Mupirocin-Iodophor ICU Decolonization Swap Out Trial

Completed · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Staphylococcus Aureus

In brief

The Swap Out Trial is a cluster randomized controlled trial of HCA hospitals, evaluating the non-inferiority of two decolonization regimens: Arm 1 Routine Care: ICU nasal decolonization with mupirocin twice daily for 5 days in the context of chlorhexidine for daily bathing; Arm 2 Intervention: ICU nasal decolonization with iodophor twice daily for 5 days in the context of chlorhexidine for daily bathing Note: that enrolled "subjects" represents 137 individual HCA Hospitals (representing \~235 ICUs) that have been randomized.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT03140423
Run by
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
People needed
353323
Starts
2017-05-01
Expected to finish
2023-11-06
Last updated by the study team
2025-03-30

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

You may not qualify if…

Where it is running

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

Trial information comes from ClinicalTrials.gov and is refreshed daily. TrialsForMe does not provide medical care and does not run the studies it lists.