Effect of Intensive Fly Control on Trachoma and Ocular Chlamydia Infection in Tanzania

Completed · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Trachoma

In brief

The purpose of this community-based randomized trial was to determine, in trachoma hyper-endemic communities of Tanzania, the added value of intensive spraying to control flies on the fly population and on trachoma and ocular chlamydia infection at 6 months and one year after mass antibiotic treatment.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00347763

Run by

Johns Hopkins University

People needed

350

Starts

2000-06-01

Expected to finish

2002-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-04-15

Who can join

Age: 1 and older, up to 8. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Balozi in Chiwe area
• Sentinel children: age less than 8 years

You may not qualify if…

• Balozi in Chiwe without geographic borders
• Sentinel children:age more than 8 years

Where it is running

• Johns Hopkins University/ Kongwa Trachoma Project — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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