Nigeria Clinical Trial Registry Federal Ministry of Health Federal Secretariat Complex Shehu Shagari Way, Garki, Abuja Telephone: +27 21 938 0506 / +27 21 938 0834     Fax: +27 21 938 0836 Email: info@nhrec.ne Trial No: 0 Date registered: 2024-10-23 Trial Status: Pending TRIAL DESCRIPTION Public title A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SURGICAL SITE INFECTION RATES AFTER PRE-OPERATIVE HAIR REMOVAL WITH RAZOR SHAVE STICKS VERSUS CLIPPERS FOR ELE Official scientific title A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SURGICAL SITE INFECTION RATES AFTER PRE-OPERATIVE HAIR REMOVAL WITH RAZOR SHAVE STICKS VERSUS CLIPPERS FOR ELECTIVE CAESAREAN SECTION IN FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTRE KEFFI Brief summary describing the background and objectives of the trial Abstract: There are different methods of hair removal, and they include the use of clippers, razor shaving and depilatory creams. Razor shaving is widely practiced in our environment for the reason that it is cheap and readily available. Surgical site infection (SSI) or post-operative wound infection is one of the most important morbidities following caesarean section. Objective: To compare adequacy of depilation and wound infection rates following the use of razors and clippers in preoperative Type of trial Supportive care Acronym (If the trial has an acronym then please provide) A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SURGICAL SITE INFECTION RATES AFTER PRE-OPERATIVE HAIR REMOVAL WITH RAZOR SHAVE STICKS VERSUS CLIPPERS FOR ELE Disease(s) or condition(s) being studied Surgical Site infection rate after preoperative hair removal with clipping versus razor shaving for Elective caesarean sections Purpose of the trial Anticipated trial start date 2024-01-08 Actual trial start date 2024-02-01 Anticipated date of last follow up 2024-08-31 Actual date of last follow up 2024-09-30 Anticipated target sample size (number of participants) 158    Actual target sample size (number of participants) 158    Recruitment status Completed: recruitment & data analysis complete No Secondary ID Issuing authority/Trial register 1 1 1 STUDY DESIGN Intervention assignment Allocation to intervention If randomised, describe how the allocation sequence was generated Describe how the allocation sequence/code was concealed from the person allocating the participants to the intervention arms Masking If masking / blinding was used Single group Non-randomised 1 sealed opaque envelopes. 1 Participants,Outcome Assessors,1 INTERVENTIONS Intervention type Intervention name Dose Duration Intervention description Group size Nature of control Experimental group dgrviwoa 1 1 1 Active Control group nbmxyaxi 1 1 1 Active Experimental group opicgrhh 1 1 1 Placebo Control group oeqonksh 1 1 1 Placebo Experimental group bkvtlsmy 1 1 1 Historical Control group lrjwbdsa 1 1 1 Uncontrolled Experimental group djkfgswy 1 1 1 Uncontrolled Control group fwedfgae 1 1 1 Historical Experimental group ncbfnmyn 1 1 1 Dose comparison Control group uoqkquom 1 1 1 Dose comparison ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA List inclusion criteria List exclusion criteria Min age Max age Gender 1 1 1 1 1 ETHICS APPROVAL Has the study received appropriate ethics committee approval Date the study will be submitted for approval Date of approval Name of the ethics committee 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 mciacekw Ethics Committee Address Street address City Postal code Country 3137 Laguna Street San Francisco 94102 Afghanistan 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 oohbxeng Ethics Committee Address Street address City Postal code Country 3137 Laguna Street San Francisco 94102 Afghanistan OUTCOMES Type of outcome Outcome Timepoint(s) at which outcome measured Secondary Outcome 1 1 RECRUITMENT CENTRES Name of recruitment centre Street address City Postal code Country 1 3137 Laguna Street San Francisco 94102 Afghanistan 1 3137 Laguna Street San Francisco 94102 Albania 1 3137 Laguna Street San Francisco 94102 Algeria FUNDING SOURCES Name of source Street address City Postal code Country SPONSORS Sponsor level Name Street address City Postal code Country Nature of sponsor COLLABORATORS Name Street address City Postal code Country Nja, Glory M. E. 1115 PMB University of Calabar, Calabar, Department of Public Health Calabar 234 Nigeria Esu, Ekpereonne Babatunde 1115 PMB University of Calabar, Calabar, Department of Public Health Calabar 234 Nigeria CONTACT PEOPLE Role Name Email Phone Fax