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Effect of Surfactants on the Skin Microbiome

NCT01951391 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10

Last updated 2019-12-04

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Summary

Up to 10 volunteers will be recruited to evaluate the microbial environment on their forearms. Following informed consent, bacterial swabs will be obtained at baseline from the forearms of all subjects. Their forearms will then be washed with one of the study cleansers. Subjects will then have their forearms swabbed for bacteria at the following time points: 10 minutes, 6 hours, and 24 hours after the wash. DNA will be extracted from all swabs and bacterial diversity evaluated by 16S pyrosequencing.

Conditions

  • Healthy Skin

Interventions

OTHER

Control Hand Soap

Commercially available soap will be used to wash the subject's forearms

OTHER

Benzalkonium Chloride Soap

Commercially available soap containing benzalkonium chloride will be used to wash the subject's forearms

OTHER

Triclocarban Soap

Commercially available soap containing triclocarban will be used to wash the subject's forearms

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-09-30
Primary Completion
2015-01-31
Completion
2015-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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