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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01076049
Date of registration: 23/02/2010
Primary sponsor: Irrimax Corporation
Public title: Evaluation of IrriSept for Irrigation of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in the Emergency Room Setting USF
Scientific title: Evaluation of a Novel Solution, IrriSept, Containing a Long-Acting Antimicrobial Agent for Irrigation of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in the Emergency Setting
Date of first enrolment: December 2009
Target sample size: 100
Recruitment status: Enrolling by invitation
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01076049
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor)  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Erin Stirling
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Affiliation:  University South Florida
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age 18 to 80.

- SSTls, including abscesses, cutaneous surgical site infections, infected wounds, etc.

- Patient able to provide an informed consent.

- Patient volunteers to participate.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Wound was caused by human or animal bite.

- Wound is a blunt crush injury or has tendon, bone or joint involvement.

- Diabetic foot infection.

- Admission to hospital for any reason, including IV antibiotics.

- Clinical signs of systemic infection on initial patient encounter.

- Prior history of allergy or hypersensitivity to CHG.

- Neutropenia (known ANC<500/mm3), HIV (known CD4<50), or other severely
immunocompromised state (e.g. receiving chemotherapy).

- Pt is diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus or other immunological disease.

- Patient withdraws from participation.

- Patient unable or unwilling to give informed consent.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Non-complicated Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
Intervention(s)
Device: IrriSept Irrigation
Other: observation of SOP
Primary Outcome(s)
State of wound [Time Frame: 48 hours]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonisation Rate [Time Frame: 48 hours]
Secondary ID(s)
108527
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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