New shampoo promises to zap head lice in minutes
NCT ID NCT07391059
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a new shampoo for head lice. It aims to kill lice quickly and safely. The study will include 180 healthy people aged 2 and older with mild to moderate lice. The new shampoo will be compared to a similar product already on the market.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 180 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Feb 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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May 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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2 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Healthy participant, * Female or male participants, * Aged 2 years and above (for participants in arms 1 and 2), * Aged 3 years and above (for participants in arms 3) , * Participants with a slight to moderate lice infestation (According to EU norms: 0, 1, 2) * Participants with various hair types (from 1 to 3C in the hair scale below) and hair length (from short to mid length hair not exceeding shoulder). * Written informed consent for participants ≥18 years or legal guardian for participants \<18 years given freely and expressly before start of the clinical investigation. * Participant/Participant's legal guardian is psychologically able to understand the clinical investigation related information and to give written informed consent. * Participant/participant's legal guardian agreeing to follow the study requirements during the whole clinical investigation period. * Females of childbearing potential and sexually active should use a contraceptive regimen recognized as effective at least 4 weeks before the beginning of the clinical investigation and during the entire clinical investigation. * Female participants of childbearing potential, presenting with negative pregnancy test at inclusion. Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant or nursing woman or planning a pregnancy during the clinical investigation; * Participant who had been deprived of their freedom by an administrative or legal decision or major participant who is under guardianship; * Participant in a social or sanitary establishment; * Participant being in an exclusion period from a previous clinical investigation or who is currently participating to another clinical investigation on hair/scalp or who participated to another clinical clinical investigation on hair/scalp within 3 months before first visit. * Participant suspected to be non-compliant according to the Investigator's judgment. * Participant allergic to any of the ingredients and/or materials of the intended to be used products (investigation device and anti-lice comb, comparative device, post-treatment shampoo). Participant with curly hair (from 4A to 4C in the hair type scale). * Participant with hair length exceeding shoulder. * Participants with more than 24 lice on the head. * Participant suffering from a severe or progressive disease or any other pathology that may interfere with the evaluation of the clinical investigation results. * Participant with a cutaneous disease on the studied zone (scalp and hair). * Severe scratches or open wounds/skin damage on the scalp (lice bites allowed however). * Participant with a known or suspected allergy to one or more of the components of the investigational or comparator devices. * Participant who has diabetes. * Participant with known or suspected immune deficiency or autoimmune disease. Participant undergoing a topical treatment on the test area or a systemic treatment with: * anti-inflammatory medication and/or anti-histamines during the previous 2 weeks and during the clinical investigation; * corticosteroids during the 2 previous weeks and during the clinical investigation; * retinoids and/or immunosuppressors during the 3 previous months and during the clinical investigation ; * any medication stabilized for less than one month. * Participant who received an anti-lice treatment in the previous month.
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Locations
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CIDP
Phoenix, 73408, Mauritius