Status:
COMPLETED
Trial Assessing the Efficacy of a Short Course of Intravenous Antibiotic Followed by Oral Antibiotic in Uncomplicated Acute Diverticulitis
Lead Sponsor:
Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa
Collaborating Sponsors:
Corporacion Parc Tauli
Conditions:
Diverticulitis
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-90 years
Phase:
PHASE4
Brief Summary
Medical treatment of uncomplicated acute diverticulitis is not standardized and there is an enormous diversity in clinical practice. The investigators' aim was to demonstrate that uncomplicated divert...
Detailed Description
A prospective randomized trial was established to compare patients with uncomplicated diverticulitis who received oral antibiotic after a short course of intravenous antibiotic, with those who receive...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria:
- clinical diagnosis of uncomplicated acute diverticulitis confirmed by a computed tomography (CT) scan within 24-48 hours
- Exclusion Criteria (prerandomization):
- immunocompromised patients
- pregnant women
- clinical suspicion or CT confirmation of complicated acute diverticulitis
- Karnofsky performance score less than 50%
- allergy to penicillin
- Exclusion Criteria (postrandomization):
- withdrawal of the trial
- CT confirmation of complicated acute diverticulitis
- CT not conforming to acute diverticulitis
- CT performed 72 hours after the admission
- adverse reaction to the antibiotic
- bacteriemia
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 1 2005
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
50 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00917592
Start Date
December 1 2005
End Date
October 1 2008
Last Update
September 28 2023
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Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa
Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain, 08227