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2025-12-24 @ 3:30 PM
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2025-12-28 @ 2:07 PM
Study NCT ID:
NCT00874692
Status:
COMPLETED
Last Update Posted:
2010-06-02
First Post:
2009-04-01
Is NOT Gene Therapy:
True
Has Adverse Events:
False
Brief Title:
Health and Environmental Effects of Boiler Management Systems in Social Housing
Sponsor:
Organization:
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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.'}]}, 'descriptionModule': {'briefSummary': '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.', 'detailedDescription': "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."}, 'eligibilityModule': {'sex': 'ALL', 'stdAges': ['ADULT', 'OLDER_ADULT'], 'minimumAge': '18 Years', 'healthyVolunteers': True, 'eligibilityCriteria': 'Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* Individuals living in social housing in the London Borough of Camden where the Boiler Management system has been installed.\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* Aged under 18 years'}, 'identificationModule': {'nctId': 'NCT00874692', 'briefTitle': 'Health and Environmental Effects of Boiler Management Systems in Social Housing', 'organization': {'class': 'OTHER', 'fullName': 'London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine'}, 'officialTitle': 'Randomised Controlled Trial of Boiler Management Systems in Social Housing in Camden: An Assessment of Health, Environmental and Economic Outcomes', 'orgStudyIdInfo': {'id': 'EPNPPT84'}}, 'armsInterventionsModule': {'armGroups': [{'type': 'EXPERIMENTAL', 'label': 'BMS and sterilisation', 'description': 'BMS and sterilisation programme will be delivered', 'interventionNames': ['Other: BMS and sterilisation programme']}, {'type': 'NO_INTERVENTION', 'label': 'BMS standard water heating'}], 'interventions': [{'name': 'BMS and sterilisation programme', 'type': 'OTHER', 'description': 'BMS with reduced hot water temperature and sterilisation programme', 'armGroupLabels': ['BMS and sterilisation']}]}, 'contactsLocationsModule': {'locations': [{'city': 'London', 'country': 'United Kingdom', 'facility': 'Camden', 'geoPoint': {'lat': 51.50853, 'lon': -0.12574}}], 'overallOfficials': [{'name': 'Phil Edwards, PhD', 'role': 'PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR', 'affiliation': 'London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine'}]}, 'sponsorCollaboratorsModule': {'leadSponsor': {'name': 'London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine', 'class': 'OTHER'}, 'collaborators': [{'name': 'Camden Primary Care Trust, London', 'class': 'UNKNOWN'}, {'name': 'London Borough of Camden Housing and Adult Social Care Directorate', 'class': 'UNKNOWN'}], 'responsibleParty': {'oldNameTitle': 'Dr. Phil Edwards', 'oldOrganization': 'London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine'}}}}