# Wound Infections in Breast Cancer Surgery After Preoperative Skin Preparation With Chlorhexidine vs. Povidone-iodine

> **NCT02479347** · PHASE4 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano** · enrollment: 2158 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Wound Infection
- Breast Neoplasms

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Chlorhexidine
- **DRUG:** Povidone-Iodine

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02479347
- **Lead sponsor:** Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2013-03
- **Primary completion:** 2016-09
- **Final completion:** 2016-09
- **Target enrollment:** 2158 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2021-09-09


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02479347

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02479347, "Wound Infections in Breast Cancer Surgery After Preoperative Skin Preparation With Chlorhexidine vs. Povidone-iodine". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02479347. Licensed CC0.

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