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ISRCTN
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ISRCTN47572799
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DOI
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10.1186/ISRCTN47572799
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ClinicalTrials.gov identifier
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EudraCT number
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Public title
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Increasing the prevalence of functioning smoke alarms in disadvantaged inner city housing: a randomised controlled trial
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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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G9901222
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Study hypothesis
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A randomised controlled trial will be conducted to quantify the effect of three different types of smoke alarm (ionising, ionising with pause, and optical), and two different power sources (zinc batteries, lithium batteries) on the prevalence of functioning alarms in a disadvantaged inner city population.
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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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Occupants of homes in the materially deprived inner London borough of Camden
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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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01/01/2000
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Anticipated end date
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31/03/2002
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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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1440 homes
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Interventions
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Ionisation, Optical, Zinc battery and Lithium battery smoke alarms
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Primary outcome measure(s)
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1. Prevalence of any installed, functioning smoke alarm in the households in each study group
2. Installation and function of the smoke alarm originally installed in the study households
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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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2004 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15026437
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Contact name
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Dr
Ian
Roberts
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Address
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Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Institute of Child Health
30 Guilford Street
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City/town
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London
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Zip/Postcode
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WC1N 1EH
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Country
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United Kingdom
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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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30/07/2009
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Date ISRCTN assigned
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25/10/2000
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