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. 2007 Jul 18;2007(3):CD000320. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000320.pub2

Brooks 2002.

Methods Design: randomized controlled trial
Generation of allocation sequence: computer generated
Allocation concealment: unclear
Blinding: investigators
Inclusion of randomized participants in the analysis: 73% (30/110 lost to follow up)
Participants Number: 110 enrolled (children 6 months to 14 years old; sex not stated)
Inclusion criteria: clinically diagnosed scabies
Exclusion criteria: treatment for scabies within previous 2 months; major intercurrent illness; history of meningitis or neurological illness
Interventions 1. Oral ivermectin 200 µg/kg bodyweight single dose (55 participants) 
 2. 10% benzyl benzoate applied neck to toe overnight (55 participants)
Outcomes 1. Number of participants clinically cured at 3 weeks (defined as absence of skin lesions)
 2. Number of participants with persistence of night‐time itch at 3 weeks
 3. Adverse events
Not included in this review
 4. Itch severity
 5. Numbers of lesions
Notes Location: Vanuatu
Date: January to April 2001
Family contacts treated with same drug as the participant
Author confirmed equal numbers of participants randomized to each intervention