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Effect of Prophylactic Antibiotics on Intra-Operative Culture Results

NCT01174212 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 65

Last updated 2012-08-31

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Subjects will be consented and then determined randomly whether they will receive antibiotics prior to their surgery or during their surgery. Each patient will have cultures taken before and during their surgery from the infected hip or knee. Results will be compared after completion of the study.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Prophylactic Antibiotics

Preoperative Antibiotics

PROCEDURE

Control Antibiotics

Antibiotics will be held until intraoperative cultures have been obtained.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Rothman Institute Orthopaedics

    collaborator OTHER

  • Rush University Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Craig Della Valle, MD · Rush University Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-07-31
Primary Completion
2011-07-31
Completion
2012-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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