Clinical Trial

Comparison Between Drinking Water and Normal Saline in Irrigating Traumatic Wound

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Summary
There is a controversy regarding the roles of the Normal saline and Tap water in irrigation of the wound. It has been suggested that antiseptic solution including normal saline has cytotoxic effect while tap water damages the fibroblast. There are no high level evidence to support one type of solution over other, systematic review have found no difference in wound infection between irrigation with normal saline vs tap water. There are ten randomized controlled trial comparing tap water with normal saline for irrigating wound published between 1992 to 2016. These RCT are analyzed in three systemic review and meta-analysis published on 2016, 2019, 2022, which showed that tap water and normal saline has no difference in terms of infection rate. The infection rate observed in various studies ranges from 0-11.5% in normal saline group and 0-12.6% in tap water group with no statistically significant difference.
Trial Details
NCT Number NCT06304272
Lead Sponsor Patan Academy of Health Sciences
Conditions Trauma
Enrollment 440 participants
Start Date 2024-03
Primary Completion 2026-09 (estimated)
Study Completion 2027-12 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov 2024-03-12