# The Use of Diluted Povidone Iodine Irrigation in Spine Surgery

> **NCT01577524** · PHASE2 · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Attabib, Najmedden, M.D.** · enrollment: 58 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Surgical Site Infection

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Povidone-Iodine
- **DRUG:** Saline

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01577524
- **Lead sponsor:** Attabib, Najmedden, M.D.
- **Sponsor class:** INDIV
- **Phase:** PHASE2
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2012-01
- **Primary completion:** 2016-06
- **Final completion:** 2016-06
- **Target enrollment:** 58 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** We had very low recruitment rates that would have resulted in several years being added to the study to achieve an appropriate sample size.
- **Last updated:** 2016-07-14


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01577524

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01577524, "The Use of Diluted Povidone Iodine Irrigation in Spine Surgery". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01577524. Licensed CC0.

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