Status:

COMPLETED

Short or Long Antibiotic Regimes in Orthopaedics

Lead Sponsor:

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust

Conditions:

Osteomyelitis

Prosthetic Joint Infection

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Research question: If adults with bone or joint infection have local antibiotic therapy, can they do without prolonged treatment with antibiotics by mouth (oral) or injection? Adults with bone or joi...

Detailed Description

Using antibiotics wisely, only when and where they are really needed, is important to prevent superbugs emerging. At the moment, bone and joint infections are usually treated by a combination of surge...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Provision of informed consent
  • Aged 18 years or over
  • Presenting with an orthopaedic infection, defined by one or more of the following criteria:
  • localised pain, OR
  • localised erythema, OR
  • temperature ≥ 38.0 C, OR
  • a discharging sinus or wound
  • Undergoing surgical treatment for the infection
  • Locally administered antibiotic(s) at the site of orthopaedic infection
  • Has received \<= 7 days of systemic antimicrobial therapy after surgery
  • Would ordinarily be managed with a prolonged course (\>= 4 weeks) of systemic antibiotic(s)
  • Specimens for microbiological analysis taken at index surgery

Exclusion

  • Surgical exclusion criteria
  • The index operation was not a definitive procedure with the aim of eradicating infection:
  • Primary closure has not been achieved, or
  • Re-look surgery is planned
  • The index operation involved implant retention (e.g. DAIR)
  • Microbiological exclusion criteria
  • Any identified micro-organisms from operative specimens from the site of incident infection are fully resistant to the local antibiotic(s) administered at the site of infection
  • Medical exclusion criteria
  • Other infection necessitating additional systemic antibiotic treatment beyond 7 days after surgery, such as Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia, psoas abscess, discitis or bacterial endocarditis
  • If the patient is in a clinical trial involving an Investigational Medicinal Product (IMP) related to infection

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 21 2019

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 31 2025

Estimated Enrollment :

500 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03806166

Start Date

February 21 2019

End Date

January 31 2025

Last Update

April 3 2025

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Universitaetsklinikum Regensburg

Regensburg, Germany, 93053

2

Hospital San Antonio

Porto, Portugal

3

Parc de Salut Mar

Barcelona, Spain, 08003

4

University Hospitals Dorset

Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom, BH15 2JB