Randomised controlled trial of a smoke alarm give-away programme to prevent fire-related injuries and deaths

ISRCTN	ISRCTN32449631
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN32449631
Secondary identifying numbers	G9630971

Submission date: 25/10/2000
Registration date: 25/10/2000
Last edited: 19/08/2009

Recruitment status: No longer recruiting
Overall study status: Completed
Condition category: Other

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Dr CG DiGuiseppi
Scientific

Department of Preventative Medicine and Biometrics
University of Colorado Health Sciences Centre
4200 East Ninth Avenue Box C245
Denver Colorado
80262
United States of America

Study information

Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design	Interventional
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)	Other
Study type	Prevention
Scientific title
Study objectives	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(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	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
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 study start date	11/08/1997
Completion date	10/11/2000

Eligibility

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Not Specified
Sex	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
Key inclusion criteria	Electoral wards in the London Boroughs of Camden and Islington with Jarman scores of 20 or more.
Key exclusion criteria	Not provided at time of registration
Date of first enrolment	11/08/1997
Date of final enrolment	10/11/2000

Locations

Countries of recruitment

United Kingdom
United States of America

Study participating centre

Department of Preventative Medicine and Biometrics

Denver Colorado
80262
United States of America

Sponsor information

Medical Research Council (MRC) (UK)
Research council

20 Park Crescent
London
W1B 1AL
United Kingdom

Phone	+44 (0)20 7636 5422
Email	clinical.trial@headoffice.mrc.ac.uk
Website	http://www.mrc.ac.uk

Funders

Funder type

Research council

Medical Research Council (MRC) (UK)
Government organisation / National government

Alternative name(s): Medical Research Council (United Kingdom), UK Medical Research Council, MRC
Location: United Kingdom

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination plan	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type	Details	Date created	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article	Incidence of fires results	02/11/2002	Yes	No
Results article	Prevalence of working smoke alarms results	02/11/2002	Yes	No
Results article	Discussions re increasing the prevalence results	01/04/2004	Yes	No
Results article	Cost effectiveness results	01/10/2005	Yes	No