Clinical trials: Postoperative Infections
Bacterial Infections, Surgical Site Infection
RBG: Regular, Bare, Gel: Does Type of Nail Polish Affect Bacterial Counts After Surgical Scrubbing?
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate if type of nail polish (gel polish or regular polish) has an effect on the number of bacterial colonies on finger nails after surgical scrubbing.
- Conditions
- Bacterial Infections, Surgical Site Infection, Contaminated Medical or Biological Substances
- Trial name
- RBG (NCT05210920)
- Testing
- Nail polish application
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Surgical Site Infection
Continuous Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Colorectal Surgery
We propose to randomise patients due to undergo colorectal surgery to standard antibiotic prophylaxis or an interventional antibiotic prophylaxis regimen and assess surgical wound infection rates.
- Trial name
- Colo-Pro (NCT02445859)
- Testing
- Cefuroxime 4 hourly bolus
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- University of Leeds
Surgical Site Infection
Intradermal Suture Versus Stapling for Groin Skin Closure in Vascular Surgery (VASC-INF Trial)
Surgical site infection (SSI) is one of the most frequent and fearsome complications in vascular surgery due to its high morbidity and mortality.
- Trial name
- NCT05434182
- Testing
- Intradermal Suture, Metallic Staples
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 225 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge
Surgical Site Infection
Impact of Postoperative Skin Disinfection With Chlorhexidine on Bacterial Colonization
A double-blinded, controlled study was conducted at one county hospital in Sweden. Patients were randomly assigned, skin samples were collected at four times; baseline, preoperative, after intervention and after 48 hours.
- Trial name
- NCT06114459
- Testing
- Sodium Chloride
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Linkoeping University
Infection, Surgical Site
IO vs IV Vancomycin in Tourniquetless TKA
Purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of intravenous and intraosseous antibiotic administration techniques during tourniquetless total knee arthroplasty.
- Trial name
- NCT05705843
- Testing
- Intraosseous Vancomycin Injection, Intravenous Vancomycin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
Surgical Site Infection, Unplanned Fracture-Related Reoperation
Pre-operative Aqueous Antiseptic Skin Solutions in Open Fractures
The prevention of infection is the single most important goal influencing peri-operative care of patients with open fractures. Standard practice in the management of open fractures includes sterile technique and pre-operative…
- Conditions
- Surgical Site Infection, Unplanned Fracture-Related Reoperation, Open Appendicular Fracture
- Trial name
- Aqueous-PREP (NCT03385304)
- Testing
- 10% povidone-iodine (1% free iodine) in purified water, 4% chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) in purified water
- Where
- 15 sites in United States, Canada and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 1,638 people
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Prosthesis Related Infection
Contribution of the Sonication of Implants to the Diagnosis of Joint Prosthesis Infection: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Studies on sonication suffer from a heterogeneity which makes their analysis complex, due to the absence of a gold standard allowing positive cases to be defined unequivocally.
- Trial name
- SonicHUS (NCT05867108)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
Pneumonia, Postoperative, Anesthesia
Reducing Pneumonia with LMA in Lung Wedge Resection
This retrospective cohort study aims to evaluate whether spontaneous breathing laryngeal mask anesthesia (LMA-SBA) reduces the incidence of postoperative pneumonia compared to single-lung isolation mechanical ventilation in…
- Conditions
- Pneumonia, Postoperative, Anesthesia, Thoracic Surgery, Thoracoscopic Wedge Resection
- Trial name
- NCT06873958
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 700 people
- Sponsor
- Hai Feng
Impacted Tooth, Postoperative Complications in Maxillofacial Surgery
Effectiveness of Postoperative Topical and Oral Antibiotics on Impacted Mandibular 3rd Molar Surgery.
This randomized controlled trial evaluates the effectiveness of postoperative topical antibiotics compared with oral antibiotics in patients undergoing surgical extraction of impacted mandibular third molars.
- Conditions
- Impacted Tooth, Postoperative Complications in Maxillofacial Surgery, Surgical Wound Infection, Facial Pain
- Trial name
- POTA-M3S (NCT07573033)
- Testing
- Topical Antibiotic, Oral antibiotic therapy
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Liaquat College of Medicine and Dentistry
COVID-19, Surgery
The Effect of COVID-19 Infection on Post-operative Complications
We did an multi-centre, observational cohort study in patients who had surgery in 2023. We included participants who underwent surgery after the COVID-19 to lift the lockdown in China.
- Conditions
- COVID-19, Surgery, Postoperative Complications
- Trial name
- NCT05677815
- Testing
- Underwent Surgery from 2019 to 2022
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 3,350 people
- Sponsor
- Xijing Hospital
Sore Throat, Cough
Effect of Betamethasone Gel and Lidocaine Jelly on Sore Throat, Cough and Hoarseness of
ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of betamethasone gel and lidocaine jelly (over tracheal tube cuff) compared with distilled water on the post intubation syndrome incidence.
- Trial name
- NCT02114021
- Testing
- betamethasone gel, lidocaine jelly, distilled water
- Where
- Iran
- Volunteers
- 99 people
- Sponsor
- Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Post Operative Surgical Site Infection
Topical Antibiotic Therapy to Reduce Infection After Operative Treatment of Fractures at High Risk of Infection: TOBRA
The overall objective is to compare the effect of Vancomycin and Tobramycin powder combined (treatment) to Vancomycin powder (control) in the reduction of post-fixation infections of tibial plateau and tibial pilon fractures at…
- Trial name
- TOBRA (NCT04597008)
- Testing
- Treatment group, Control group
- Where
- 41 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,660 people
- Sponsor
- Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium
Appendicitis (Diagnosis)
Precision Antibiotic Dosing for Appendectomy
This research is studying a drug called cefoxitin already approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reduce the risk of infection after surgery to remove an appendix.
- Trial name
- PANDA (NCT06860802)
- Testing
- Cefoxitin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 46 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Prostate Cancer
Postoperative Patient Comfort and Quality of Micturition in Suprapubic Tube vs. Transurethral Catheterization After RARP
The purpose of the study is to determine, whether the postoperative quality of micturition and continence can be improved depending on the urinary drainage catheter and retention after robot assisted radical prostatectomy.
- Trial name
- MPH (NCT02812173)
- Testing
- suprapubic tube ex 2 day, suprapubic tube ex 5 day, transurethral catheter ex 5 day
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 234 people
- Sponsor
- St. Antonius Hospital Gronau
Incarcerated Hernia, Appendicitis Acute
Prevention of Postoperative Hernias in Emergency Surgery
The aim of this observational study is to understand the risk factors and incidence of postoperative hernias among patients undergoing emergency surgery.
- Conditions
- Incarcerated Hernia, Appendicitis Acute, Cholecystitis, Acute, Ileus
- Trial name
- PROPHECY (NCT06815822)
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- Jan Kochanowski University
Septic Shock, Vasoplegia
Evaluating in Cirrhotics With Refractory Vasoplegia the Effect of Methylene Blue
Mortality rates associated septic shock remains unacceptably high, around 20-50%, with refractory hypotension in half of these patients.
- Conditions
- Septic Shock, Vasoplegia, Cirrhosis, Liver, Refractory Shock
- Trial name
- CRuMBS (NCT03120637)
- Testing
- Methylene Blue
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 111 people
- Sponsor
- Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, India
Next Generation Sequencing (NGS), Surgical Site Infection (SSI)
Efficacy of Integrating Next Generation Sequencing for Treatment of Surgical Site Infection After Fracture Fixation:
The study focuses on the serious problem of infections and wound-healing issues that can happen after high-energy bone fractures.
- Conditions
- Next Generation Sequencing (NGS), Surgical Site Infection (SSI), Fracture Fixation
- Trial name
- NGS (NCT07458230)
- Testing
- NGS diagnostic findings
- Where
- 18 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 250 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Complication of Surgical Procedure
TCOT Effectiveness in Preventing Wound Infections in Perineal Resections
In colorectal surgery, oxygen insufflation (which leads to higher oxygen concentration in the surgical site) has been shown to decrease infection rate.
- Trial name
- NCT02374294
- Testing
- Epiflo
- Sponsor
- Neogenix, LLC dba Ogenix
Circulatory Shock, Sepsis
Shock and Acute Conditions OutcOmes Platform
In-hospital mortality of patients admitted in the intensive care unit (ICU) for circulatory shock remains high (between 20 and 40%).
- Conditions
- Circulatory Shock, Sepsis, Cardiogenic Shock, Major Trauma
- Trial name
- ShockCO-OP (NCT06376318)
- Testing
- Inotrope, Mechanical circulatory support, anti-bodies
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris, France
Acute Appendicitis, Acute Cholecystitis
Web-based International Register of Emergency Surgery and Trauma
The WIRES-T project (Web-based International Registry of Emergency General Surgery and Trauma) has been set up to allow to all the EGS (Emergency General Surgery) and Trauma surgeons to register their activity and to obtain a…
- Conditions
- Acute Appendicitis, Acute Cholecystitis, Acute Diverticulitis, Post-operative Complications
- Trial name
- WIRES-T (NCT03643718)
- Testing
- Emergency General Surgery
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 10,000 people
- Sponsor
- A.O. Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII