Randomized Trial of 2% Chlorhexidine-70% Isopropanol vs 5% Povidone Iodine-69% Ethanol for Skin Antisepsis in Reducing Surgical-site Infection After Cardiac Surgery
- Conditions
- Cardiac Surgery in Adult Patient
- Interventions
- Drug: 2%Chlorhexidine-70%IsopropanolDrug: 5%Povidone Iodine- 69%Ethanol
- Registration Number
- NCT03560193
- Lead Sponsor
- Poitiers University Hospital
- Brief Summary
Despite completion of more than 9 million procedures each year in France, the best antiseptic solution to be used for preparing the skin to reduce risk of surgical site infection (SSI) remains unknown. 2% Chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG)-alcohol is superior to Povidone Iodine (PVI)-alcohol for short term vascular catheter care (Mimoz O, Lancet 2015; Pages J, Intensive Care Med 2016), but studies comparing both antiseptic solutions for clean-contaminated surgical procedures led to conflicting results.
The present study will be the first large scale multicenter randomized controlled trial adequately powered to compare efficacy and safety of CHG-alcohol over PVI-alcohol in reducing SSI after clean surgery.
A clean surgery was chosen because pathogens involved in SSI mostly originate from skin. Therefore, optimisation of skin disinfection before surgery has the potential to reduce the incidence of SSI. Cardiac surgery was chosen because SSI may be severe, diagnosis of SSI is easy to monitor and to define and infections arise earlier than other frequent clean surgeries using implants such as orthopaedic or vascular surgery.
The incidence of reoperation for any purpose will be used as the main objective because there are easy to track and define and are less susceptible to interpretation in an open trial than superficial SSI. According to CDC criteria, patients will be monitored up to Day 90 because mediastinitis after cardiac surgery may occur after the usual 30-day SSI surveillance period.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 3316
- Adult patients (age ≥ 18 years)
- Undergoing any (scheduled) surgery of the heart (valve, coronary or combined surgery) or of the aorta via a median sternotomy
- Having given their informed consent
- Patients with known allergies to CHG, PVI, isopropanol or ethanol
- Surgery for heart transplantation
- Any signs of inflammation or sternal instability at the site of sternotomy or operation for infection (SWI or endocarditis)
- Patients with history of cardiac surgery within 3 months preceding enrolment
- Participation to another clinical trial aimed at reducing SSI
- Patients already enrolled in this study
- Pregnant or breastfeeding women
- Women at age to procreate and not using effective contraception
- Patients not benefiting from a Social Security scheme or not benefiting from it through a third party
- Persons benefiting from enhanced protection, namely minors, persons deprived of their liberty by a judicial or administrative decision, adults under legal protection.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Chlorhexidine Group 2%Chlorhexidine-70%Isopropanol - Povidone Iodine Group 5%Povidone Iodine- 69%Ethanol -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Incidence of any re-sternotomy occurring between Day 0 and Day 90 after surgery 90 days Incidence of any reoperation on saphen venous/radial artery site occurring between Day 0 and Day 30 after surgery. 30 days
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Number of days in ICU 90 days Incidence of superficial incisional SSIs at sternal or saphen venous/radial artery sites according to CDC criteria occurring by Day 30 after surgery and pathogens involved 30 days Incidence of mediastinitis according to CDC criteria occurring by Day 90 after surgery and pathogens involved 90 days Incidence of deep incisional SSIs at saphen venous/radial artery site according to CDC criteria occurring by Day 30 after surgery and pathogens involved 30 days Incidence of SWI requiring reoperation, occurring by Day 90 90 days Incidence of SSIs at saphen venous/radial artery site requiring reoperation, occurring by Day 30 30 days Mortality at Day 90 of surgery 90 days Incidence of unexpected need for re-admission to the ICU or re-hospitalisation 90 days Number of days under mechanical ventilation 90 days Number of days in Hospital 90 days Number of days in rehabilitation unit 90 days Incidence of local and systemic side effects possibly linked to antiseptic use 90 days Economic analysis including cost-effectiveness of surgical skin antisepsis 90 days
Trial Locations
- Locations (8)
University Hospital of Poitiers
🇫🇷Poitiers, France
La Pitié Salpétrière Hospital
🇫🇷Paris, France
University Hospital of Nantes
🇫🇷Nantes, France
University Hospital of Rennes
🇫🇷Rennes, France
CHRU de Strasbourg
🇫🇷Strasbourg, France
CHU de Toulouse
🇫🇷Toulouse, France
University Hospital of Clermont-Ferrand
🇫🇷Clermont-Ferrand, France
Institut Mutualiste Montsouris
🇫🇷Paris, France