Status:

COMPLETED

Efficacy of InteguSeal for Surgical Skin Preparation in Patients Undergoing Total Joint Replacement

Lead Sponsor:

Rothman Institute Orthopaedics

Collaborating Sponsors:

Kimberly-Clark Corporation

Conditions:

Prosthetic Joint Infection

Surgical Skin Infection

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-80 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This study is being conducted to investigate the potential benefits of using a special type of fluid that can be applied to the skin (Integuseal) in addition to standard surgical skin preparation in p...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Subjects who are able and willing to provide informed consent;
  • Male and non-pregnant, non-lactating, female subjects who are willing to practice effective means of contraception or postmenopausal/surgically sterilized female subjects, between the ages of 18-80 years old, of any ethnic origin.
  • Subjects deemed able to comply with study schedule visits, procedures and medications as specified by the protocol.
  • Subjects undergoing elective THA or TKA procedures.
  • Subjects in satisfactory health as determined by the investigator on the basis of medical history and physical examination.

Exclusion

  • Subjects undergoing revision, hemiarthroplasty, or bilateral THA or TKA
  • Subjects undergoing non-elective THA or TKA procedures.
  • Pregnant or lactating females or females of childbearing potential not practicing an effective method of contraception.
  • Subjects with known allergies to iodine and/or chlorhexidine

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

September 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

160 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00829556

Start Date

April 1 2008

End Date

September 1 2009

Last Update

December 21 2009

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Rothman Institute

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19107