Short-course Antibiotics vs Standard Course Antibiotics in Patients With Cholangitis

Summary

The goal of this multicentre randomized controlled trial is to investigate if a very short-course of antibiotics (1 day) for cholangitis after adequate drainage is non-inferior with respect to clinical cure in comparison with a standard course of antibiotics (4 to 7 days). Secondary objectives include: * Will a one-day course of antibiotics for cholangitis after adequate drainage be non-inferior with respect to relapse of cholangitis and mortality in comparison with a standard course of antibiotics? * Will a one-day course of antibiotics for cholangitis after adequate drainage result in less adverse drug events in comparison with a standard course of antibiotics? * Will a one-day course of antibiotics for cholangitis after adequate drainage reduce length of hospital stay? * Will a one-day course of antibiotics for cholangitis after adequate drainage improve quality of life? * Will a one-day course of antibiotics for cholangitis after adequate drainage be cost-effective?

Timeline

Start

2023-07-19

Primary completion

2026-04-01

Completion

2026-06-01

Publications

• Background Miura F, Okamoto K, Takada T, Strasberg SM, Asbun HJ, Pitt HA, Gomi H, Solomkin JS, Schlossberg D, Han HS, Kim MH, Hwang TL, Chen MF, Huang WS, Kiriyama S, Itoi T, Garden OJ, Liau KH, Horiguchi A, Liu KH, Su CH, Gouma DJ, Belli G, Dervenis C, Jagannath P, Chan ACW, Lau WY, Endo I, Suzuki K, Yoon YS, de Santibanes E, Gimenez ME, Jonas E, Singh H, Honda G, Asai K, Mori Y, Wada K, Higuchi R, Watanabe M, Rikiyama T, Sata N, Kano N, Umezawa A, Mukai S, Tokumura H, Hata J, Kozaka K, Iwashita Y, Hibi T, Yokoe M, Kimura T, Kitano S, Inomata M, Hirata K, Sumiyama Y, Inui K, Yamamoto M. Tokyo Guidelines 2018: initial management of acute biliary infection and flowchart for acute cholangitis. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci. 2018 Jan;25(1):31-40. doi: 10.1002/jhbp.509. Epub 2018 Jan 8.
• Background Sieswerda E, Bax HI, Hoogerwerf JJ, de Boer MGJ, Boermeester M, Bonten MJM, Dekker D, van Wijk RG, Juffermans NP, Kuindersma M, van der Linden PD, Melles DC, Pickkers P, Schouten JA, Rebel JR, van Zanten ARH, Prins JM, Wiersinga WJ. The 2021 Dutch Working Party on Antibiotic Policy (SWAB) guidelines for empirical antibacterial therapy of sepsis in adults. BMC Infect Dis. 2022 Aug 11;22(1):687. doi: 10.1186/s12879-022-07653-3.
• Background Haal S, Wielenga MCB, Fockens P, Leseman CA, Ponsioen CY, van Soest EJ, van Wanrooij RLJ, Sieswerda E, Voermans RP. Antibiotic Therapy of 3 Days May Be Sufficient After Biliary Drainage for Acute Cholangitis: A Systematic Review. Dig Dis Sci. 2021 Dec;66(12):4128-4139. doi: 10.1007/s10620-020-06820-3. Epub 2021 Jan 19.
• Overdevest AG, Sieswerda E, Haal S, Bogaards JA, Baven-Pronk MAMC, Bogte A, Boparai KS, Ter Borg F, Brink MA, van Delft F, Dik VK, Fockens P, Gilissen LPL, Hadithi M, Hazen WL, van der Heide F, den Hollander WJ, Inderson A, de Jonge PJF, Kuiken SD, Munneke JM, Perk LE, Poen AC, Poley JW, Quispel R, Scheffer RCH, Scholvinck DW, van Soest EJ, Tan ACITL, Thijs WJ, Venneman NG, Verdonk RC, van de Vrie W, Vrolijk JM, van Wanrooij RLJ, Weijenborg PW, Dijkgraaf MGW, Prins JM, Voermans RP. Antibiotic treatment for 1 day versus 4-7 days in patients with acute cholangitis after adequate endoscopic biliary drainage (COBRA): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2026 Feb 14;27(1):222. doi: 10.1186/s13063-026-09524-7.

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