Does Extended Antibiotic Prophylaxis reduce infection rates in Total Joint Arthroplasty?
Phase 3
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/05/067178
- Lead Sponsor
- KIMS Sunshine Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1.Patients undergoing primary total hip and total knee arthroplasty.
2.Age between 18 and 80 years
3.No known contraindications to extended antibiotic use like allergy or hypersensitivity.
Exclusion Criteria
1.Known allergy to Cephalosporins/Doxycycline.
2.History of recent systemic/ local infection
3.Concurrent systemic infections
4.h/o previous knee/ hip surgeries.
5.h/o prior intra-articular injections within 3 months
6.Inflammatory, post-traumatic arthritis
7.Patients on immune-suppressive medications including anti-cancer drugs, and steroids.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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