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The Influence of Oral Hygiene on Local Wound and Systemic Infection in Patients With Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Placement

NCT00859235 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2009-03-11

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Summary

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is commonly used for long term enteral feeding of patients with severe dysphagia. The most common complication is peristomal wound infection. The possible mechanism the bacterial from the oral cavity disseminate during the PEG insertion through the stomach to the abdominal wall, in spite the routine use of antibiotic prophylaxis, have reported low rates of wound infection in patients who were already receiving antibiotics at the time of PEG Our hypothesis that washing the oral cavity with antibiotic solution prior the insertion PEG , We planned a prospective, randomised, double blind, one centre study of antibiotic mouth wash solution (0.2% Chlorhexidine gluconate) as.prophylaxis in PEG

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Chlorhexidine gluconate 0.2%

Mouth wash prior to procedure

OTHER

Plain water

Mouth wash prior to procedure

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

    lead OTHER_GOV

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
45 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-05-31
Primary Completion
2009-11-30
Completion
2009-12-31

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