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Antibiotic Therapy of Acute Uncomplicated Colonic Diverticulitis

NCT01008488 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 600

Last updated 2011-12-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate if antibiotic therapy is necessary for treatment of uncomplicated colonic diverticulitis.

The hypothesis is that Patients with acute uncomplicated colonic diverticulitis will recover the condition without antibiotic therapy and the lack of antibiotic therapy will not lead to complications.

The patients will be randomized to conservative treatment with and without antibiotic therapy.

Conditions

  • Colonic Diverticulitis

Interventions

DRUG

Antibiotic

Antibiotic according to local treatment routine against bowel pathogenesis

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Landstinget i Värmland

    collaborator OTHER

  • Uppsala University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kenneth Smedh · Center of Clinical Research, Västerås

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-11-30
Primary Completion
2010-05-31
Completion
2010-12-31

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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