Overview

A Randomized Clinical Trial to Prevent Recurrent CA-MRSA Infection

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2012-12-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
This clinical trial tests the hypotheses that 1) body decolonization of patients with recurrent community-associated (CA) MRSA infections and their household members and 2) environmental decolonization of the patients' households will significantly reduce the likelihood of recurrent CA-MRSA infection.
Phase:
Phase 3
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute
Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Collaborator:
Kaiser Permanente
Treatments:
Chlorhexidine
Chlorhexidine gluconate
Methicillin
Mupirocin