Status:
COMPLETED
Effect of Chlorhexidine Skin Cleansing on Skin Flora
Lead Sponsor:
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Conditions:
Skin Diseases, Infectious
Eligibility:
All Genders
Up to 48 years
Phase:
PHASE4
Brief Summary
Given the potential of skin cleansing with chlorhexidine as a safe, feasible, and cost-effective intervention for reducing neonatal death in developing country settings, this study follows a trial alr...
Detailed Description
This study is designed to test the impact of a single cleansing of the skin with 0.25% or 4.0% Chlorhexidine wipes on qualitative and quantitative skin flora and skin condition in newborn infants. The...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Infant admitted to Special Care Nursery at Dhaka Shishu Hospital less than 48 hours chronological age
- parental consent must be obtained
Exclusion
- infants being admitted for major surgical procedure which is attended by high rate of infectious complications
- sepsis
- clinically-evident skin infection
- generalized skin disease
- structural defect of the skin involving greater than 5% of the body surface
- with a major congenital anomaly
- with a known immunodeficiency
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2004
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
End Date :
March 1 2005
Estimated Enrollment :
210 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00198679
Start Date
March 1 2004
End Date
March 1 2005
Last Update
April 20 2018
Active Locations (1)
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Dhaka Shishu Hospital
Dhaka, Bangladesh