Mupirocin-Iodophor ICU Decolonization Swap Out Trial

Summary

The Swap Out Trial is a cluster randomized controlled trial of HCA hospitals, evaluating the non-inferiority of two decolonization regimens: Arm 1 Routine Care: ICU nasal decolonization with mupirocin twice daily for 5 days in the context of chlorhexidine for daily bathing; Arm 2 Intervention: ICU nasal decolonization with iodophor twice daily for 5 days in the context of chlorhexidine for daily bathing Note: that enrolled "subjects" represents 137 individual HCA Hospitals (representing \~235 ICUs) that have been randomized.

Timeline

Start

2017-05-01

Primary completion

2023-11-06

Completion

2023-11-06

Publications

• Results Huang SS, Septimus EJ, Kleinman K, Heim LT, Moody JA, Avery TR, McLean L, Rashid S, Haffenreffer K, Shimelman L, Staub-Juergens W, Spencer-Smith C, Sljivo S, Rosen E, Poland RE, Coady MH, Lee CH, Blanchard EJ, Reddish K, Hayden MK, Weinstein RA, Carver B, Smith K, Hickok J, Lolans K, Khan N, Sturdevant SG, Reddy SC, Jernigan JA, Sands KE, Perlin JB, Platt R. Nasal Iodophor Antiseptic vs Nasal Mupirocin Antibiotic in the Setting of Chlorhexidine Bathing to Prevent Infections in Adult ICUs: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2023 Oct 10;330(14):1337-1347. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.17219.

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