on weekdays over the six month period that the study is ongoing.
- Indoor Cockroach Allergen:
- Must have a home occupant that intends to live at the same address for at least 6 months; live in the house full time; be at least 21 years of age; have moderate to severe cockroach infestation as evidenced by occupant self-reports of cockroach sightings and by sticky trap assessment that yield a combined total sticky trap count of 50-250 cockroaches.
- For intervention arm only - home occupant must have an adult at home during most of the weekdays over the six month period that the study is ongoing.
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 19 2000
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
End Date :
September 11 2006
Estimated Enrollment :
88 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00344344
Start Date
October 19 2000
End Date
September 11 2006
Last Update
July 2 2017
Active Locations (1)
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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892