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Analysis of the Effect of Antimicrobial Soap on Bacterial Survival

NCT02012348 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2019-10-03

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Summary

This study will recruit up to 10 healthy volunteers. An avirulent strain of S. pyogenes will be applied to their forearms after washing each of their forearms with different types of soap, one with an antimicrobial compound, and the other without an antimicrobial compound. After several hours of incubation, the subject's forearms will be swabbed for bacteria. The forearms will then be cleansed with antibacterial soap and water followed by 70% ethanol. The bacterial swabs will be analyzed and compared between the different soaps that were used to cleanse each digit prior to the application of S. pyogenes. The investigator expects the number of bacteria surviving on the skin of forearms washed with antimicrobial soaps will be fewer than with control soap.

Conditions

  • Survival of Bacteria on Skin After Using Different Soaps

Interventions

OTHER

Antibacterial soap with triclocarban

OTHER

Antibacterial soap + benzalkonium chloride

OTHER

Control soap

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-12-31
Primary Completion
2015-07-31
Completion
2015-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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