Field Evaluation of Plant-Based Mosquito Control

This study has been completed.

First Received: June 30, 2005 Last Updated: July 3, 2007 History of Changes

Sponsors and Collaborators:	Gates Malaria Partnership Yunnan Institute
Information provided by:	Gates Malaria Partnership
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00116766

Purpose

Isolated minority communities in China use traditional plant-based methods of mosquito control. This study is evaluating 4 plants used in this way by monitoring mosquitoes entering houses on nights when the plants are being used in this way. A blind, placebo controlled study design will monitor plant use and record mosquito species / numbers caught in CDC light traps indoors over 3 months.

Condition	Intervention	Phase
Malaria Arbovirus Infections	Device: anti-mosquito plant use	Phase II

MedlinePlus related topics: Malaria Parasitic Diseases

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Prevention, Randomized, Single Blind, Placebo Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study
Official Title:	Field Evaluation of Malaria Vector Control Using Traditional Plant-Based Anti-Mosquito Measures in Yunnan Province, P.R. China

Further study details as provided by Gates Malaria Partnership:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Reduction in vector mosquitoes entering houses [ Time Frame: per night over 45 nights ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Reduced human biting by mosquitoes [ Time Frame: per night over 45 nights ]

Enrollment:	240
Study Start Date:	July 2005
Study Completion Date:	September 2006

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Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	6 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	Yes

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Existing use of traditional plant-based methods of mosquito control

Exclusion Criteria:

Known allergy to plants in use
Respiratory illness
Infants under 6 years in house

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00116766

Locations

China, Yunnun Province
Yunnun Institute of Parasitic diseases
Kunming, Yunnun Province, China

Sponsors and Collaborators

Gates Malaria Partnership

Yunnan Institute

Investigators

Principal Investigator:	Nigel Hill, PhD	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Principal Investigator:	Hong Ning Zhou, MSc	Yunnan Institute of Parasitic Diseases

More Information

Additional Information:

Sponsors web site This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

No publications provided

Study ID Numbers:	DIF28
Study First Received:	June 30, 2005
Last Updated:	July 3, 2007
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00116766 History of Changes
Health Authority:	China: Ministry of Health

Keywords provided by Gates Malaria Partnership:

mosquitoes
malaria
vector control
plant-based

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Virus Diseases
Protozoan Infections
Parasitic Diseases
Malaria
Arbovirus Infections

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Virus Diseases
Protozoan Infections
Coccidiosis
Parasitic Diseases

Malaria
Arbovirus Infections
Infection

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