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NCT06164444: DRAGON
Disposable Versus Reusable DrApes and Gowns for Green OperatiNg Theatres
NA trial testing Intervention: Reusable drapes and gowns in Surgical Site Infection in 26,800 participants. Currently enrolling.
30 June 2026
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | University of Birmingham |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Recruiting now |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | single |
| Primary purpose | other |
| Enrollment | 26,800 |
| Start date | 12 November 2024 |
| Primary completion | 30 June 2026 |
| Estimated completion | 31 July 2026 |
| Sites | 1 location across Mexico |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Intervention: Reusable drapes and gowns
- Comparator: Disposable (single-use) drapes and gowns
Conditions studied
- Surgical Site Infection — all drugs for Surgical Site Infection →
Sponsor
University of Birmingham
Who can join
10 and older, any sex, with Surgical Site Infection. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
Multicentre non-inferiority cluster randomised trial testing Disposable versus Reusable drApes and Gowns for green OperatiNg theatres. A pragmatic 1:1 international multi-centre non-inferiority cluster randomised controlled trial, with an internal pilot. Clusters are individual hospitals.
Publications & conference data
No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial.
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Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT06164444 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Birmingham
- Last refreshed: 19 February 2025
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