Rifaximin for Preventing Relapse of Clostridium Associated Diarrhoea

Summary

Clostridium difficile associated diarrhoea is an important cause of morbidity in patients treated with antibiotics, especially in hospital. Clinical relapse occurs after up to 30% of initially successful treatments for colitis. Preliminary reports suggest that Rifaximin, a poorly absorbed antibiotic used to treat travellers diarrhoea can prevent relapse. We plan to carry out a randomised placebo controlled trial to test the hypothesis that Rifaximin given in a reducing dose over 4 weeks after successful treatment will reduce the relapse rate.

Timeline

Start

2012-12

Primary completion

2016-07

Completion

2016-07

Publications

• Results Major G, Bradshaw L, Boota N, Sprange K, Diggle M, Montgomery A, Jawhari A, Spiller RC; RAPID Collaboration Group. Follow-on RifAximin for the Prevention of recurrence following standard treatment of Infection with Clostridium Difficile (RAPID): a randomised placebo controlled trial. Gut. 2019 Jul;68(7):1224-1231. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2018-316794. Epub 2018 Sep 25.
• Stevenson EC, Major GA, Spiller RC, Kuehne SA, Minton NP. Coinfection and Emergence of Rifamycin Resistance during a Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection. J Clin Microbiol. 2016 Nov;54(11):2689-2694. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01025-16. Epub 2016 Aug 24.

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