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Prevalence of Conjunctivitis and Indentification of Risk Factors With and Without Prophylactic Antibiotic Treatment in Neonates

Completed
Conditions
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
Interventions
Other: whithout Rifamycine treatment
Other: Rifamycine treatment
Registration Number
NCT03528915
Lead Sponsor
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens
Brief Summary

The French guidelines for the use of Rifamycine eye drops in delivery room to prevent neonatal conjunctivitis have been actualized. Only newborns exposed to risk factors of conjunctivitis should be treated, compared to previous guidelines, treating all newborns. currently, there are no data describing risk factors for neonatal conjunctivitis. This study evaluated the incidence of conjunctivitis with or without Rifamycine eye drops treatment in the delivery room. Then risk factors for neonatal conjunctivitis where analyzed.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
881
Inclusion Criteria
  • Newborns at the University Hospital of Amiens> 36SA,
  • Admitted in maternity at the exit of nursery
Exclusion Criteria
  • Newborns at the Amiens University Hospital <36SA
  • Eye drops for any medical reason within the first day of life.

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
no-antibiotic groupwhithout Rifamycine treatmentNewborns not treated with antibiotic prophylaxis in a systemic way, according to the new french guidelines of January 1st, 2015.
Prophylaxis groupRifamycine treatmentNewborns treated with rifamycin eye drops systemically two months before change of practices in delivery room.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Occurrence of conjunctivitis during the first 8 days of life in newborns8 days
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CHU Amiens-Picardie

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Amiens, France

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