# Optimizing Preoperative Disinfection of Eyes

> **NCT04745663** · PHASE4 · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Norwegian University of Science and Technology** · enrollment: 150 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Eye Infections

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Povidone-Iodine 0.3%
- **DRUG:** Povidone-Iodine 5%

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04745663
- **Lead sponsor:** Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2021-02-08
- **Primary completion:** 2021-04-30
- **Final completion:** 2021-04-30
- **Target enrollment:** 150 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Not the expected 2/3 but only 1/3 of conjunctiva samples got bacterial growth. Lack of resources to keep the study going with more participants and over a considerably longer time than anticipated.
- **Last updated:** 2021-09-14

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04745663

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04745663, "Optimizing Preoperative Disinfection of Eyes". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04745663. Licensed CC0.

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