NCT00657566

Brief Summary

The major hypothesis to be tested is that the treatment of intraabdominal infections that have been adequately treated operatively or by percutaneous techniques with three to five days of antibiotics will result in outcomes equivalent to the current standard where treatment is carried out until the patient has returned to normal (normal white blood cell count, temperature, and intestinal function), and that patients treated for three to five days will receive fewer days of antibiotics than the control group that has traditionally received seven to 14 days of treatment.

Trial Health

90
On Track

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
518

participants targeted

Target at P75+ for phase_3

Timeline
Completed

Started Sep 2008

Longer than P75 for phase_3

Geographic Reach
2 countries

23 active sites

Status
completed

Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.

Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

April 10, 2008

Completed
4 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

April 14, 2008

Completed
5 months until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

September 1, 2008

Completed
4.9 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

August 1, 2013

Completed
1 year until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

August 1, 2014

Completed
Last Updated

May 22, 2018

Status Verified

May 1, 2018

Enrollment Period

4.9 years

First QC Date

April 10, 2008

Last Update Submit

May 18, 2018

Conditions

Keywords

intraabdominalperitonitissepsisdurationantibiotics

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • The primary endpoint will be percentage failure conditioned by assigned duration of antibiotic therapy (intent to treat analysis).

    30 days

Secondary Outcomes (10)

  • Failure rate for clinically evaluable patients receiving the appropriate duration of antibiotics

    30 days

  • failure rate for microbiologically evaluable patients

    30 days

  • rate of need for reintervention in the abdomen

    30 days

  • rate of surgical site infection

    30 days

  • rate of death within 30 days

    30 days

  • +5 more secondary outcomes

Study Arms (2)

1

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

antibiotics received for up to two days following normalization of white blood cell count, temperature, and gastrointestinal function

Other: duration of antibiotics

2

EXPERIMENTAL

4 +/- 1 days of antibiotics

Other: duration of antibiotics

Interventions

4 +/- 1 days of antibiotics

Also known as: short course
2

Eligibility Criteria

Age16 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsChild (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • age ≥ 16 at some sites,(≥ 18 at UVA)
  • ability to obtain informed consent from the subject or surrogate
  • Presence of an intraabdominal infection requiring any duration of hospitalization and managed with open, laparoscopic, or percutaneous intervention.
  • A peripheral white blood cell count of \> 11,000/mm and/or temperature ≥ 38.0 C with in 24 hours or gastrointestinal dysfunction sufficient to prevent intake of normal diet within 24hrs of initial operative or percutaneous intervention.
  • Adequate source control in the opinion of the local investigator and PI. Source control is defined as any procedure that stops the ongoing contamination of the peritoneal cavity and removes the majority of the contaminated intraperitoneal contents to the extent that no further acute interventions are felt to be necessary.

You may not qualify if:

  • age \< 16 years at some sites(\< 18 at UVA)
  • Inability to obtain consent from the patient, parents, or surrogate
  • Lack of adequate source control in the opinion of the local investigator or overall PI ( Robert Sawyer)
  • High likelihood of death within 72 hours of initial intervention in the opinion of the local investigator or principal investigator
  • Lack of any clinical improvement within 72 hours of initial intervention in the opinion of the local investigator or principal investigator.
  • Planned relaparotomy
  • Perforated gastric ulcer or duodenal ulcer treated within 24hours of the onset of symptoms
  • Traumatic injury to the bowel (including iatrogenic or intra-operative) treated within 12 hours of injury
  • Non-perforated, non-gangrenous appendicitis or cholecystitis
  • Gangrenous appendicitis or peritonitis without confirmatory cultures or with cultures without bacterial or fungal growth
  • Ischemic or necrotic intestine without perforation and without positive bacterial or fungal cultures
  • Intraabdominal infection associated with active necrotizing pancreatitis
  • Primary (spontaneous) bacterial peritonitis
  • Intraabdominal infection associated with an indwelling continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis catheter.
  • Primary skin closure of an open surgical incision in the presence of diffuse, non-localized peritonitis. Laparoscopic port sites ≥ 2cm may be closed
  • +3 more criteria

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (23)

Maricopa Medical Center-Phoenix

Phoenix, Arizona, 85008, United States

Location

University of California Davis

Sacramento, California, United States

Location

University of California San Diego

San Diego, California, United States

Location

University of California San Francisco

San Francisco, California, United States

Location

University of Miami

Miami, Florida, 33136, United States

Location

Univestity of Kansas

Kansas City, Kansas, United States

Location

Louisville-VA

Louisville, Kentucky, 40121, United States

Location

Louisville-University Hospital

Louisville, Kentucky, 40202, United States

Location

Johns Hopkins

Baltimore, Maryland, 21205, United States

Location

Brigham and Womens

Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States

Location

Univeristy of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48502, United States

Location

Washington Universtiy

St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States

Location

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Location

Case Western

Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, United States

Location

Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Location

Pittsburgh VA

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15206, United States

Location

University of South Carolina

Columbia, South Carolina, United States

Location

Universtiy of Texas San Antonio

San Antonio, Texas, 78229, United States

Location

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia, 22903, United States

Location

Medical College of Virginia-Virginia Commonwealth University Hospital

Richmond, Virginia, 23298, United States

Location

University of Washington-Harborview

Seattle, Washington, 98104, United States

Location

University of Washington - University Hospital

Seattle, Washington, 98195, United States

Location

St Michael's

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Location

Related Publications (2)

  • Hedrick TL, Evans HL, Smith RL, McElearney ST, Schulman AS, Chong TW, Pruett TL, Sawyer RG. Can we define the ideal duration of antibiotic therapy? Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2006 Oct;7(5):419-32. doi: 10.1089/sur.2006.7.419.

    PMID: 17083308BACKGROUND
  • Sawyer RG, Claridge JA, Nathens AB, Rotstein OD, Duane TM, Evans HL, Cook CH, O'Neill PJ, Mazuski JE, Askari R, Wilson MA, Napolitano LM, Namias N, Miller PR, Dellinger EP, Watson CM, Coimbra R, Dent DL, Lowry SF, Cocanour CS, West MA, Banton KL, Cheadle WG, Lipsett PA, Guidry CA, Popovsky K; STOP-IT Trial Investigators. Trial of short-course antimicrobial therapy for intraabdominal infection. N Engl J Med. 2015 May 21;372(21):1996-2005. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1411162.

MeSH Terms

Conditions

PeritonitisSepsis

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Intraabdominal InfectionsInfectionsPeritoneal DiseasesDigestive System DiseasesSystemic Inflammatory Response SyndromeInflammationPathologic ProcessesPathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

  • Robert G Sawyer, MD

    University of Virginia

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
phase 3
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Who Masked
OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
PI Title
PI

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

April 10, 2008

First Posted

April 14, 2008

Study Start

September 1, 2008

Primary Completion

August 1, 2013

Study Completion

August 1, 2014

Last Updated

May 22, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-05

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