Suppressive Therapy With Oral Antibiotics for Prevention of Postoperative Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)

Completed · Phase 4 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Urinary Tract Infection

In brief

This is a study of patients undergoing gynecologic surgery who require post-operative catheterization to determine if prophylactic antibiotic treatment decreases the risk of post-operative urinary tract infection in these patients.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01450800

Run by

Duke University

People needed

163

Starts

2011-08-01

Expected to finish

2013-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-02-13

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Undergoing urogynecologic surgery
• Receive postoperative catheterization

You may not qualify if…

• Age less than 21 years old
• Pregnancy
• Allergy, contraindication or intolerance to Nitrofurantoin
• Do not speak English
• Dependent on trans-urethral catheter to accomplish voiding preoperatively
• Undergoing interstim device placement, urethral diverticulum surgery or fistula surgery
• Sustain intraoperative urinary tract injury requiring postoperative catheterization

Where it is running

• Duke University Medical Center — Durham, North Carolina, United States

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