# Prevention of Infections in Cardiac Surgery (PICS): a Cluster-randomized Factorial Cross-over Trial

> **NCT06567808** · PHASE4 · NOT_YET_RECRUITING · sponsor: **Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation** · enrollment: 38000 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Infection, Surgical Site

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Cefazolin
- **DRUG:** Vancomycin

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT06567808
- **Lead sponsor:** Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** NOT_YET_RECRUITING
- **Start date:** 2026-03-01
- **Primary completion:** 2028-04-30
- **Final completion:** 2028-07-30
- **Target enrollment:** 38000 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-12

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06567808

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT06567808, "Prevention of Infections in Cardiac Surgery (PICS): a Cluster-randomized Factorial Cross-over Trial". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT06567808. Licensed CC0.

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