Prevention of Infections in Cardiac Surgery (PICS) Prevena Study
Status:
Recruiting
Trial end date:
2022-02-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
This vanguard study will be conducted at two study sites in Canada. It is a cluster
randomized trial to test a combination of two antibiotics for antibiotic prophylaxis as
compared to routine prophylaxis with one single antibiotic, and to test a negative-pressure
wound management system (Prevena) versus standard wound dressing to reduce chest wound
infections.