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

August 28, 2014 updated by: Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille

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.

Study Overview

Status

Terminated

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

125

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • France
      • Marseille, France, 13354
        • Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Marseille

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

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

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Double

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Placebo Comparator: no permethrin
Drug: no Permethrin impregnated
Experimental: permethrin
Drug: Permethrin impregnated

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Show that underwear soaked with permethrine in 8 % allow to reduce in a long-lasting way (J90 and J365) of 50 % the index of infestation and prevalency of the louses in the group treated with regard to the group placebo.
Time Frame: 2 YEARS
2 YEARS

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Show that underwear soaked with permethrine in 8 % allow to reduce in a long-lasting way (J90 and J365) of 50 % the index of infestation and prevalency of the louses in the group treated with regard to the group placebo.
Time Frame: 2 years
2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 2011

Primary Completion (Actual)

May 1, 2012

Study Completion (Actual)

May 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 31, 2011

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 31, 2011

First Posted (Estimate)

February 1, 2011

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

August 29, 2014

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 28, 2014

Last Verified

August 1, 2014

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Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2010-A01406-33
  • 2010 30 (Other Identifier: AP HM)

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