Cockroach Allergen Reduction by Extermination Alone in Low-Income, Urban Homes: A Randomized Control Trial
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00341445 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : June 21, 2006
Last Update Posted : April 5, 2018
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The most important risk factor for asthma in inner-city homes may be exposure to cockroach allergen. In a previous study, the researchers reported that extermination alone, without resident education or professional cleaning, reduced allergen levels in inner-city homes. This result contradicted earlier findings by other scientists. This study seeks to confirm the researchers' earlier results, and to determine how intensive an effective extermination must be.
The study will last one year and include 60 infested, multi-unit rental homes in North Carolina, divided into three groups. In the Treatment-1 group, researchers from North Carolina State University will set insecticide bait in initial and follow-up visits, as the highest standard for treatment. In the Treatment-2 group, one of five commercial pest-control companies will be randomly assigned to treat each home according to a 12-month, pre-paid contract. The third group will be a control group that receives no extermination treatment. In all homes, researchers will periodically survey the residents, monitor cockroach numbers, and monitor allergen levels in dust samples. If this study is successful, it will be used to plan future asthma prevention trials.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Allergens | Behavioral: Effect of Cockroach Allergen | Phase 1 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 64 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Cockroach Allergen Reduction by Extermination Alone in Low-Income, Urban Homes-A Randomized Control Trial |
Study Start Date : | August 12, 2004 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | February 12, 2007 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | February 12, 2007 |

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 21 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
- ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:
To be eligible for the study, homes must be:
- within a multi-unit complex and rental property
- occupied at least one consenting adult (age 21 years or older) who intends to live at the address for at least 12 months
- occupied by at least one adults who can be available at home during the day
- cockroach infested (sticky-trap count between 50-500 cockroaches)

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00341445
United States, North Carolina | |
NIEHS, Research Triangle Park | |
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States, 27709 |
Principal Investigator: | Darryl C Zeldin, M.D. | National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00341445 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
999904265 04-E-N265 |
First Posted: | June 21, 2006 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | April 5, 2018 |
Last Verified: | September 11, 2013 |
Environmental Intervention Indoor Allergens Environment |