Status:
COMPLETED
Face Masks for Preventing Influenza Transmission
Lead Sponsor:
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Conditions:
Influenza Human
Eligibility:
All Genders
5+ years
Phase:
PHASE4
Brief Summary
This work aims to measure the effectiveness of face mask worn by a patient with flu to avoid transmission to other persons in the household.
Detailed Description
Background. Non pharmaceutical interventions, and in particular the wearing of face masks, could play a role in controlling the transmission of influenza in the early stages of the epidemic. In the Fr...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patient seeking medical advice for:
- For symptoms less than 48 hours, combining fever\> = 37.8 ° C and a cough,
- during the period of a seasonal influenza epidemic (as defined by the Sentinel network)
- Older than 5 years
- And living in a household size between 3 to 8..
- The patient is the first case in the household (index patient). The patient has a positive rapid influenza A test.
- Informed consent.
- Affiliation to the social security.
Exclusion
- When concomitant influenza cases are known in other householders
- When the patient is suffering from asthma or COPD (ongoing treatment):
- Hospitalization.
- Treatment by a neuraminidase inhibitor.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
372 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00774774
Start Date
January 1 2009
End Date
September 1 2009
Last Update
April 26 2011
Active Locations (1)
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Hopital Saint Antoine
Paris, France, 75012