Clinical Trial Details
— Status: Completed
Administrative data
| NCT number |
NCT04718922 |
| Other study ID # |
20110961173 |
| Secondary ID |
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| Status |
Completed |
| Phase |
Phase 4
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| First received |
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| Last updated |
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| Start date |
January 20, 2021 |
| Est. completion date |
December 11, 2021 |
Study information
| Verified date |
February 2022 |
| Source |
Seoul National University Hospital |
| Contact |
n/a |
| Is FDA regulated |
No |
| Health authority |
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| Study type |
Interventional
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Clinical Trial Summary
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether chlorhexidine mouthrinse is effective in
preventing microbial contamination during endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial
needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA).
Description:
EBUS-TBNA using the convex probe is a standard of care for the assessment of mediastinal and
hilar lymphadenopathy. Although EBUS-TBNA is a minimally invasive procedure, rare but serious
infectious complications such as pneumonia, lung abscess, empyema, mediastinal
adenitis/abscess, mediastinitis, pericarditis, and sepsis were reported. EBUS-scope might be
contaminated with oropharyngeal commensal bacteria while passing the oropharyngeal airway
during EBUS-TBNA. Contamination of punctured lymph nodes by oropharyngeal commensal bacteria
can cause severe infections.
Chlorhexidine gluconate is an antimicrobial agent that has a broad antibacterial activity
including both gram-positive and negative bacteria. Chlorhexidine has been widely used for
surgical scrub, skin disinfection, and mouthrinse. We, therefore, designed a phase 4,
single-center, randomized, controlled clinical trial to investigate whether chlorhexidine
mouthrinse is effective in preventing microbial contamination during EBUS-TBNA.