Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
G9630971
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
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.
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
Other
Trial type
Prevention
Patient information sheet
Condition
Public health, social medicine
Intervention
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
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Applicable
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Injuries due to fire requiring emergency attendance, injuries due to fire requiring hospitalisation, fires attended by the fire brigade
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
11/08/1997
Overall trial end date
10/11/2000
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Electoral wards in the London Boroughs of Camden and Islington with Jarman scores of 20 or more.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Added 19/08/09: 27 months of post-intervention surveillance for occurrence of primary outcomes within the 40 wards
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
11/08/1997
Recruitment end date
10/11/2000
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Department of Preventative Medicine and Biometrics
Denver Colorado
80262
United States of America
Sponsor information
Organisation
Medical Research Council (MRC) (UK)
Sponsor details
20 Park Crescent
London
W1B 1AL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7636 5422
clinical.trial@headoffice.mrc.ac.uk
Sponsor type
Research council
Website
Funders
Funder type
Research council
Funder name
Medical Research Council (MRC) (UK)
Alternative name(s)
MRC
Funding Body Type
government organisation
Funding Body Subtype
National government
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
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
Publication citations
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Incidence of fires results
DiGuiseppi C, Roberts I, Wade A, Sculpher M, Edwards P, Godward C, Pan H, Slater S, Incidence of fires and related injuries after giving out free smoke alarms: cluster randomised controlled trial., BMJ, 2002, 325, 7371, 995.
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Prevalence of working smoke alarms results
Rowland D, DiGuiseppi C, Roberts I, Curtis K, Roberts H, Ginnelly L, Sculpher M, Wade A, Prevalence of working smoke alarms in local authority inner city housing: randomised controlled trial., BMJ, 2002, 325, 7371, 998-1001.
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Discussions re increasing the prevalence results
Roberts H, Curtis K, Liabo K, Rowland D, DiGuiseppi C, Roberts I, Putting public health evidence into practice: increasing the prevalence of working smoke alarms in disadvantaged inner city housing., J Epidemiol Community Health, 2004, 58, 4, 280-285.
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Cost effectiveness results
Ginnelly L, Sculpher M, Bojke C, Roberts I, Wade A, Diguiseppi C, Determining the cost effectiveness of a smoke alarm give-away program using data from a randomized controlled trial., Eur J Public Health, 2005, 15, 5, 448-453, doi: 10.1093/eurpub/cki146.