Trial Outcomes & Findings for A Community Trial to Determine Whether 'Safe Storage' Reduces Pesticide Self-poisoning in Rural Asia (NCT NCT01146496)

Results Overview

Cases identified by survey of local and referral hospitals and by regular interview of primary informants in each village

Recruitment status

COMPLETED

Study phase

NA

Target enrollment

223861 participants

Primary outcome timeframe

For three years after intervention

Results posted on

2019-07-18

Participant Flow

Participant milestones

Participant milestones
Measure	Storage Container Ultraviolet light resistant plastic in-ground pesticide storage container Ultraviolet light-resistant plastic in-ground pesticide storage container: In-ground pesticide storage container to be supplied to every household that uses pesticides in intervention villages	Control No intervention
Overall Study STARTED	114168	109693
Overall Study COMPLETED	114168	109693
Overall Study NOT COMPLETED	0	0

Reasons for withdrawal

Withdrawal data not reported

Baseline Characteristics

A Community Trial to Determine Whether 'Safe Storage' Reduces Pesticide Self-poisoning in Rural Asia

Baseline characteristics by cohort

Baseline characteristics by cohort
Measure	Storage Container n=114168 Participants Ultraviolet light resistant plastic in-ground pesticide storage container Ultraviolet light-resistant plastic in-ground pesticide storage container: In-ground pesticide storage container to be supplied to every household that uses pesticides in intervention villages	Control n=109693 Participants	Total n=223861 Participants Total of all reporting groups
Age, Customized Number >14 years	87751 Participants n=5 Participants	84469 Participants n=7 Participants	172220 Participants n=5 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized Females >14 yrs	44693 Participants n=5 Participants	43105 Participants n=7 Participants	87798 Participants n=5 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized Sri Lankan	114168 Participants n=5 Participants	109693 Participants n=7 Participants	223861 Participants n=5 Participants
Region of Enrollment Sri Lanka	114168 participants n=5 Participants	109693 participants n=7 Participants	223861 participants n=5 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: For three years after intervention

Cases identified by survey of local and referral hospitals and by regular interview of primary informants in each village

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure	Storage Container n=114168 Participants Ultraviolet light resistant plastic in-ground pesticide storage container Ultraviolet light-resistant plastic in-ground pesticide storage container: In-ground pesticide storage container to be supplied to every household that uses pesticides in intervention villages	Control n=109693 Participants
Incidence of Pesticide Self-poisoning	611 Participants	641 Participants

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: For three years post-intervention

Cases of self-poisoning identified

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure	Storage Container n=114168 Participants Ultraviolet light resistant plastic in-ground pesticide storage container Ultraviolet light-resistant plastic in-ground pesticide storage container: In-ground pesticide storage container to be supplied to every household that uses pesticides in intervention villages	Control n=109693 Participants
Incidence of All Self-poisoning	1155 Participants	1173 Participants

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: For three years after intervention

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure	Storage Container n=114168 Participants Ultraviolet light resistant plastic in-ground pesticide storage container Ultraviolet light-resistant plastic in-ground pesticide storage container: In-ground pesticide storage container to be supplied to every household that uses pesticides in intervention villages	Control n=109693 Participants
Incidence of All Self-harm	1217 Participants	1220 Participants

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: For three years post intervention

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure	Storage Container n=114168 Participants Ultraviolet light resistant plastic in-ground pesticide storage container Ultraviolet light-resistant plastic in-ground pesticide storage container: In-ground pesticide storage container to be supplied to every household that uses pesticides in intervention villages	Control n=109693 Participants
Incidence of Fatal Self-harm	82 Participants	67 Participants

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: For three years post intervention

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure	Storage Container n=114168 Participants Ultraviolet light resistant plastic in-ground pesticide storage container Ultraviolet light-resistant plastic in-ground pesticide storage container: In-ground pesticide storage container to be supplied to every household that uses pesticides in intervention villages	Control n=109693 Participants
Incidence of Pesticide Poisoning	633 Participants	662 Participants

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: For three years post intervention

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure	Storage Container n=114168 Participants Ultraviolet light resistant plastic in-ground pesticide storage container Ultraviolet light-resistant plastic in-ground pesticide storage container: In-ground pesticide storage container to be supplied to every household that uses pesticides in intervention villages	Control n=109693 Participants
Incidence of Unintentional Paediatric Pesticide Poisoning	18 Participants	15 Participants

Adverse Events

Storage Container

Serious events: 0 serious events

Other events: 0 other events

Deaths: 0 deaths

Control

Serious events: 0 serious events

Other events: 0 other events

Deaths: 0 deaths

Serious adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Other adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Additional Information

Michael Eddleston

University of Edinburgh

Phone: 01312426776

Email: [email protected]

Results disclosure agreements

Principal investigator is a sponsor employee
Publication restrictions are in place