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Surgical Site Infection: later-stage trial registry

9 of 26 indexed Surgical Site Infection trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 3-4.

Corpus placement: #627 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

26 US clinical trials · 9 currently recruiting · #627 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Surgical Site Infection: 26 US clinical trials tracked, 9 recruiting.

Surgical Site Infection is the subject of 26 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 9 of them currently open to new participants. 11 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 4 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Durata Therapeutics Inc., an affiliate of Allergan, running 1 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition surgical-site-infection

OPEN 9 | RECR 35% | LATE 11 | EARLY 4 | RANK #627 | SPON 1

Nearest open-share peer: Cervical Carcinoma (35% recruiting · 26 trials)

Autoimmune Diseases53.8%Surgical Site Infection (thi…35%Cancer Survivor26.9%Anaplastic Large Cell Lympho19.2%Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia0%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Surgical Site Infection

Surgical Site Infection lists 9 open slots (35% of 26 indexed trials). Peers are matched on registered volume, not therapeutic-area browse lists. How peer matching works →

Key findings

What ClinicalTrials.gov does not surface for Surgical Site Infection on its own pages , computed from the registry mirror as of 2026-08-08. Each line carries its own denominator so it can be quoted as it stands.

  1. Surgical Site Infection is recruiting below its size-band peers.

    9 of 26 indexed trials (34.6%) are open to enrollment, against a 39.7% average across 762 conditions with 20-99 trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.

  2. Sponsorship of Surgical Site Infection trials is spread across many organizations.

    Durata Therapeutics Inc., an affiliate of Allergan accounts for 1 of 26 trials (3.8%). 26 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Typical Surgical Site Infection enrolment sits around 298 participants.

    Median target enrolment is 298 among the 26 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 8 of those (30.8%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Surgical Site Infection research is mostly interventional.

    24 interventional and 2 observational studies make up this index (92.3% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 11Phase 23Phase 33Phase 48

Open and recent trials

26 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING Phase 4 2,700 participants

Decolonization to Reduce After-Surgery Events of Surgical Site Infection

University of California, Irvine

NCT05586776

RECRUITING Phase 4 1,600 participants

Utility of Single-dose Oral Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Prevention of Surgical Site Infection in Dermatologic Surgery

Carilion Clinic

NCT04580472

RECRUITING Phase 3 1,100 participants

Diluted Aqueous Povidone-Iodine Compared to Saline to Decrease Surgical Site Infections

Loma Linda University

NCT06363877

RECRUITING NA 224 participants

A Novel Surgical Irrigation Solution in Post-Mastectomy Reconstruction: Evaluating Xperience™

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

NCT06649890

RECRUITING NA 200 participants

Irrisept Solution for Instrumented Spine Surgery

Rhode Island Hospital

NCT06439953

RECRUITING NA 100 participants

Studying How Outpatient Water affEcts Risks With Drains (SHOWER Study)

Sean Devitt

NCT04725916

RECRUITING Phase 4 84 participants

Ostomy Primary Closure With 0.1% Betaine/Polyhexanide Wound Irrigation Compared to Pursestring Closure

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

NCT06309368

RECRUITING Early Phase 1 30 participants

Zinc Oxide Versus Petrolatum Following Skin Surgery

Melissa Pugliano-Mauro

NCT03561376

RECRUITING NA 20 participants

Reducing Wound Infections Using Bioelectric Wound Dressings

AdventHealth

NCT06312267

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 4 2,000 participants

PVI to Prevent S. Aureus SSI After Fixation of HELEF (POTENT Study)

Loreen Herwaldt

NCT05763602

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 600 participants

Tobramycin Injection to Prevent Infection in Open Fractures

Massachusetts General Hospital

NCT04964947

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 343 participants

One Stage Versus Two Stage For Periprosthetic Hip And Knee Infection

OrthoCarolina Research Institute

NCT02734134

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 220 participants

Neutrophil Phenotypic Profiling and Surgical Site Infections in Surgical Patients

Boston Children's Hospital

NCT04773457

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 60 participants

Effect of Preoperative Diet on Perioperative Gut Microbiome

Stanford University

NCT05027763

COMPLETED Phase 4 1,638 participants

Pre-operative Aqueous Antiseptic Skin Solutions in Open Fractures

University of Maryland, Baltimore

NCT03385304

COMPLETED 804 participants

Reducing Perioperative S. Aureus Transmission Via OR PathTrac

Georgetown University

NCT04657185

COMPLETED Phase 4 647 participants

Multicenter Infection Surveillance Study Following Open Heart Surgery

Halyard Health

NCT00673712

COMPLETED Phase 3 573 participants

Efficacy and Safety of Dalbavancin for the Treatment of Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infections

Durata Therapeutics Inc., an affiliate of Allergan

NCT01339091

COMPLETED Phase 4 401 participants

Topical Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Eyelids

University of California, San Francisco

NCT03199911

COMPLETED NA 300 participants

Air Barrier System for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection

Nimbic Systems

NCT01610271

COMPLETED NA 298 participants

Prevena™ Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Re-operative Colorectal Surgery

The Cleveland Clinic

NCT02509260

COMPLETED Phase 2 124 participants

Effect of Exeporfinium Chloride (XF-73) Gel on Nasal S.Aureus in Patients at Risk of Post-op Staphylococcal Infection

Destiny Pharma

NCT03915470

COMPLETED Phase 4 60 participants

SURGX Antimicrobial Gel Versus Povidone-iodine Skin Incision Prep in Total Shoulder Arthroplasty

St. Louis University

NCT05919888

COMPLETED NA 37 participants

The Effect of Tight Glycemic Control on Surgical Site Infection Rates in Patients Undergoing Open Heart Surgery

James A. Haley Veterans Administration Hospital

NCT01831154

COMPLETED Phase 2 36 participants

Efficacy Study to Evaluate Antimicrobial Effectiveness of ZuraPrep™ (ZX-ZP-0055)

Zurex Pharma

NCT02296645

COMPLETED Phase 2 12 participants

Topical Treatment and Prevalence of P. Acnes

University of Southern California

NCT03257202

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 1
Phase 2 3
Phase 3 3
Phase 4 8

Named interventions

Most-linked intervention names on Surgical Site Infection records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.

Povidone-Iodine Drug
2 trials
Standard wound dressings Other
1 trials
Prevena wound management system Device
1 trials
SURGX Wound Gel Device
1 trials
Vancomycin / Linezolid Drug
1 trials
Opioid based analgesia Drug
1 trials
Continuous Sternal Block Device
1 trials
ChloraPrep Drug
1 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Surgical Site Infection trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

California 7 trials
Texas 5 trials
Ohio 4 trials
Florida 4 trials
Pennsylvania 3 trials
North Carolina 3 trials
Missouri 3 trials
Virginia 2 trials

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine. Data is informational only.

What to do with this Surgical Site Infection page

26 registered trials, 9 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.

Trial and recruiting counts reflect ClinicalTrials.gov registry status as of the data vintage above; individual trial eligibility and enrollment status can change.

Every figure on PlainTrial is rendered directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov registry, no number is typed in by an editor. This Surgical Site Infection condition card totals 26 registered trials; most-linked intervention Povidone-Iodine; top US site state California. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.