TerminatedPhase 4

Comparison of Two Preoperative Antiseptic Solutions Alcohol Based in Abdominal Elective Surgeries

Stopped: Difficulties for recruitment due to COVID-19 pandemia and expiration of the material

El Salvador18 participantsStarted 2019-04-05

Plain-language summary

Pragmatic randomized clinical trial comparing Iodine Povacrylex based on alcohol to Chlorhexidine also based on alcohol in efficacy and security to diminish frequency of surgical site infections in major abdominal elective clean contaminated wounds. Will be held in a third level university, high volume national public hospital in San Salvador, El Salvador.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: Elective surgery categorized as clean contaminated surgery Major abdominal \- Exclusion Criteria: * American Society of Anesthesia III-IV * Laparoscopic cholecystectomy * Inguinal hernias classification I, II * Obese subjects with Body Mass Index more than 35 or malnourished * immunocompromised subjects * neoplasia Preoperative hospital stay more than 7 days allergic to any of the solutions used in the trial

What they're measuring

Surgical site infection

Timeframe: Date of event occurs within 30 days after any operative procedure (where day 1 = the procedure date)

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03859908

SponsorUniversidad de El Salvador

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2021-01-27

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