# Cocamide DEA vs Permethrin for Head Lice

> **NCT02500524** · PHASE3 · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Medical Entomology Centre** · enrollment: 44 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Pediculosis Capitis
- Head Louse Infestation

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Cocamide diethanolamine
- **DRUG:** Permethrin

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02500524
- **Lead sponsor:** Medical Entomology Centre
- **Sponsor class:** INDUSTRY
- **Phase:** PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 1998-07
- **Primary completion:** 1999-01
- **Final completion:** 1999-01
- **Target enrollment:** 44 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Lack of efficacy
- **Last updated:** 2015-07-16

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02500524

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02500524, "Cocamide DEA vs Permethrin for Head Lice". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02500524. Licensed CC0.

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