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Dressing: Frequency of Change and Evaluation of an Antiseptic-Impregnated Catheter Dressing in ICU Patients

NCT00417235 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1600

Last updated 2016-05-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a catheter dressing every 7th day is not inferior to a catheter dressing every 3 days and if Chlorhexidine impregnated sponges are effective in preventing catheter-related infections in ICUs.

Conditions

  • Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
  • Bacteremia

Interventions

DEVICE

Chlorhexidine Sponge (Biopatch TM)

dressing with chlorexidrine sponge versus dressing without chlorexidrine sponge

BEHAVIORAL

7-day catheter dressing frequency

dressing changes every 7 days versus every classical change every 3 days

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ministry of Health, France

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • University Hospital, Grenoble

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • jean-francois Timsit · University Hospital, Grenoble

  • jean-christophe Lucet, MD · University hospital Bichat, Paris, France

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-01-31
Primary Completion
2008-06-30
Completion
2008-06-30

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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