Head lice infestations
Conditions
Interventions
Self-treatment of dimethicone lotion, 3 times per week.
Sponsors
Earth corporation
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) More than 6-month-old patient who was received a diagnosis of head lice infestations. (2) Among head lice infestation patients, 1 or more head lice infestation (survivable individuals including adults and larvae) or 20 or more eggs (all eggs including hatched and unhatched eggs) by visual confirmation for 3 minutes. Those who could confirm. (3) A patient who understood sufficiently and done voluntary documentary agreement by subject or legal representative after a sufficient explanation. But if a subject is more than 16 years old and less than 20 years old,we must get a nod from a subject after agreement of legal representative.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) A patient who has obstacle of a barrier of skin by head skin diseases. (2) Those who need administration of antibiotics and hormones. (3) Persons with the medical history which is sensitivity to medicines or cosmetics. (4) Persons with liver, kidney or other complications such as serious heart / kidney / liver disorders, respiratory diseases, and cardiovascular diseases. (5) A female who is pregnant, possibility of pregnancy,nursing. (6) Persons who cannot discontinue administration of drugs that may affect the evaluation of the test product. (7) Persons who have dyed, decolorized, permanently or straightened their hair within 2 weeks. (8) Those who participated in other exams within 3 months. (9) For patients in which no adult of larvas were confirmed and only eggs were found, the hatching rate of the collected eggs was 0%. (10) A patient who judged by a test doctor in attendance to be unsuitable as a subject.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The percentage of cured patients, remove of live head louse and live eggs, after 3 times treatments per week of dimethicone lotion. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactYoichi Iwata
Earth corporation Research & Development headquarters Development Dept.
Outcome results
None listed