# Bacterial Contamination: Iodine vs Saline Irrigation in Pediatric Spine Surgery

> **NCT02527512** · PHASE4 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Boston Children's Hospital** · enrollment: 173 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Surgical Site Infection

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Povidone-Iodine
- **OTHER:** Normal Saline

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02527512
- **Lead sponsor:** Boston Children's Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2017-07-13
- **Primary completion:** 2019-02-01
- **Final completion:** 2019-07-12
- **Target enrollment:** 173 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2021-05-10


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02527512

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02527512, "Bacterial Contamination: Iodine vs Saline Irrigation in Pediatric Spine Surgery". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02527512. Licensed CC0.

---

*[Clinical trials dataset](/datasets/clinical-trials) · CC0 1.0*