Veron Scabies Education and Eradication Program

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2008-05-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this project is to develop a community scabies eradication and education program for the highly endemic areas surrounding the Veron community on the eastern tip of the Dominican Republic. It proposes the use of oral Ivermectin as a replacement for topical Lindane--a readily available medical formulation, pesticide, and environmental toxin that is reported to be banned in the Dominican Republic as well as over 80 other countries throughout the world.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine
• Treatments: Ivermectin; Permethrin

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

IVERMECTIN ARM:

• able to swallow pills

• no known allergy to Ivermectin

• not pregnant

• not breastfeeding

• 5 years or older

• taller than 90cm

• willingness to participate in study and give written consent

PERMETHRIN ARM:

• no known allergy to Permethrin 5% lotion

• able to apply lotion to self or to other person if a child

• pregnant

• breastfeeding

• younger than 5 years

• shorter than 90cm

• willingness to participate in study and give written consent

Exclusion Criteria:

IVERMECTIN ARM:

• unable to swallow pills

• allergy to Ivermectin

• pregnant

• breastfeeding

• younger than 5 years

• shorter than 90cm

• unwilling to participate in study or give written consent

PERMETHRIN ARM:

• unable to apply lotion to self

• allergy to Permethrin 5% lotion

• not pregnant

• not breastfeeding

• 5 years or older

• taller than 90cm

• unwilling to participate in study or give written consent