Topical Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Eyelids
Completed · Phase 4 · Has a placebo group
Conditions studied: Antibiotic Side Effect, Eyelid; Wound, Eyelid Diseases, Surgical Wound Infection, Surgical Wound, Recent, Surgical Incision, Skin Cancer Face, Antibiotic Allergy, Surgical Site Infection
In brief
The investigators propose a prospective randomized control trial testing the hypothesis that routine topical antibiotic prophylaxis does not significantly reduce the rate of infection after eyelid surgery.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03199911
- Run by
- University of California, San Francisco
- People needed
- 401
- Starts
- 2017-10-02
- Expected to finish
- 2019-11-14
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-07-21
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Patients aged 18 and older who are undergoing various eyelid procedures in an office, ambulatory care center, or operating room including but not limited to:
- blepharoplasty (upper and lower lids);
- ectropion repair;
- entropion repair;
- external dacryocystorhinostomy;
- external levator resection;
- eyelid lesion removal and/or biopsy;
- eyelid reconstruction and defect repair including after Mohs surgery;
- fat pad excision (upper and lower lids);
- gold or platinum weight implantation;
- internal levator resection;
- lateral tarsal strip;
- orbital fracture repair requiring periorbital incisions;
- orbitotomy requiring periorbital incisions;
- tarsorrhaphy;
- wedge excision.
- Patients undergoing repeat procedures will also be included.
You may not qualify if…
- Patients aged younger than 18 years old who are undergoing the above eyelid procedures in an office, ambulatory care centers, operating rooms;
- patients undergoing chalazion removal;
- patients who have had previous wound infections at the site of the procedure;
- patients with oral or IV antibiotic use within 10 days prior to procedure;
- patients requiring IV antibiotics during the procedure;
- patients with grossly contaminated or inflamed wounds;
- patients with human or animal bites, patients with wounds resulting from trauma
- patients allergic to all study drug options.
Where it is running
- University of California, San Francisco — San Francisco, California, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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