CompletedNot Applicable

Study to Test Whether Shoes Protect Children Against Hookworm Infection on Pemba Island, Zanzibar

Tanzania1,056 participantsStarted 2011-07

Plain-language summary

Small association studies have hypothesised that shoes protect against hookworm infection. The purpose of this pragmatic study was determine, under field conditions, whether school-age children on Pemba Island, Zanzibar, would wear shoes and if shoes protected them against hookworm infection.

Who can participate

Age range7 Years – 17 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * school-aged children attending one of the 12 schools identified for the study Exclusion Criteria: * lack of consent from family * allergy to Albendazole

What they're measuring

Reduction in hookworm prevalence and intensity of infection in intervention arm

Timeframe: 6 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01869127

SponsorBird, Christopher

Sponsor typeINDIV

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2012-10

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