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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00566306
Date of registration: 30/11/2007
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Helsinki University
Public title: Influence of a New Polycationic Disinfectant on Clostridium Difficile Incidence and Environmental Colonisation
Scientific title: Influence of a New Polycationic Disinfectant on Clostridium Difficile Incidence and Environmental Colonisation
Date of first enrolment: February 2007
Target sample size: 200
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00566306
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Contacts
Name:     Mari Kanerva, MD,PhD
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Affiliation:  Helsinki University Central Hospital, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria: ( classified as a HCF-onset, HCF-associated CDAD )

- toxin or culture positive C difficile

- symptom onset more than 72 hours after admission to hospital

- symptom onset less than 4 weeks after discharge

Exclusion Criteria:

- recurrence of CDAD within 8 weeks

- symptom onset before admission to hospital or less than 72 hours after admission to
hospital



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Clostridium Difficile
Intervention(s)
Other: Polyhexamethyleneguanidine (PHMG)
Primary Outcome(s)
Clinical: C. difficile infections on study wards. Microbiologic: C difficile colonization. [Time Frame: 2/07-5/08]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Economical: to evaluate cost of C difficile infection [Time Frame: 2/07-5/08]
Secondary ID(s)
231109
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Soft Protector
The Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation (TEKES)
Ethics review
Results
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