Or v IV Antibiotics for Infection
Oral vs Intravenous Antibiotics for Treatment of Periprosthetic Joint Infection
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interventional
308
1 country
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Brief Summary
Management of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) commonly includes 6 weeks of intravenous (IV) antibiotics after surgical treatment. However, there is little evidence to suggest that oral (PO) therapy results in worse outcomes. This study aims to determine whether or not PO antibiotics are non-inferior to IV antibiotics in treating PJI. The study is a multicenter, parallel-group, randomized (1 : 1), open-label, non-inferiority trial. The non-inferiority margin will be set at 10%. Adults with a clinical diagnosis of PJI according to the International Consensus Meeting (ICM) criteria who would ordinarily receive at least 6 weeks of antibiotics and have received ≤ 7 days of IV therapy from surgery will be included. A total of 308 participants will be centrally computer-randomized to PO or IV antibiotics to complete the first 6 weeks of therapy. Follow-on PO therapy will be permitted in either arm. The primary outcome is the proportion of participants experiencing treatment failure within 1 year. An associated cost-effectiveness evaluation including complications, resource utilization and quality-of-life data will be performed.
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Target at P50-P75 for phase_3
Started Jan 2021
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
January 22, 2021
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
January 25, 2021
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
January 26, 2021
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
January 25, 2023
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
January 25, 2023
CompletedJanuary 26, 2021
January 1, 2021
2 years
January 22, 2021
January 22, 2021
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Rate of Postoperative Infections
The investigator will measure the incidence of postoperative infections in participants treated with oral antibiotics versus those treated with intravenous antibiotics
2 years
Study Arms (2)
Oral Antibiotics
ACTIVE COMPARATORParticipant will receive 6 weeks of oral antibiotic therapy to treat their infection. The type of antibiotic given will be at the discretion of the infectious disease doctor.
Intravenous Antibiotics
ACTIVE COMPARATORParticipant will receive 6 weeks of intravenous (IV) antibiotic therapy to treat their infection. The type of antibiotic given will be at the discretion of the infectious disease doctor.
Interventions
Bactrim will be given for 6 weeks to treat joint infection
Cefadroxil will be given for 6 weeks to treat joint infection
Doxycycline HCl will given for 6 weeks to treat joint infection
Clindamycin will given for 6 weeks to treat joint infection
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- aged ≥ 18 years
- willing and able to give informed consent
- primary THA or TKA diagnosed with PJI based on International Consensus Meeting criteria
- A sinus communicating with the prosthesis OR
- Two positive cultures obtained from the prosthesis OR
- of 5 criteria:
- Elevated ESR (\>30mm/hr) and CRP (\>10mg/L)
- Elevated synovial leukocyte count (\>3000 cells/µL) or change of ++ on leukocyte esterase strip
- Elevated synovial neutrophil percentage (\>80%)
- One positive culture
- Positive histological analysis of periprosthetic tissue (\>5 neutrophils per high power field in 5 high power fields x400)
- PJI treated by debridement and implant retention, or excision of the prosthetic joint (with or without planned reimplantation)
- received ≤ 7 days of IV therapy after an appropriate surgical intervention
You may not qualify if:
- Previously treated for native septic arthritis or PJI in the same joint
- S. aureus bacteremia on presentation or within the previous month
- clinical, histological or microbiological evidence of mycobacterial, fungal or parasitic etiology of the infection
- any other concomitant infection that, in the opinion of the clinician responsible for the patient, requires a prolonged course of IV antibiotic therapy (e.g. bacterial endocarditis, mediastinal infection, central nervous system infection)
- septic shock or systemic features that, in the opinion of the clinician responsible for the patient, requires a course of IV antibiotic therapy (the patient could be re-evaluated if these features resolved)
- an infection for which there are no suitable antibiotic choices to permit randomization between the two arms of the trial (e.g. when organisms are only sensitive to IV antibiotics or PO antibiotics)
- unlikely to comply with trial requirements following randomization in the opinion of the investigator
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Rothman Orthopaedic Institute
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States
MeSH Terms
Interventions
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- phase 3
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
January 22, 2021
First Posted
January 26, 2021
Study Start
January 25, 2021
Primary Completion
January 25, 2023
Study Completion
January 25, 2023
Last Updated
January 26, 2021
Record last verified: 2021-01