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Prophylactic Antibiotics on Urethral Catheter Withdrawal

NCT00126698 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2007-04-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Urinary-tract infection (UTI) is the most common type of hospital-acquired infection (30% of all). The purpose of this study is to determine whether antibiotic prophylaxis for urinary catheter removal is useful at preventing catheter-associated urinary-tract infection.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole

DRUG

ciprofloxacin

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • St. Antonius Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • M. Tersmette, MD, PhD · Sint Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-01-31
Completion
2007-04-30

Countries

  • Netherlands

Study Locations

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