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Randomized Clinical Trial for the Uncomplicated Diverticulitis in Right Colon

South Korea132 participantsStarted 2014-04

Plain-language summary

The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether antibiotics is mandatory for the treatment of acute uncomplicated right-sided diverticulitis. The hypothesis is that patients having acute uncomplicated diverticulitis at right-sided colon will be recovered without antibiotics.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 80 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Right-sided colonic diverticulitis * Uncomplicated diverticulitis Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy * Refuse to investigation * Immunosuppressive therapy or immunologic incompetence * Colonic diverticulitis except right-sided diverticulitis * Complicated diverticulitis * Disorder of psychology or cognition * Allergic reaction to antibiotics being used in the study (3rd generation cephalosporin, quinolone, metronidazole)

What they're measuring

Treatment Failure

Timeframe: 4-6 weeks

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02314013

SponsorDongtan Sacred Heart Hospital

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2016-11

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