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NCT05750576Completed

Impact of ECMO Cannula Chlorhexidine-impregnated Dressings to Decrease Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation-cannula Related Infection Rate

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 24 Nov 2025

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The Dressing-ECMO trial is a prospective, open-label, multicenter, controlled trial randomizing patients who received percutaneous ECMO to cannula chlorhexidine-impregnated dressing vs standard dressing. The study goal is to determine if cannula chlorhexidine-impregnated dressings can reduce the number of cannula major-related infections with or without bloodstream infection

Status (registry)
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
270 (actual)
First submitted
19 Jan 2023
Start date
15 Jun 2023
Primary completion date
20 Jun 2025
Lead sponsor
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
NCT number
NCT05750576

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Participants enrolled: 270
  • From 15 Jun 2023 to the primary completion date, 20 Jun 2025
  • 6 sites in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.

Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Surgical (i.e. non percutaneous) cannulation

Other illness

  • Known allergy to chlorhexidine

Age

  • Age \<18 years

Other

  • Initiation of ECMO for more than 24 hours
  • Patient moribund on day of randomization, SAPS II \>90
  • Antibiotic prophylaxis at ECMO cannulation

Who the study is looking for

  • Patients with cardiogenic shock or refractory acute respiratory distress syndrome ECMO VA or VV ECMO for less than 24 hours.
  • ECMO duration \> 48 hours
  • Obtained written informed consent from the trusted person or family member/relative. Depending on the emergency consent, randomization may take place and consent of the trusted person/relative/family will be obtained as soon as possible. The patient will be asked to give his/her consent for the continuation of the trial when hid/her condition will allow.
  • Affiliation to a social security system (excluding state medical aid)

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (6)

Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.

SiteCityCountrySite status
CHU Besancon - Hopital Jean Minjoz
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BesançonFranceUnknown status
CH Sud Francilien
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Corbeil-EssonnesFranceUnknown status
Hopital Henri Mondor
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CréteilFranceUnknown status
CHRU Nancy Hopitaux de Brabois
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NancyFranceUnknown status
Hopital Pitie-Salpetriere
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ParisFranceUnknown status
Hopital Foch
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SuresnesFranceUnknown status

This page is information, not medical advice. Discuss any trial with your doctor.