# Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Irrisept Versus Normal Saline for Wound Irrigation After Posterior Spine Surgery

> **NCT05408923** · PHASE4 · WITHDRAWN · sponsor: **University of Missouri-Columbia**

## Conditions studied

- Lumbar Spine Degeneration
- Cervical Spine Degeneration

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** saline 0.9%
- **DRUG:** (0.05% chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) in sterile water)

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT05408923
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Missouri-Columbia
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** WITHDRAWN
- **Start date:** 2022-07
- **Primary completion:** 2025-07
- **Final completion:** 2026-07
- **Target enrollment:** 0 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** It was determined not to be feasible at our site at this time.
- **Last updated:** 2022-12-27


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05408923

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT05408923, "Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Irrisept Versus Normal Saline for Wound Irrigation After Posterior Spine Surgery". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-03 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT05408923. Licensed CC0.

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