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. 2015 Aug 6;2015(8):CD008736. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008736.pub2

NCT01644682.

Trial name or title Replacement of Insecticides to Control Visceral Leishmaniasis
Methods Allocation: randomized, endpoint classification: efficacy study, intervention model: factorial assignment, masking: open label, primary purpose: prevention
Participants Inclusion criteria
  • Household head who agree to participate in the study.


Exclusion criteria
  • Household head who does not agree to participate in the study.

Interventions Interventions
A: IWFPL: Indoor house walls and floors will be plastered with lime (a traditional method known in the study areas) including treatment of outdoor breeding places with lime and bleaching powder to inhibit sandfly breeding;
B: IDWL: Install durable wall lining containing deltamethrin to kill immature stage and as well as adult phlebotomine sandflies;
C: ITN: Impregnation of existing bednets available in the community with slow release insecticide, deltamethrin.
Control intervention
D: Control group, no intervention.
Outcomes Primary outcome
  1. Measurement of efficacy of interventions


Secondary outcome
  1. Estimation of intervention costs and its acceptability


For all outcomes, assessments were at 12 months.
Starting date May 2012
Contact information Dinesh Mondal, MBBS, MD, PhD
 Telephone: +8801712027091
 Email: din63d@icddrb.org
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