Acceptance and cost effectiveness of insecticide treated curtains in areas with low Aedes infestation levels

Acceptance and cost effectiveness of insecticide treated curtains in areas with low Aedes infestation levels: a single-centre, cluster, randomised controlled trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN37433764

Enrollment

500

Registered

2011-05-04

Start date

2008-09-30

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2019-02-11

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Conditions

Effect of intervention on Aedes aegypti infestation levels (vector of dengue fever) Infections and Infestations Dengue fever [classical dengue]

Interventions

1. Insecticide treated curtains: made from long-lasting, insecticide treated (pyrethroid deltamethrin is applied during manufacture) polyester netting that requires no re-impregnation, materials are s

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. No patients, but communities were included 2. Circumscriptions (neighboorhoods) of urban Guantanamo after obtaining community approval

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Circumscriptions without community approval

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Aedes infestation levels are the primary outcomes 1.1. House Indices (HI) - number of houses positive for at least one container with Aedes aegypti immature stages/100 inspected houses 1.2. Breteau Indices (BI) number of containers positive for Aedes. aegypti immature stages/100 inspected houses 1.3. Pupal Indices (PI) number of Aedes. aegypti pupae/inhabitant 2. In cycles of 11 days, the National Vector Control programme conduct routine entomological surveys in all dwellings of the municipality. This will provide the entomological information for all clusters for the period of study.	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Aedes infestation levels are the primary outcomes 1.1. House Indices (HI) - number of houses positive for at least one container with Aedes aegypti immature stages/100 inspected houses 1.2. Breteau Indices (BI) number of containers positive for Aedes. aegypti immature stages/100 inspected houses 1.3. Pupal Indices (PI) number of Aedes. aegypti pupae/inhabitant 2. In cycles of 11 days, the National Vector Control programme conduct routine entomological surveys in all dwellings of the municipality. This will provide the entomological information for all clusters for the period of study.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Uptake, use and acceptance of Insecticide treated curtains 2. Financial cost of the two interventions in comparison to the control 3. The percentage of blocks repeatedly positive for larvae 4. Level of community participation based on Rifkin criteria	—

Countries

Cuba

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026