Spatial Repellents for Aedes-borne Virus Control in Sri Lanka
NCT ID: NCT05452447
Last Updated: 2025-09-15
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
6949 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2023-03-02
2025-06-30
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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The spatial repellent (SR) will be a new formulation of transfluthrin. This active ingredient (AI) is widely used in mosquito coils and other household pest control products worldwide. The new formulation is a passive emanator that will release the AI over a period of up to four weeks, Mosquito ShieldTM. The emanator will consist of a pre-treated piece of cellulose acetate or other medium, which will be positioned within consenting households according to manufacturer specifications of 2 units/9m2. A placebo product of matched design with inert ingredients will be applied similarly. The Mosquito ShieldTM and placebo products for this study will be designed and provided by S.C. Johnson, INC. A Family Company.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
DOUBLE
Study Groups
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Spatial Repellent
Transfluthrin
Transfluthrin
Passive emanator with formulated transfluthrin
Placebo
Inert ingredients
Placebo
Passive emanator with formulated inert ingredients
Interventions
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Transfluthrin
Passive emanator with formulated transfluthrin
Placebo
Passive emanator with formulated inert ingredients
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Plans to stay in residence and/or study area for a minimum of 24 months
* Resident of household or frequent visitor (\~20% of day hours in house / month)
* Adult head of households agrees to census, health visits and logging resident symptoms when febrile (or in the case of suspected Zika in the absence of fever, presenting with rash, arthralgia, arthritis or non-purulent conjunctivitis).
* Individuals spend a minimum of 4hrs per week during the daytime hours or sleep in the house.
* ≥ 6mo of age.
* Fever at the time of presentation or report of feverishness within the previous 24 hours or presenting with a rash, arthralgia, arthritis or non-purulent conjunctivitis (suspicion of ZIKA determined by project physician)
* Individual who spends a minimum of 4 hours per week within the household or sleeps in the house.
* Adult head of household agrees to surveys.
* Properties where study personnel do not identify a security risk (i.e., site where drugs are sold, residents are always drunk or hostile).
* Adult head of households agrees to have intervention applied inside the home and to provide access to team member at 4-week intervals to change products.
* Properties where study personnel do not identify a security risk (i.e., site where drugs are sold, residents are always drunk or hostile).
Exclusion Criteria
* Plans to leave residence and/or study area within next 24 months
* Temporary visitor to household (\<20% of day hours in house/ month)
FEBRILE SURVEILLANCE Household Level
* Adult head of households does not agree to census, health visits or logging symptoms of residents.
* Households where study personnel identify a security risk (i.e., site where drugs are sold, residents are always drunk or hostile).
* Sites where no residents spend time during the day (i.e. work 7d a week outside the home).
FEBRILE SURVEILLANCE Individual Level
* \< 6mo of age.
* No fever at time of presentation or report of feverishness within the previous 24 hours or not reporting with a rash, arthralgia, arthritis or non-purulent conjunctivitis
* Individuals who have spent less than 4 hours in the household during the week prior to illness.
ENTOMOLOGICAL MONITORING Household Level
* Adult head of household does not agree to surveys.
* Properties where study personnel identify a security risk (i.e., site where drugs are sold, residents are always drunk or hostile).
SPATIAL REPELLENT INTERVENTION Household Level
* Adult head of household does not agree to Mosquito ShieldTM deployment or study team access.
* Properties where study personnel identify a security risk (i.e., site where drugs are sold, residents are always drunk or hostile).
6 Months
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
INDUSTRY
fhiClinical
UNKNOWN
Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka
OTHER_GOV
University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka
UNKNOWN
University of Washington
OTHER
RemediumOne
UNKNOWN
University of Notre Dame
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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John P Grieco, Ph.D.
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
University of Notre Dame
Korelege Hasitha Aravinda Tissera, M.D.
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Epidemiology Unit, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka
Locations
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Epidemiology Unit, Ministry of Health
Colombo, West, Sri Lanka
Clinical Trials Unit
Ragama, West, Sri Lanka
Countries
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References
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21-05-6629
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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