Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Magaret Somerville
ORCID ID
Contact details
Research and Development Support Unit
Room N1
ITTC Building
Tamar Science Park
1 Davy Road
Plymouth
PL6 8BX
United Kingdom
margaret.somerville@sw-devon-ha.swest.nhs.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N/A
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
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
Not applicable
Intervention
Improvement of houses (n=50) (including insulation, double-glazing, re-roofing, heating, ventilation and electrical rewiring) vs wait-list control
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/01/1996
Overall trial end date
31/12/2000
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Houses on an estate in Watcombe, Torbay
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/01/1996
Recruitment end date
31/12/2000
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Research and Development Support Unit
Plymouth
PL6 8BX
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
NHS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Not defined
Funder name
NHS Executive South West (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
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
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary
2002 results on http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12031053
Publication citations
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Results
Somerville M, Basham M, Foy C, Ballinger G, Gay T, Barton AG, , From local concern to randomized trial: the Watcombe Housing Project., Health Expect, 2002, 5, 2, 127-135.