Status:

COMPLETED

Prevention of Infections in Cardiac Surgery (PICS) Prevena Study

Lead Sponsor:

Population Health Research Institute

Conditions:

Surgical Site Infections

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

This vanguard study will be conducted at two study sites in Canada. It is a cluster randomized trial to test a combination of two antibiotics for antibiotic prophylaxis as compared to routine prophyla...

Detailed Description

Despite the routine use of antibiotics before and after cardiac surgery, infections of the chest wound remain a common life threatening complication of heart surgery that is preventable. Antibiotic pr...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • \- ≥18 years of age undergoing open-heart surgery (sternotomy, including minimally-invasive sternotomies)

Exclusion

  • On systemic antibiotics or with an active bacterial infection at the time of surgery
  • Patients previously enrolled in this trial
  • Patients known to be colonized with Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA)(unethical not to administer glycopeptides), beta-lactam or vancomycin allergy precluding the use of cefazolin or vancomycin, respectively, or to silver precluding the use of Prevena
  • Participation in other studies that may interfere with this trial

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 5 2018

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

October 17 2024

Estimated Enrollment :

4107 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03402945

Start Date

March 5 2018

End Date

October 17 2024

Last Update

February 28 2025

Active Locations (2)

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Hamilton General Hospital

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8L 2X2

2

London Health Sciences Centre & Lawson Health Research Institute

London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5A5