Vaginal Cleansing Before Cesarean Delivery to Reduce Infection

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Complications; Cesarean Section

In brief

The purpose of this study is to test the hypothesis that vaginal cleansing with povidone-iodine solution immediately prior to cesarean delivery reduces postcesarean infectious morbidity.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02495753

Run by

Washington University School of Medicine

People needed

608

Starts

2015-08-01

Expected to finish

2021-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2021-08-06

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Women undergoing cesarean delivery after labor at Barnes-Jewish Hospital.

You may not qualify if…

• Inability to obtain consent
• known or suspected allergy to iodine or shellfish
• women with active herpes simplex virus infection

Where it is running

• Barnes Jewish Hospital — St Louis, Missouri, United States

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