FALCON Trial Testing Measures to Reduce Surgical Site Infection
Status:
Unknown status
Trial end date:
2021-07-31
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
FALCON is a Pragmatic multi-centre trial testing measures to reduce superficial or deep skin
infection following abdominal surgery in low and middle income countries. The trial will
recruit patients undergoing abdominal surgery. Recruited participants will be randomly
assigned to four arms to receive different combinations of skin preparation and sutures for
would closure:
A. In this arm surgeon will use 2% alcoholic chlorhexidine for skin cleansing and non-coated
suture for wound closure; B. In this arm surgeon will use 2% alcoholic chlorhexidine for skin
cleansing and triclosan coated suture for wound closure; C. In this arm surgeon will use for
operation 10% aqueous povidone-iodine for skin cleansing and non-coated suture for wound
closure; D. In this arm surgeon will use 10% aqueous povidone-iodine for skin cleansing and
triclosan-coated suture.
Phase:
Phase 3
Details
Lead Sponsor:
University of Birmingham
Collaborators:
Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, India Hospital Espanol de Veracruz Kigali University Teaching Hospital King Edward Medical University Lagos State University Ndola Teaching Hospital Tamale Teaching Hospital, Tamale Universidad Francisco Marroquín Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia University of Edinburgh University of the Philippines University of Witwatersrand, South Africa