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Prophylactic Antibiotic After Perineal Tear

NCT04763486 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 2500

Last updated 2021-02-23

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Summary

Current World Health Organization guidelines recommend routine antibiotic prophylaxis for women with perineal tear 3rd and 4th degree but not for 2nd degree because of insufficient evidence of effectiveness. The investigators aimed to investigate whether antibiotic prophylaxis prevented maternal infection after the first and second perineal tear after vaginal birth.

Conditions

  • Puerperal Infection

Interventions

DRUG

Cefazolin (Cefamezin)

Cefamezin 2 gr within 6 hour of delivery

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Meir Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gil Shechter, Dr · Meir Medical Center , Tel Aviv University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-03-01
Primary Completion
2022-03-01
Completion
2023-03-01

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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