Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
C22
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
ERUPT
Study hypothesis
Not provided at time of registration
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Not Specified
Patient information sheet
Condition
Oral health
Intervention
1. Fee-for-service remuneration for placement of fissure sealants on '7' molars of 12-14 year-olds during a specified period
2. One-day workshop on evidence-based practice
3. A combination of both of the above
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/01/2003
Overall trial end date
31/12/2004
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
General Dental Practitioners practicing (in Scotland) in DepCat areas 4-7, and seeing a minimum of 48 children between the ages of 12-14 per year.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Child
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/01/2003
Recruitment end date
31/12/2004
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Senior Lecturer
Dundee
DD1 4HR
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
University of Dundee (UK)
Sponsor details
Dental Health Services Research Unit
Dundee
DD1 4HR
United Kingdom
+44 (0)1382 425765
d.e.lynas@dundee.ac.uk
Sponsor type
Hospital/treatment centre
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Chief Scientist Office (UK) (ref: OOB/3/65 SHEFC HR01013)
Alternative name(s)
CSO
Funding Body Type
government organisation
Funding Body Subtype
government non-federal
Location
United Kingdom
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
2008 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18573983
Publication citations
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Results
Clarkson JE, Turner S, Grimshaw JM, Ramsay CR, Johnston M, Scott A, Bonetti D, Tilley CJ, Maclennan G, Ibbetson R, Macpherson LM, Pitts NB, Changing clinicians' behavior: a randomized controlled trial of fees and education., J. Dent. Res., 2008, 87, 7, 640-644.