Chlorhexidine Skin Application for Prevention of Infection in Infants Weighing <1500 g at Birth

• Status: Withdrawn
• Trial end date: 1969-12-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Purpose of this study is determine if skin application of chlorhexidine at birth would reduce infection in infants weighing <1500 g at birth.

• Phase: Phase 2/Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
• Collaborators: Maulana Azad Medical College; Vardhman Mahavir Medical College And Safdarjung Hospital
• Treatments: Chlorhexidine; Chlorhexidine gluconate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Birth weight less than 1500 g

Exclusion Criteria:

• Birth weight <750 g

• Major congenital malformations

• Total duration of positive pressure ventilation (PPV) > 3 mins OR chest compressions

• Shock- requiring inotropes >10 mic/kg/min