Conditions: Pediculosis Capitis
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 42
Healthy volunteers: yes

Brief summary:
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Licefreee Spray in eradicating head lice as compared to Nix, both are available over-the-counter lice treatments.

Detailed description:
Head lice is a worldwide problem. Many treatments for lice appear to be losing their effectiveness; therefore products are needed that safely and effectively eradicate lice.

Arms:
arm 1: None arm 2: None

Interventions: intervention 1: Licefreee Spray intervention 2: 1% permethrin creme rinse
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Liquid applied to hair and left on for at least one hour once on day 1 and once on day 8 if live lice are present. intervention 2: Creme rinse applied to hair and rinsed off after 10 minutes once on day 1 and once on day 8 if live lice are present.

Protocol document: