A Prospective Trial of Povidone-iodine Suppository Before Transrectal Ultrasound Guided Prostate Biopsy

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2015-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Male

Summary

To assess the effect of povidone-iodine on infectious complication rate caused by transrectal prostate biopsy

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Seoul National University Hospital
• Treatments: Cadexomer iodine; Iodine; Povidone; Povidone-Iodine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• who undergo transrectal prostate biopsy

Exclusion Criteria:

• patients who refuse to be included, patients who have hypersensitivity to iodine, patients who have abnormal thyroid function, patients who do not visit follow-up, patients who have received prior radioactive-iodine therapy