Obesity and Antibiotic Tissue Concentration

Completed

Conditions studied: Obesity

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the dose of prophylactic antibiotics at the time of cesarean delivery requires adjustment in obese and overweight patients in order to achieve optimal antimicrobial activity.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00980486

Run by

MemorialCare

People needed

31

Starts

2009-06-01

Expected to finish

2010-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2010-10-08

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients at term (> 37 weeks) undergoing a cesarean delivery.

You may not qualify if…

• Women younger than 18 years,
• Pre-gestational diabetes,
• Chronic hypertension,
• Collagen vascular disease,
• Multiple gestation,
• Contraindications to cefazolin administration (known anaphylactic reaction to penicillins or known cephalosporin allergy),
• Any exposure to cephalosporins in one week prior to cesarean section, OR
• Need for emergent cesarean delivery or diagnosis of chorioamnionitis.

Where it is running

• Women's Pavilion at Miller Children's Hospital — Long Beach, California, United States
• University of California Irvine Medical Center — Orange, California, United States

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