Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 9:07 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 9:07 PM
NCT ID:
NCT03385304
Eligibility Criteria:
The inclusion criteria are:
1. Patients 18 years of age or older.
2. Open fracture of the appendicular skeleton.
3. Received or will receive definitive fracture treatment with a surgical implant(s) (e.g., internal fixation, external fixation, joint prosthesis, etc.).
4. Open fracture wound management that includes formal surgical debridement within 72 hours of their injury.
5. Will have all planned fracture care surgeries performed by a participating surgeon or delegate.
6. Informed consent obtained.
7. Patient enrolled within 3 weeks of their fracture.
The exclusion criteria are:
1. Patients that did not or will not receive the allocated pre-operative surgical preparation solution due to a medical contraindication.
2. Received previous surgical debridement or management of their open fracture at a non-participating hospital or clinic.
3. Open fracture managed outside of the participating orthopaedic service (e.g., hand fracture managed by plastic surgeon).
4. Chronic or acute infection at or near the fracture site at the time of initial fracture surgery.
5. Burns at the fracture site.
6. Incarceration.
7. Expected injury survival of less than 90 days.
8. Terminal illness with expected survival less than 90 days.
9. Previous enrollment in a PREP-IT trial.
10. Currently enrolled in a study that does not permit co-enrollment.
11. Unable to obtain informed consent due to language barriers.
12. Likely problems, in the judgment of study personnel, with maintaining follow-up with the patient.
13. Excluded due to sampling strategy.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT03385304
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT03385304