REDucing Influenza Among University Students, University of California at Berkeley

NCT ID: NCT00448773

Last Updated: 2010-01-07

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: PHASE4
• Total Enrollment: 3000 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2007-02-28
• Study Completion Date: 2008-05-31

Brief Summary

We will be testing the hypothesis whether online education for UC Berkeley students on respiratory hygiene, cough etiquette, hand hygiene/awareness, as well as face mask use (while ill) will reduce the acquisition and transmission of influenza-like illness. The study will be conducted during the flu seasons 2006-7 and 2007-8.

Conditions

Influenza-like Illness; Influenza

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Interventions

Online education

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Registered students
• Attending UC Berkeley at least half-time during the study period

Exclusion Criteria

• Enrolled but studying remotely or abroad for all or part of the study period
• Persons less than 17 years of age

• Minimum Eligible Age: 17 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

University of California, Berkeley

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

FED

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

University of California at Berkeley

Principal Investigators

Tomas J Aragon, MD, DrPH

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of California, Berkeley

Locations

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, California, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

CDC-NCID-20061243

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id