Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02713074
Povidone-iodine Versus Saline in Vaginal Cleansing Before Office Hysteroscopy
A Comparison Between Povidone-iodine and Normal Saline in Vaginal Cleansing Before Office Hysterosocpy: a Randomized Controlled Trial
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 147 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Assiut University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Female
- Age
- —
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The normal saline is used in medicine as an intravenous isotonic infusion and for cleaning wounds. It is a mild but effective cleaning agent and will not harm normal tissue, unlike many stronger antiseptics. It is available and inexpensive in comparison to povidone iodine.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DRUG | povidone-iodine | The patients will be subjected to povidone-iodine (Betadine7.5%) for vaginal cleaning before office hysteroscopy |
| DRUG | normal saline | The patients will be subjected to normal saline (Sod. Chloride 0.9%, Nile) for vaginal cleaning |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2016-10-01
- Primary completion
- 2017-03-01
- Completion
- 2017-07-01
- First posted
- 2016-03-18
- Last updated
- 2017-07-19
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Egypt
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02713074. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.