# Preoperative Application of Chlorhexidine to Reduce Infection With Cesarean Section After Labor

> **NCT03423147** · PHASE2 · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Angela Bianco** · enrollment: 319 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Cesarean Section
- Surgical Site Infection
- Nosocomial Infection

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** 2% chlorhexidine gluconate cloth
- **DRUG:** 4% Chlorhexidine gluconate vaginal scrub

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03423147
- **Lead sponsor:** Angela Bianco
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE2
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2018-10-05
- **Primary completion:** 2021-02-11
- **Final completion:** 2021-02-11
- **Target enrollment:** 319 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Poor enrollment, inability to achieve required number of subjects
- **Last updated:** 2023-03-23

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03423147

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03423147, "Preoperative Application of Chlorhexidine to Reduce Infection With Cesarean Section After Labor". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-11 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03423147. Licensed CC0.

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