Clinical Trial of the Treatment of Acute Sinusitis With Standard-dose Versus High-dose Amoxicillin/Clavulanate

Summary

The aim is to determine if high-dose amoxicillin/clavulanate is more effective than standard-dose amoxicillin/clavulanate in treating acute bacterial sinusitis in adults seen at a primary care office.

Timeline

Start

2014-11-18

Primary completion

2017-02-27

Completion

2017-02-27

Publications

• Background Chow AW, Benninger MS, Brook I, Brozek JL, Goldstein EJ, Hicks LA, Pankey GA, Seleznick M, Volturo G, Wald ER, File TM Jr; Infectious Diseases Society of America. IDSA clinical practice guideline for acute bacterial rhinosinusitis in children and adults. Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Apr;54(8):e72-e112. doi: 10.1093/cid/cir1043. Epub 2012 Mar 20.
• Matho A, Mulqueen M, Tanino M, Quidort A, Cheung J, Pollard J, Rodriguez J, Swamy S, Tayler B, Garrison G, Ata A, Sorum P. High-dose versus standard-dose amoxicillin/clavulanate for clinically-diagnosed acute bacterial sinusitis: A randomized clinical trial. PLoS One. 2018 May 8;13(5):e0196734. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0196734. eCollection 2018.

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