Efficacy of Teicoplanin for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infections After Total Hip or Knee Arthroplasty: A Prospective, Open-Label Randomized Study
Overview
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Intervention
- Teicoplanin
- Conditions
- Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasties
- Sponsor
- University of Athens
- Enrollment
- 616
- Locations
- 3
- Primary Endpoint
- To compare the efficacy of single dose teicoplanin compared with comparator agents in the prevention of surgical site infections after total hip or knee arthroplasty.
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 17 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This is a prospective, open-label, randomized clinical trial where patients were administered prophylaxis for total hip or knee arthroplasty either with teicoplanin or with other antibiotics. The study is aiming to evaluate any differences between these two different strategies of antimicrobial prophylaxis in the occurrence of surgical site infections
Detailed Description
This is a prospective, open-label, randomized clinical trial where patients were administered prophylaxis for total hip or knee arthroplasty either with a single dose of teicoplanin or with multiple doses of other antibiotics according to the habits of the attending physicians aiming to evaluate any differences between these two different strategies of antimicrobial prophylaxis in the occurrence of surgical site infections
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Patients admitted for total hip arthroplasty
- •Patients admitted for total knee arthroplasty
Exclusion Criteria
- •Revision arthroplasty
- •History of any infection within the preceding two months
- •History of an operation in the same hip or knee for other causes
- •Known history of allergy to the studied drug
- •Pregnancy or lactation
- •Any antibiotic therapy in the week before operation.
Arms & Interventions
1
Surgical chemoprophylaxis of one dose of teicoplanin upon introduction of anesthesia for total hip or knee arthroplasty.
Intervention: Teicoplanin
2
Surgical chemoprophylaxis with multiple dose of other antimicrobials for up to six consecutive days for total hip or knee arthroplasty.
Intervention: β-lactams or ciprofloxacin
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
To compare the efficacy of single dose teicoplanin compared with comparator agents in the prevention of surgical site infections after total hip or knee arthroplasty.
Time Frame: Two years
Secondary Outcomes
- To compare the efficacy of single dose teicoplanin compared with comparator agents in the separate prevention of superficial or deep surgical site infections after total hip or knee arthroplasty.(Two years)