Clinical trials: Inflammation Pelvic
Chlorhexidine Gluconate Cloths, Infection; Cesarean Section
STRIPES Study: Study To Reduce Infection Post cEsarean Section
The objective of this study is to determine if the use of chlorhexidine gluconate cloths prior to cesarean section reduce the rate of infectious morbidity (i.e. surgical site infections, endometritis).
- Conditions
- Chlorhexidine Gluconate Cloths, Infection; Cesarean Section, Infectious Morbidity, Surgical Site Infections
- Trial name
- NCT02402907
- Testing
- 2% chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) cloth
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,356 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Endometritis
The Pharmacokinetics of Azithromycin Prophylaxis for Cesarean Delivery
PKAZ is a single institution study designed to evaluate the optimal dosing parameters for azithromycin for pre-surgical cesarean prophylaxis.
- Trial name
- PKAZ (NCT01464840)
- Testing
- Azithromycin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Endometritis
Reduction of Endometritis After Cesarean Section With the Routine Use of Methergine
Endomyometritis is an "infection in the uterus". It can occur in up to 1 out of 5 women having unplanned cesarean deliveries. Antibiotics are routinely given at the time of Cesarean delivery, but the infection in the uterus can…
- Trial name
- NCT00858832
- Testing
- Methergine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of South Florida