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WithdrawnNCT05745467Updated Nov 18, 2023

Povidone Iodine Nasal Application to Prevent Intraoperative Spread of SARS-CoV-2

A Phase 4 interventional study of Povidone Iodine 5% Soln,Top,Kit in SARS-CoV-2 Acute Respiratory Disease, sponsored by University of Iowa. Withdrawn. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 105 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-11-18.

Sponsored by University of Iowa · Phase 4, Interventional, and Prevention

Why this study was withdrawn
Wouldn't be able to get enough patients. Never started the study. Suspended the IRB form.
Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
0
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 105 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The primary aim is to test whether preoperative asepsis with 5% nasal povidone iodine versus no preoperative asepsis with 5% nasal povidone iodine reduces proximal and distal SARS-CoV-2 transmission in operating rooms among patients who are acutely infected with SARS-CoV-2. The secondary aim is to test viral infectivity.

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Primary Objectives:

The primary aim is to test whether preoperative asepsis versus no preoperative asepsis reduces intraoperative SARS-CoV-2 transmission among patients acutely infected with SARS-CoV-2 (within 10 days of surgery).

Primary Endpoints:

Proximal and distal contamination with SARS-CoV-2 via nucleic acid detection.

Each patient will undergo induction of anesthesia and stabilization for the planned procedure. Approximately 50% of patients will have received 3M 5% povidone iodine 2 times prior to incision (each nares treated 2 times, 4 swabs, a total of 1 vial per patient) with the first time being before anesthesia administration and the second after anesthesia administration or usual care. Then, the investigators will sample locations for which the investigators detected SARS-CoV-2 transmission during the pilot: anesthesia work area reservoirs (anesthesia attending and assistant hands, patient nasopharynx, axilla and groin, and the anesthesia machine vaporizer at case end and at case start, and the patient intravenous stopcock at case end) and the operating room environment (anesthesia cart handles, anesthesia provider mouse, top of anesthesia cart, anesthesia suction cannister, circulating nurse mouse, walls at 6 feet, walls at the base of the floor, and air intake registers). A subset of all samples except patient nasopharynx, axilla, and groin at case beginning will be combined and processed together. Subsets of patient nasopharynx, axilla, and groin samples at case beginning will be combined and processed together. All samples will be stored separately. All samples will be collected before cleaning, transported to the laboratory, and analyzed using real-time PCR for viral detection. Samples will be saved for analysis of viral infectivity and for potential evaluation of each individual sample.

Secondary Objectives:

The secondary aim is to determine transmission of particles with infectivity.

Secondary Endpoints:

Proximal and distal environmental contamination with SARS-CoV-2 via viral culture.

All samples received in the laboratory will be assessed for infectivity in collaboration with Dr. Stanley Perlman, a preeminent expert in coronaviruses. Serial 1:10 dilutions of the 1mL primary collections in phosphate buffered saline (PBS) will be used to inoculate Vero E6 cells, incubating for 45 minutes at 37°C for plaque assay. Medium containing virus will be removed, and the cells allowed to incubate overnight in D10 media. Plaque counts will be determined the following day by combining 1% neutral red with 2× media plus agarose and incubating the cells for approximately 3 hours. All samples will be tested in triplicate with replicate experiments.

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Conditions studied

  • SARS-CoV-2 Acute Respiratory Disease

Keywords

  • General anesthetic
  • povidone iodine
  • transmission
  • infectivity
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In context

Respiratory Tract Diseases

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Lead sponsor

University of Iowa is the lead sponsor of 276 studies on the registry; 35 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 105 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • Adult patients
  • Undergoing surgery (elective, urgent, or emergent)
  • Requiring general anesthesia
  • Acutely infected (\<= 10 days from diagnosis) with SARS-CoV-2

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Not general anesthesia
  • Not acutely infected (\<= 10 days from diagnosis) with SARS-CoV-2
  • Allergy to povidone iodine
  • Unable to provide consent
  • Pregnant individuals
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Study design

Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
0 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Povidone Iodine

    5% povidone iodine will be swabbed in patients' nares (experimental group), one in each nostril, twice before incision.

    Drug: Povidone Iodine 5% Soln,Top,Kit

  • No intervention
    Usual Care

    Half of the patients will not receive 5% povidone iodine and will proceed with usual care.

Interventions

  • DrugPovidone Iodine 5% Soln,Top,Kit

    5% povidone iodine will be swabbed in patients nares of the experimental group.

    Also known as: MPN: 192401, 3M Skin and Nasal Antiseptic Preoperative Preparation

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Detection of SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid particles in proximal and distal operating room locations using real time PCR in SARS-CoV-2 acutely infected patients receiving perioperative application of nasal 5% povidone iodine.

    The proximal (anesthesia attending and assistant hands, patient nasopharynx, axilla, and groin, anesthesia machine vaporizer, and patient intravenous stopcock) and distal (anesthesia cart handles, anesthesia provider mouse, top of anesthesia cart, anesthesia suction canister, circulating nurse house, walls at 6 feet and at base of the floor, and air intake registers) locations will be evaluated with real time PCR for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid particles. This will be evaluate for patients receiving normal care and for patients receiving nasal 5% povidone iodine preoperatively. All of the samples except for patient nasopharynx, axilla, and groin at case beginning will be pooled together and evaluated. Patient nasopharynx, axilla, and groin at case beginning will be evaluated separately.

    Time frame: 4 hours

Secondary outcomes

  1. Viral load of the proximal and distal samples collected for the primary outcome will be evaluated with tissue cultures using Vero E6 cells and plaque counting.

    Serial 1:10 dilutions of the 1mL primary collections in phosphate buffered saline (PBS) will be used to inoculate Vero E6 cells, incubating for 45 minutes at 37°C for plaque assay. Medium containing virus will be removed, and the cells allowed to incubate overnight in D10 media. Plaque counts will be determined the following day by combining 1% neutral red with 2x media plus agarose and incubating the cells for approximately 3 hours. All samples will be tested in triplicates with replicate experiments. The amount of plaques counted will be converted into PFU/ml as the outcome measure.

    Time frame: 4 hours

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

Publications

  • Dexter F, Parra MC, Brown JR, Loftus RW. Perioperative COVID-19 Defense: An Evidence-Based Approach for Optimization of Infection Control and Operating Room Management. Anesth Analg. 2020 Jul;131(1):37-42. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000004829. PubMed 32217947 ↗
  • Loftus RW, Dexter F, Goodheart MJ, McDonald M, Keech J, Noiseux N, Pugely A, Sharp W, Sharafuddin M, Lawrence WT, Fisher M, McGonagill P, Shanklin J, Skeete D, Tracy C, Erickson B, Granchi T, Evans L, Schmidt E, Godding J, Brenneke R, Persons D, Herber A, Yeager M, Hadder B, Brown JR. The Effect of Improving Basic Preventive Measures in the Perioperative Arena on Staphylococcus aureus Transmission and Surgical Site Infections: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Mar 2;3(3):e201934. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.1934. PubMed 32219407 ↗
  • Loftus RW, Dexter F, Robinson ADM. High-risk Staphylococcus aureus transmission in the operating room: A call for widespread improvements in perioperative hand hygiene and patient decolonization practices. Am J Infect Control. 2018 Oct;46(10):1134-1141. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2018.04.211. Epub 2018 Jun 12. PubMed 29907449 ↗
  • Loftus RW, Dexter F, Robinson ADM. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus has greater risk of transmission in the operating room than methicillin-sensitive S aureus. Am J Infect Control. 2018 May;46(5):520-525. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2017.11.002. Epub 2018 Jan 4. PubMed 29307750 ↗
  • Loftus RW, Dexter F, Robinson ADM, Horswill AR. Desiccation tolerance is associated with Staphylococcus aureus hypertransmissibility, resistance and infection development in the operating room. J Hosp Infect. 2018 Nov;100(3):299-308. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2018.06.020. Epub 2018 Jun 30. PubMed 29966756 ↗
  • Loftus RW, Koff MD, Brown JR, Patel HM, Jensen JT, Reddy S, Ruoff KL, Heard SO, Yeager MP, Dodds TM. The epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus transmission in the anesthesia work area. Anesth Analg. 2015 Apr;120(4):807-18. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3182a8c16a. PubMed 24937345 ↗
  • Robinson ADM, Dexter F, Renkor V, Reddy S, Loftus RW. Operating room PathTrac analysis of current intraoperative Staphylococcus aureus transmission dynamics. Am J Infect Control. 2019 Oct;47(10):1240-1247. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2019.03.028. Epub 2019 Apr 27. PubMed 31036398 ↗
  • Wu S, Wang Y, Jin X, Tian J, Liu J, Mao Y. Environmental contamination by SARS-CoV-2 in a designated hospital for coronavirus disease 2019. Am J Infect Control. 2020 Aug;48(8):910-914. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2020.05.003. Epub 2020 May 12. PubMed 32407826 ↗
  • Wu J, Huang Y, Tu C, Bi C, Chen Z, Luo L, Huang M, Chen M, Tan C, Wang Z, Wang K, Liang Y, Huang J, Zheng X, Liu J. Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2, Zhuhai, China, 2020. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Nov 19;71(16):2099-2108. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa557. PubMed 32392331 ↗
  • Loftus RW, Dexter F, Parra MC, Brown JR. In Response: 'Perioperative COVID-19 Defense: An Evidence-Based Approach for Optimization of Infection Control and Operating Room Management'. Anesth Analg. 2020 Jul;131(1):e27-e28. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000004854. No abstract available. PubMed 32250978 ↗
  • Chin AWH, Chu JTS, Perera MRA, Hui KPY, Yen HL, Chan MCW, Peiris M, Poon LLM. Stability of SARS-CoV-2 in different environmental conditions. Lancet Microbe. 2020 May;1(1):e10. doi: 10.1016/S2666-5247(20)30003-3. Epub 2020 Apr 2. No abstract available. PubMed 32835322 ↗
  • Wagner JA, Dexter F, Greeley DG, Schreiber K. Operating room air delivery design to protect patient and surgical site results in particles released at surgical table having greater concentration along walls of the room than at the instrument tray. Am J Infect Control. 2021 May;49(5):593-596. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2020.10.003. Epub 2020 Oct 9. PubMed 33039512 ↗
  • Loftus RW, Dexter F, Evans LC, Robinson ADM, Odle A, Perlman S. An assessment of the impact of recommended anesthesia work area cleaning procedures on intraoperative SARS-CoV-2 contamination, a case-series analysis. J Clin Anesth. 2021 Oct;73:110350. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2021.110350. Epub 2021 May 25. No abstract available. PubMed 34098391 ↗
  • STONE JD, BURNET FM. The action of halogens on influenza virus with special reference to the action of iodine vapour on virus mists. Aust J Exp Biol Med Sci. 1945;23:205-12. doi: 10.1038/icb.1945.32. No abstract available. PubMed 21006104 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — We plan to share the IPD upon review of requests. Requests will be determined appropriate or not by the PI in which the PI will decide whether or not to share the data no early than 1 year following publication of the manuscript.

Supporting information: Study protocol, Sap, Icf, Csr

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Nov 18, 2023, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05745467
Lead sponsor
University of Iowa
Collaborators
3M
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Feb 27, 2023
Start date
Jul 3, 2024 (estimated)
Primary completion
Jul 1, 2025 (estimated)
Completion
Apr 1, 2026 (estimated)
Last update
Nov 18, 2023

Study contacts

Randy W Loftus, MD
study director · University of Iowa
Stephanie N Gibbons, BS
principal investigator · University of Iowa

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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