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Chlorhexidine Gluconate Versus Saline for Flushing the Surgical Area During Colorectal Cancer Surgery

A Comparative Study of Chlorhexidine Versus Saline Irrigation of the Surgical Area During Colorectal Cancer Surgery: a Multicenter, Stratified Randomized Controlled Trial.

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 31 Mar 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of chlorhexidine versus saline in flushing the surgical area during colorectal cancer surgery. The primary outcomes included surgical site infection, postoperative complication rates, et al.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
532 (estimated)
First submitted
10 Mar 2025
Start date
2 Jul 2024
Primary completion date
31 Dec 2026
Lead sponsor
Nanchong Central Hospital
NCT number
NCT06869096

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Planned participants: 532
  • From 2 Jul 2024 to the primary completion date, 31 Dec 2026
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Prior treatment

  • History of previous abdominal surgery
  • There are obvious contraindications to surgery (obvious abnormal liver and kidney function, pregnancy)

Other illness

  • The patient has a history of other malignant tumors diagnosed in the past 5 years and has received radiotherapy and chemotherapy in the past

Other

  • The tumor may have distant metastasis
  • Participated in other clinical trials within the past 6 months

Who the study is looking for

  • Patients aged 18-85 years,
  • Patients with surgically resectable colorectal tumors confirmed by CT/MRI before surgery
  • All patients had a performance status score of 0 or 1 in the Eastern Tumor Cooperative group
  • American Society of Anesthesiology grade I-III

Age in the registry: 18 years to 85 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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Nanchong Central Hospital
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