# A Randomised Controlled Trial of Face Masks and Hand Hygiene in Reducing Influenza Transmission in Households

> **NCT00425893** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Centers for Disease Control and Prevention** · enrollment: 6069 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Influenza

## Interventions

- **BEHAVIORAL:** hand hygiene
- **OTHER:** health education
- **DEVICE:** face masks

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00425893
- **Lead sponsor:** Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- **Sponsor class:** FED
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2007-02
- **Primary completion:** 2008-09
- **Final completion:** 2008-11
- **Target enrollment:** 6069 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2012-04-13

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00425893

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00425893, "A Randomised Controlled Trial of Face Masks and Hand Hygiene in Reducing Influenza Transmission in Households". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00425893. Licensed CC0.

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