Bladder wash could cut infections and hospital visits for catheter users
NCT ID NCT06163469
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a bladder wash with a low-dose antiseptic (chlorhexidine) during routine catheter changes can reduce urinary tract infections and unplanned healthcare visits. Seventy adults with a long-term suprapubic catheter and a history of UTIs will receive the wash every three months for nine months. The goal is to see if the procedure is comfortable and practical in an outpatient setting.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- chlorhexidine gluconate bladder instillation
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a simple, in-office procedure to reduce urinary tract infections and unplanned hospital visits for people with neurogenic bladder.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early feasibility study with only 70 participants. The treatment may not reduce infections or may cause discomfort. Results may not apply to all patients.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 70 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Indwelling suprapubic catheter with insertion date at least 1 year prior to study enrollment date. * History of urinary tract infections, treated for at least 1 positive urine culture in last 6 months Exclusion Criteria: * Current radiographic evidence of urolithiasis * History of vesicoureteral reflux * History of renal transplantation * History of bladder augmentation * Inability to stop use of other rUTI prophylaxis treatments for the duration of their trial enrollment * Life expectancy of less than 12 months prior to consent. * Known hypersensitivity or allergy to chlorhexidine. * Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Yale New Haven Health
RECRUITINGNew Haven, Connecticut, 06519, United States
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