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Antiseptic

3M™ Tegaderm™ CHG Chlorhexidine Gluconate I.V. Securement Dressing for Drain Site Complication

N/A

Waitlist Available

Led By David Chiu, MD

Research Sponsored by NYU Langone Health

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up up to month 6

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will test if using chlorhexidine gluconate on surgical drains can help prevent infection better than using dry gauze.

Eligible Conditions

Drain Site Complication

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ up to month 6

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~up to month 6

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and up to month 6 for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Change in Erythema Measurement

Change in distance between skin changes and normal looking skin

Number of participants in each category of quality of drainage (serous, sanguineous, or purulent)

+3 more

Secondary outcome measures

Antibiotic prescription rate

Number of participants displaying presence of hematoma

Number of participants displaying signs of wound infection

+1 more

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Chlorhexidine Gluconate Gel DressingExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

All subjects are receiving two surgical drains during a single operative procedure. This arm will be randomized to receive the intervention.

Group II: Standard of CareActive Control1 Intervention

All subjects are receiving two surgical drains during a single operative procedure. This arm will be randomized to received standard drain care - gauze (no intervention).

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Who is running the clinical trial?

NYU Langone HealthLead Sponsor

1,367 Previous Clinical Trials

839,761 Total Patients Enrolled

David Chiu, MDPrincipal InvestigatorNYU Langone Health

2 Previous Clinical Trials

43 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Are recruits still being taken on for this clinical trial?

"Affirmative. Evidently, the clinical trial is seeking more participants as it was last updated on August 24th 2022 and is looking to enrol 300 patients from a single medical centre."

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How many people have been recruited to participate in this experiment?

"Affirmative. Clinicaltrials.gov hosts the data which confirms that this research endeavor is presently open to applicants; it was initially advertised on 1/1/2021 and last updated on 8/24/2022. Three hundred volunteers are needed from a single site for participation purposes."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

The Efficacy of Chlorhexidine Gluconate Gel Dressing in Preventing Surgical Drain Site Infection

2021. "The Efficacy of Chlorhexidine Gluconate Gel Dressing in Preventing Surgical Drain Site Infection". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04656145.