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The Use of Antibiotics After Hospital Discharge in Septic Abortion

NCT00353743 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 56

Last updated 2008-12-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The use of antibiotics in post-partum infection has been abbreviated. After 48 hours of clinical improvement, the patient is discharged from the hospital without antibiotics. No trials has been found in cases of septic abortion.

The purpose of the present study is to verify the need of antibiotics after clinical improvement in cases of septic abortion.

Conditions

  • Abortion, Septic

Interventions

DRUG

placebo

placebo

DRUG

doxycycline plus metronidazole

doxycycline 200mg/day plus metronidazole 500mg/day up to 10 days of treatment (additional to the hospital treatment)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ricardo F Savaris, MD, PhD · Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-05-31
Primary Completion
2007-11-30
Completion
2007-12-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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Drugs

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