A randomised controlled trial of tea tree oil (5%) body wash versus standard body wash to prevent colonisation with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in critically ill adults

ISRCTN ISRCTN65190967
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN65190967
Secondary identifying numbers EAT/3460/06
Submission date
18/05/2007
Registration date
16/08/2007
Last edited
16/06/2014
Recruitment status
No longer recruiting
Overall study status
Completed
Condition category
Infections and Infestations
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Dr Bronagh Blackwood
Scientific

Nursing and Midwifery Research Unit
Queen's University Belfast
21 Stranmillis Road
Belfast
BT9 5AF
United Kingdom

Phone +44 (0)28 9097 6551
Email b.blackwood@qub.ac.uk

Study information

Study designSingle-centre phase II/III prospective open-label randomised controlled clinical trial
Primary study designInterventional
Secondary study designRandomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)Hospital
Study typePrevention
Participant information sheet Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Scientific title
Study objectivesMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) colonisation among critically ill patients is reduced by daily washing with 5% Tea Tree Oil (TTO) body wash in comparison with standard body wash (Johnson's pH 5.5).
Ethics approval(s)1. School of Nursing and Midwifery Research Ethics Committee at Queen's University Belfast, 16/04/2007, ref: 03 2007
2. Office for Research Ethics Committees Northern Ireland, 03/09/2007, ref: 07/NIR03/71
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studiedCritical illness; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)
InterventionA proprietary 5% tea tree oil-enriched body wash preparation versus standard body wash (Johnson's pH 5.5). The duration of treatment is for the length of the patient's ICU stay. Follow up will be until hospital discharge.
Intervention typeDrug
Pharmaceutical study type(s)
PhasePhase II/III
Drug / device / biological / vaccine name(s)5% Tea Tree Oil
Primary outcome measureNew MRSA colonisation during the inpatient episode in RICU, as defined by detection of MRSA by conventional culture methods in screening swabs of nose and groin, or in clinical specimens processed by the laboratory in the course of normal clinical care. This will be measured on discharge from the ICU.
Secondary outcome measuresAll measured on discharge from the ICU:
1. Cost-effectiveness of regular use of 5% TTO body wash in this context
2. MRSA bacteraemia rates
3. Consumption of antibiotics used for the treatment of MRSA infection
4. Changes in the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score during ICU stay
Overall study start date30/07/2007
Completion date30/07/2010

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Patient
Age groupAdult
SexBoth
Target number of participants1080
Key inclusion criteriaPatients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) during the study period will be eligible for inclusion in the study.
Key exclusion criteria1. Aged less than 16 years
2. Those patients who are known to be colonised at the time of admission
3. Patients who on admission are unlikely to remain in the Respiratory Intensive Care Unit (RICU) for at least 48 hours
4. Patients who are recruited, whose pre-intervention MRSA screening tests are subsequently found to be positive, will be withdrawn from the study
5. Consent declined
6. Known sensitivity to TTO
Date of first enrolment30/07/2007
Date of final enrolment30/07/2010

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • Northern Ireland
  • United Kingdom

Study participating centre

Nursing and Midwifery Research Unit
Belfast
BT9 5AF
United Kingdom

Sponsor information

Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (UK)
Hospital/treatment centre

Royal Victoria Hospital
Grosvenor Road
Belfast
BT12 6BA
Northern Ireland
United Kingdom

Phone +44 (0)28 9024 0503
Email i.young@qub.ac.uk
Website http://www.belfasttrust.hscni.net/
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Funders

Funder type

Government

The Research and Development Office, Northern Ireland (UK) (ref: EAT/3460/06)

No information available

REVIVE - Charity for the Regional Intensive Care Unit, Royal Victoria Hospital (UK)

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareNo
IPD sharing plan summaryNot provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination planNot provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type Details Date created Date added Peer reviewed? Patient-facing?
Protocol article protocol 28/11/2008 Yes No
Results article results 01/05/2013 Yes No