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ISRCTN
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ISRCTN32449631
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DOI
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10.1186/ISRCTN32449631
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ClinicalTrials.gov identifier
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EudraCT number
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Public title
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Randomised controlled trial of a smoke alarm give-away programme to prevent fire-related injuries and deaths
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Scientific title
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Acronym
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N/A
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Serial number at source
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G9630971
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Study hypothesis
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This trial will quantify the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the door-to-door distribution of free smoke alarms to prevent residential fires and fire-related injuries in a materially deprived, ethnically diverse urban community.
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Lay summary
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Ethics approval
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Not provided at time of registration
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Study design
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Randomised controlled trial
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Countries of recruitment
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United Kingdom
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Disease/condition/study domain
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Public health, social medicine
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Participants - inclusion criteria
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Electoral wards in the London Boroughs of Camden and Islington with Jarman scores of 20 or more.
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Participants - exclusion criteria
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Not provided at time of registration
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Anticipated start date
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11/08/1997
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Anticipated end date
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10/11/2000
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Status of trial
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Completed |
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Patient information material
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Target number of participants
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Added 19/08/09: 27 months of post-intervention surveillance for occurrence of primary outcomes within the 40 wards
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Interventions
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1. In 20 intervention wards, a smoke alarm give-away programme was conducted in which a total of 20,000 free smoke alarms were distributed to low income families, council tenants, and households occupied by elderly adults or young children
2. Twenty control wards received no intervention
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Primary outcome measure(s)
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Injuries due to fire requiring emergency attendance, injuries due to fire requiring hospitalisation, fires attended by the fire brigade
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Secondary outcome measure(s)
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Not provided at time of registration
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Sources of funding
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Medical Research Council (MRC) (UK)
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Trial website
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Publications
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1. 2002 Incidence of fires results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12411355
2. 2002 Prevalence of working smoke alarms results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12411356
3. 2004 Discussions re increasing the prevalence results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15026437
4. 2005 Cost effectiveness results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16150815
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Contact name
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Dr
CG
DiGuiseppi
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Address
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Department of Preventative Medicine and Biometrics
University of Colorado Health Sciences Centre
4200 East Ninth Avenue Box C245
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City/town
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Denver Colorado
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Zip/Postcode
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80262
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Country
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United States of America
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Email
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Sponsor
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Medical Research Council (MRC) (UK)
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Address
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20 Park Crescent
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City/town
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London
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Zip/Postcode
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W1B 1AL
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Country
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United Kingdom
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Tel
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+44 (0)20 7636 5422
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Fax
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+44 (0)20 7436 6179
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Email
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clinical.trial@headoffice.mrc.ac.uk
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Sponsor website:
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http://www.mrc.ac.uk
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Date applied
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25/10/2000
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Last edited
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19/08/2009
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Date ISRCTN assigned
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25/10/2000
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