TerminatedNot Applicable

The Use of Antibiotics After Hospital Discharge in Septic Abortion

Stopped: Rate of cure was higher than expected, IRB suspended for no additional benefit

Brazil56 participantsStarted 2006-05

Plain-language summary

The use of antibiotics in post-partum infection has been abbreviated. After 48 hours of clinical improvement, the patient is discharged from the hospital without antibiotics. No trials has been found in cases of septic abortion. The purpose of the present study is to verify the need of antibiotics after clinical improvement in cases of septic abortion.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 50 Years

SexFEMALE

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients admitted at the hospital with a diagnosis of infected abortion and about to be discharged from the hospital. * Use of intravenous antibiotics (gentamicin and clindamycin) * Improvement of the clinical conditions for at least 48 hours (no fever, eating and walking normally, reduced vaginal bleeding) Exclusion Criteria: * Unwilling to participate in the study. * Use of antibiotics previously within one week. * Presence of tubo-ovarian abscess. * Known allergy to doxycycline or metronidazole.

What they're measuring

Clinical cure defined as no fever, no abdominal pain or bleeding.

Timeframe: 10 days after hospital discharge

Trial details

NCT IDNCT00353743

SponsorHospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2007-11

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