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NCT Number: NCT00391651

Short Course Nitrofurantoin for Acute Cystitis

The purpose of this research study is to determine what the cure rates are with a 5 day course of nitrofurantoin versus the more standard 3 day course of trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazone. The study will improve our knowledge of which antibiotic and what length of therapy is best for treatment of UTI, taking into account the problem of antibiotic resistance.

Procedures subjects will undergo once they have read and signed the consent are:

Questions about their medical and sexual history and current symptoms of UTI. They will be asked to provide a urine sample and then randomly assigned to one of the two treatment groups.

will be obtained at each visit. If they were assigned to the nitrofurantoin treatment regimen, they will also be asked to collect a urine sample at home on the third day. If the subject develops recurrent urinary symptoms or does not have resolution of symptoms after completing the initial treatment course, they will be asked to return to the clinic and provide another urine sample for analysis. They will then be treated with another standard antibiotic at no cost to them and will be withdrawn from the study at that time.

The study population is women ages 18-45 with acute symptoms of a UTI without a history of UTI in the past 6 weeks.

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Key information

Conditions

Urinary Tract Infection Female Urogenital Diseases Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications Infections Male Urogenital Diseases Urinary Tract Infections Urogenital Diseases Urologic Diseases

Age range

18 year–45 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

University of WA

Seattle, Washington, 98195, United States

About this study

The purpose of this research study is to determine what the cure rates are with a 5 day course of nitrofurantoin versus the more standard 3 day course of trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazone. The study will improve our knowledge of which antibiotic and what length of therapy is best for treatment of UTI, taking into account the problem of antibiotic resistance.

Procedures subjects will undergo once they have read and signed the consent are:

Questions about their medical and sexual history and current symptoms of UTI. They will be asked to provide a urine sample and then randomly assigned to one of the two treatment groups. The randomization is generated by a Research Scientist working with the study.

They will be given a sheet to record symptoms at home. They will be asked to return to the clinic in 5-9 and 28-30 days after completing antibiotic therapy. Urine cultures will be obtained at each visit. If they were assigned to the nitrofurantoin treatment regimen, they will also be asked to collect a urine sample at home on the third day. If the subject develops recurrent urinary symptoms or does not have resolution of symptoms after completing the initial treatment course, they will be asked to return to the clinic and provide another urine sample for analysis. They will then be treated with another standard antibiotic at no cost to them and will be withdrawn from the study at that time.

The study population is women ages 18-45 with acute symptoms of a UTI without a history of UTI in the past 6 weeks.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Women 18-45 years of age who were nonpregnant, in good general health, and had symptoms of acute cystitis (dysuria) and a urine culture with ³102 cfu/ml of a uropathogen

Exclusion criteria

  • Women who were pregnant, lactating, or not regularly contracepting or with diabetes, had known anatomic abnormalities of the urinary tract, allergy to any of the study drugs, recent (<2 weeks) exposure to an oral or parenteral antimicrobial, or who were currently using prophylactic antibiotics were not eligible

Treatment and study plan

Nitrofurantoin 100mg twice daily x 5 days

Drug

Nitrofurantoin 100mg twice daily x 5 days

Other names: Macrobid

TMP/SMX DS twice daily x 3 days

Drug

TMP/SMX DS twice daily x 3 days

Other names: Septra

Primary outcomes

  1. Microbiological Cure

    Time frame: 28-30 days post therapy

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Washington

Other

Collaborators

  • Procter and Gamble

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2002
Primary completion
2005
Study completion
2005
First posted
Oct 24, 2006
Registry last updated
Jun 5, 2014

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