Health and Environmental Effects of Boiler Management Sys... | NCT00874692

Studies
Health and Environmental Effects of Boiler Management Systems in Social Housing

NCT00874692

Sponsor

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Status

Completed

Last Update Posted

Jun 2, 2010Estimated

Enrollment

150Actual

Phase

Not Applicable

Conditions

Hot Water Burns (Scalds)

Interventions

BMS and sterilisation programme

Countries

United Kingdom

Protocol Section

Identification Module Status Module Sponsor/Collaborators Module Oversight Module Description Module Conditions Module Design Module Arms/Interventions Module Outcomes Module Eligibility Module Contacts/Locations Module References Module IPD Sharing Statement Module

Results Section

Participant Flow Module Baseline Characteristics Module Outcome Measures Module Adverse Events Module More Info Module

Annotation Section

Annotation Module

Document Section

Large Document Module

Derived Section

Miscellaneous Info Module Condition Browse Module Intervention Browse Module

Protocol Section

Identification Module

NCT ID

Results Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Annotation Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Document Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Derived Section

Miscellaneous Info Module

Version Holder

Status Module

Record Verification Date

Jun 2010

Overall Recruitment Status or Expanded Access Status

Completed

Last Known Status

Not provided

Delayed Posting

Not provided

Why Stopped

Not provided

Expanded Access Info

Start Date

Apr 2009

Primary Completion Date

Jul 2009Actual

Completion Date

Nov 2009Actual

First Submitted Date

Apr 1, 2009

First Submission Date that Met QC Criteria

Apr 1, 2009

First Posted Date

Apr 2, 2009Estimated

Results Waived

Not provided

Results First Submitted Date

Not provided

Results First Submitted that Met QC Criteria

Not provided

Results First Posted Date

Not provided

Certification/Extension (aka Delayed Results) First Submitted Date

Not provided

Certification/Extension First Submitted that Passed QC Review

Not provided

Certification/Extension First Posted Date

Not provided

Last Update Submitted Date

Jun 1, 2010

Last Update Posted Date

Jun 2, 2010Estimated

Sponsor/Collaborators Module

Responsible Party, by Official Title

Not provided

Lead Sponsor

London School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineOTHER

Collaborators

Name	Class
Camden Primary Care Trust, London	UNKNOWN
London Borough of Camden Housing and Adult Social Care Directorate	UNKNOWN

Oversight Module

Has Data Monitoring Committee (DMC)

Is FDA Regulated Drug

Not provided

Is FDA Regulated Device

Not provided

Is Unapproved Device

Not provided

Pediatric Postmarket Surveillance of a Device Product

Not provided

Product Exported from US

Not provided

FDAAA801 Violation

Not provided

Description Module

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of a passive safety measure, namely a reduction in centrally controlled hot tap water temperatures in social housing using a boiler management system, as an effective public health intervention.

Detailed Description

The annual hospital admission rate in England for burns and scalds is 31 children per 100,000 population. While reducing the temperature in domestic hot water tanks is a recommended injury prevention strategy, the UK has been slow to adopt such 'passive' safety measures. However, Camden Council employs a Boiler Management System (BMS) in boiler houses to centrally set the hot water temperature for parts of its social housing stock, providing the opportunity to evaluate various impacts of a 'passive' safety measure, including quantifying the effects of the BMS on average hot water temperatures at delivery, annual energy costs, and annual greenhouse gas emissions; modelling the reduction in scald injuries; identifying the cost-effectiveness of the system as a public health intervention; as well as describing experiences/ perceptions of risk of scalding and identifying health and social benefits of the BMS. Boiler houses with BMS will be randomised to remain at their constant set temperature or to BMS reduced temperature and sterilisation programme. A process evaluation will also be undertaken to assess the acceptability of water temperatures to tenants.

Design Module

Study Type

Interventional

Number of References to an Expanded Access Study

Not provided

Expanded Access Types

Not provided

Patient Registry

Not provided

Target Follow-Up Duration

Not provided

Phases

Not Applicable

Interventional Study Design

Allocation

Biospecimen

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Enrollment

150Actual

Arms/Interventions Module

Arm Groups

Label	Type	Description	Intervention Names
BMS and sterilisation	Experimental	BMS and sterilisation programme will be delivered	Other: BMS and sterilisation programme
BMS standard water heating	No Intervention

Interventions

Name	Type	Description	Arm Group Labels	Other Names
BMS and sterilisation programme	Other	BMS with reduced hot water temperature and sterilisation programme	BMS and sterilisation

Outcomes Module

Primary Outcomes

Measure	Description	Time Frame
Thermal energy (degrees Celsius) at hot tap of bath		after 1 minute

Secondary Outcomes

Measure	Description	Time Frame
Acceptability of hot water temperature delivered to tenant		Up to 2-3 months post-intervention

Other Outcomes

Not provided

Eligibility Module

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Individuals living in social housing in the London Borough of Camden where the Boiler Management system has been installed.

Exclusion Criteria:

Aged under 18 years

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sex

All

Sex/Gender Based

Not provided

Sex/Gender Description

Not provided

Minimum Age

18 Years

Maximum Age

Not provided

Standard Ages

AdultOlder Adult

Study Population

Not provided

Sampling Method

Not provided

Contacts/Locations Module

Central Contacts

Not provided

Overall Officials

Name	Affiliation	Role
Phil Edwards, PhD	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine	Principal Investigator

Locations

Facility	Status	City	State	ZIP	Country	Contacts
Camden		London			United Kingdom

References Module

Citations

PubMed Identifier	Type	Citation	Retractions
21937486	Derived	Edwards P, Durand MA, Hollister M, Green J, Lutchmun S, Kessel A, Roberts I. Scald risk in social housing can be reduced through thermostatic control system without increasing Legionella risk: a cluster randomised trial. Arch Dis Child. 2011 Dec;96(12):1097-102. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2011-300606. Epub 2011 Sep 20.