Effect of Triclosan-coated Suture on Superficial SSI

Hospital General Universitario Elche

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3

Conditions: Surgical Site Infection

Treatments: Procedure: No triclosan; Procedure: Triclosan coated suture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02018289

2013-0010

Details and patient eligibility

About

The abdominal closure with triclosan coated suture will reduce superficial surgical site infection.

Enrollment: 106 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Fecal peritonitis

Exclusion criteria

• Perioperative mortality

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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106 participants in 2 patient groups

Triclosan

Experimental group

Description:

Suture of the abdominal wall with triclosan coated suture

Treatment:

Procedure: Triclosan coated suture

No triclosan

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Suture of the abdominal wall with the same suture, but without triclosan

Treatment:

Procedure: No triclosan