Details of HTA published project
Research type: |
Primary Research (e.g. trial) |
Title (lead author) etc: |
A multicentre randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of ion-exchange water softeners for the treatment of eczema in children: the Softened Water Eczema Trial (SWET) (Thomas) 156 pages, Volume 15, number 8 |
DOI |
10.3310/hta15080 |
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This publication is now a part of the NIHR Journals Library. Documents relating to the publication can be found at the corresponding journal issue page, which is at the following link: 
http://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hta/volume-15/issue-8
Outputs from this project
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Headline: |
Study reports that ion-exchange water softeners provided no additional benefits to usual care in the treatment of atopic eczema in children. |
This report should be referenced as follows: |
Thomas K, Koller K, Dean T, O'Leary C, Sach T, et al. A multicentre randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of ion-exchange water softeners for the treatment of eczema in children: the Softened Water Eczema Trial (SWET). Health Technol Assess 2011;15(8). |
Project ref: |
05/16/01 |
Original project title: |
Randomised controlled trial of ion-exchange water softeners for the treatment of atopic eczema in children (SWET) |
Chief Investigator: |
Professor Hywel Williams, Director of Centre of Evidence-Based Dermatology, Centre of Evidence-Based Dermatology, University of Nottingham |
Project Website |
http://www.swet-trial.co.uk |
Start Date: |
September 2006 |
Date of publication in HTA journal series (now NIHR Journals Library) |
February 2011 |
Cost: |
£912,257 |
MeSH* index primary terms: |
DERMATITIS-ATOPIC Q-prevention-&-control; WATER-SOFTENING; DERMATITIS-ATOPIC Q-economics (* = Medical Subject Headings) |
MeSH* index secondary terms: |
HUMANS; RANDOMIZED-CONTROLLED-TRIAL; COST-BENEFIT-ANALYSIS; CLINICAL-TRIAL; CHILD (* = Medical Subject Headings) |
ISRCTN* number: | ISRCTN 71423189 (*International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number) URL of this project on the Controlled Trials Website: http://www.controlled-trials.com/ISRCTN71423189 |
NRR* number, if applicable: |
N0484184708 (*National Research Register) The National Research Register was a public database of ongoing and recently completed research projects funded by, or of interest to, the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS). It is now an archive of projects from early 2000 to September 2007. Search the NRR archive. |
Project Protocol: |
Project protocol (pdf format, 328 kbytes) |
URL of this page: |
http://www.hta.ac.uk/1520 |
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