Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01054690
Silver Alloyed Urinary Catheters and Incidence of Catheter Acquired Urinary Tract Infections (UTI)
A Comparative Study to Investigate if Silver Alloyed Urinary Catheters Can Reduce the Incidence of Catheter Acquired Urinary Tract Infections in Patients Undergoing Elective Surgery
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 511 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Region Skane · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
This study is a single blinded (Outcome Assessors), multicenter randomized controlled study designed to investigate if a silver alloyed urinary catheter with antibacterial properties can reduce the incidence of catheter acquired urinary tract infections in patients undergoing elective surgery. Patients requiring urinary catheterization will be randomized into two groups and receive either the silver alloyed catheter (test) or a silicone catheter (control).
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | Bactiguard Infection Protection (BIP) Cathter. | |
| DEVICE | Silicone Urinary Catheter |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2008-10-01
- Primary completion
- 2009-08-01
- Completion
- 2009-08-01
- First posted
- 2010-01-22
- Last updated
- 2010-01-22
Locations
3 sites across 1 country: Sweden
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01054690. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.