# Topical Antibiotics for Prevention of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Central Line Infections

> **NCT00990392** · NA · WITHDRAWN · sponsor: **Fraser Health**

## Conditions studied

- Blood Stream Infections
- Skin Diseases, Infectious

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Polysporin Triple Therapy ointment
- **OTHER:** Petroleum Jelly

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00990392
- **Lead sponsor:** Fraser Health
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** WITHDRAWN
- **Start date:** 2009-11
- **Primary completion:** 2011-01
- **Final completion:** 2011-01
- **Target enrollment:** 0 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Change of practice to antibiotic impregnated catheters and large study published showing their efficacy. Made topical antibiotics obselete.
- **Last updated:** 2015-05-29


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00990392

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00990392, "Topical Antibiotics for Prevention of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Central Line Infections". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-12 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00990392. Licensed CC0.

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