Tick-borne Illness and Clothing Study of Rhode Island

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Tick Bites, Tick-borne Diseases

In brief

Lyme and other tick-borne diseases pose a significant health threat to outdoor workers. This study is a double-blind randomized controlled trial of outdoor workers in Rhode Island and the surrounding area that will address the following study aims: 1) Evaluate the effectiveness of LLPI clothing in preventing tick bites among outdoor workers in Lyme endemic areas; 2) Measure the urine levels of permethrin metabolites in study subjects; and 3) Measure the loss over time of knockdown activity against ticks and of permethrin in LLPI clothing.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02613585

Run by

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

People needed

135

Starts

2016-02-01

Expected to finish

2020-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2021-03-10

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• over 18 years of age,
• spending an average of 10 or more hours of outdoor work per week during peak tick season, and
• completion of written informed consent.

You may not qualify if…

• pregnancy or a planned pregnancy during the follow-up period (since exposure to an insecticide is involved),
• non-English speakers, or
• having a known allergy or sensitivity to insecticides

Where it is running

• University of Rhode Island — Kingston, Rhode Island, United States

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