Prostate Biopsy Antisepsis

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2011-04-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Male

Summary

During a prostate biopsy, a needle is guided through the rectum into the prostate. Although patients are given antibiotics before the biopsy, there is still a risk of bacteria getting from the rectum into the bladder, prostate and bloodstream during the biopsy. For most surgical procedures, the surgical field is cleaned with antiseptic solution, but this is not common practice for prostate biopsies. In this study patients undergoing prostate biopsy will be randomly assigned to either receive an antiseptic preparation of the rectum or no preparation prior to biopsy, and the rate of infection after the biopsy will be determined.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of British Columbia
• Treatments: Cadexomer iodine; Iodine; Povidone; Povidone-Iodine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• All subjects scheduled at Vancouver General & UBC Hospitals for a transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy are eligible for this study. The indication for biopsy is made according to standard clinical reasoning and judgment, and is not affected by this study.

• All subjects must be willing and able to sign an informed consent and to take the ciprofloxacin prophylaxis before biopsy.