Surgical Infection Rates With Adjunct Vancomycin Compared to Standard Peri-Operative IV Antibiotics

Status unconfirmed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Lumbar Pain

In brief

Determine the effect of Vancomycin Powder added to the surgical wound at closure on surgical infection rates.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02299882

Run by

Corewell Health West

People needed

700

Starts

2012-08-01

Expected to finish

2016-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-11-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All adult, 18 years or greater undergoing posterior approach spinal surgery

You may not qualify if…

• Prisoner, pregnant women, patient under the age of 18, those of diminished decision making capacity.
• patients with known reaction to Vancomycin.
• patients having surgery specifically for spine infection
• patients having ADCF or ALIF

Where it is running

• Spectrum Health Hospitals — Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States (enrolling)

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