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Role of Intravenous Versus Home Oral Antibiotics in Perforated Appendicitis

NCT02724410 ↗

Completed 82 enrolled Wake Forest University Health Sciences
RandomizedParallel-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

To compare the effect of a single-agent home intravenous (IV) versus oral antibiotic therapy on complication rates and resource utilization following appendectomy for perforated appendicitis

Timeline

Start
2011-01
Primary completion
2013-11
Completion
2013-11

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Amoxicillin Other / unclassified 15 mg/kg Oral
Subject Amoxicillin Other / unclassified 22.5 mg/kg Oral
Comparator Ertapenem Small molecule 15 mg/kg Intravenous
Comparator Ertapenem Small molecule 1 g Intravenous

Indications

appendicitis