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Evaluation of 3 Versus 10 Days of Antibiotics in Skin Abscesses After Surgical Drainage

NCT02024867 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 249

Last updated 2015-10-19

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Summary

The objective of this study is to determine if there is a difference in treatment failures and recurrent skin infections when patients are given 3 or 10 days of antibiotics for uncomplicated skin abscesses after they have been surgically drained.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole

3 versus 10 days of drug

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • New York State Department of Health

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo

    collaborator OTHER

  • Lucy Holmes, MD

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lucy C Holmes, MD · University at Buffalo

  • Howard Faden, MD · University at Buffalo

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Months
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-02-28
Primary Completion
2012-01-31
Completion
2012-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Drugs
Diseases

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