Prevention of Neurosurgical Wound Infections

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Surgical Wound Infections

In brief

The goal of this study is to determine whether injecting the antibiotic vancomycin directly into surgical wounds can decrease the rate of infection following implantation of neurosurgical devices.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00915967

Run by

Oregon Health and Science University

People needed

214

Starts

2009-05-13

Expected to finish

2014-12-19

Last updated by the study team

2019-04-30

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 99. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• deep brain stimulators (DBS)
• spinal cord stimulators (SCS)
• motor cortex stimulators (MCS)
• vagus nerve stimulators (VNS)
• peripheral nerve stimulators (PNS)

You may not qualify if…

• allergies to vancomycin
• immunocompromise or taking immunosuppressant drugs
• currently taking aminoglycoside antibiotics, such as amikacin, gentamicin, neomycin, streptomycin or tobramycin
• diagnosed renal failure
• currently undergoing chemotherapy
• pregnancy
• non-english speakers
• unable to return for follow-up, or unable to be contacted by telephone

Where it is running

• University Hospital, Oregon Health & Science University — Portland, Oregon, United States

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