Completed

NCT Number: NCT00323648

Does it Make Sense to Give Postoperative Antibiotics to Patients With an Uncomplicated Acute Cholecystitis

Each patient is preoperatively treated once profylactic with intraveneous antibiotics. Postoperatively, one group will be treated with intraveneous antibiotics during 5 days. The other group will receive no antibiotics.

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Key information

Conditions

Uncomplicated Acute Cholecystitis

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Uncomplicated acute cholecystitis < 5 days(confirmed by echography and blood sample)
> 18 years old

Exclusion criteria

Treatment and study plan

Whether or not giving postoperatively antibiotics to patients with an uncomplicated acute cholecystitis

Drug

Whether or not giving postoperatively antibiotics to patients with an uncomplicated acute cholecystitis.

Primary outcomes

Postoperative complications (abces, infection of the wound)

Time frame: day 2, day of discharge and dag 21

Secondary outcomes

Duration of hospitalisation

Time frame: Day O to day of discharge

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Ghent

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2006
Primary completion: 2010
Study completion: 2013
First posted: May 9, 2006
Registry last updated: Dec 5, 2014

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