Blue Light Therapy of C. Acnes

Summary

This proposal aims to investigate a novel light-based treatment to reduce morbidity in shoulder surgical patients. This has potential to improve outcomes and reduce health care utilization associated with infectious complications of shoulder arthroplasty. Participants will be healthy male volunteers at least 18 years of age. They will be on study for approximately 2 days.

Timeline

Start

2020-10-05

Primary completion

2021-01-22

Completion

2021-01-22

Publications

• Results Cotter EJ, Cotter LM, Franczek EB, Godfrey JJ, Hetzel SJ, Safdar N, Dai T, Arkin L, Grogan BF. Efficacy of combinational therapy using blue light and benzoyl peroxide in reducing Cutibacterium acnes bioburden at the deltopectoral interval: a randomized controlled trial. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2021 Dec;30(12):2671-2681. doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2021.08.008. Epub 2021 Aug 31.

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