Status:
COMPLETED
Study to Test Whether Shoes Protect Children Against Hookworm Infection on Pemba Island, Zanzibar
Lead Sponsor:
Bird, Christopher
Collaborating Sponsors:
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Fondazione Ivo de Carneri, Milan, Italy
Conditions:
Hookworm
Eligibility:
All Genders
7-17 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Small association studies have hypothesised that shoes protect against hookworm infection. The purpose of this pragmatic study was determine, under field conditions, whether school-age children on Pem...
Detailed Description
Aim: To carry out a cluster randomised controlled trial (non-blinded) to test under field conditions whether the provision of shoes to school-aged children on Pemba Island, Zanzibar, an area of high h...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- school-aged children attending one of the 12 schools identified for the study
Exclusion
- lack of consent from family
- allergy to Albendazole
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2011
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
1056 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01869127
Start Date
July 1 2011
End Date
October 1 2012
Last Update
June 5 2013
Active Locations (1)
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Public Health Laboratory
Chake Chake, Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania