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Duration of Antibiotic Therapy in the Treatment of Severe Postoperative Peritonitis Admitted in ICU

NCT01311765 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 244

Last updated 2015-12-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The investigators purpose is to demonstrate that a short antibiotic therapy (8 days) for postoperative peritonitis brings an increased number of antibiotic-free days over a 28 days period when compared to conventional (15 days) treatment.

Conditions

  • Postoperative Peritonitis

Interventions

OTHER

Duration of antibiotic therapy limited to 8 days

Initiation of adequate empiric antibiotics for postoperative peritonitis within 24 hours after surgery and up to 8 days. At randomisation performed on day 8, the patients assigned to the 8-day group (short-course group) stop their treatment

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Philippe Montravers, MD, PhD · Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-05-31
Primary Completion
2015-03-31
Completion
2015-11-30

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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