NCT01169064

Topical Silver for Prevention of Wound Infection After Cesarean Delivery

Topical Silver for Prevention of Wound Infection Post Cesarean Delivery: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 475 (actual)
• Sponsor: Vanderbilt University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

A common concern in any surgical procedure is the occurrence of infection. Silver-containing treatments are popular and used in wound treatment; however, there is presently little evidence of the effectiveness of silver-containing treatment for the prevention of obstetrical wound infection. We plan to investigate the rate of infection in women experiencing cesarean sections at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) by comparing the infection rate based on a randomized choice of silver-containing wound dressings to soft cloth adhesive wound dressings.

Conditions

• Wound Infection

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Silver-containing surgical dressing	Dressing placed over surgical incision and remain for 3-5 days
DEVICE	Cloth adhesive dressing	Cloth adhesive dressing placed over surgical incision and remains for 3-5 days

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-07-01
• Primary completion: 2012-07-01
• Completion: 2012-07-01
• First posted: 2010-07-23
• Last updated: 2017-05-30
• Results posted: 2017-05-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States