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Comparison of Two Empirical Antimicrobial Therapies of Prosthetic Joint Infection

Completed
Conditions
Bone and Joint Infection
Interventions
Other: empirical antibiotherapy
Registration Number
NCT03850860
Lead Sponsor
Hospices Civils de Lyon
Brief Summary

The empirical use of vancomycin in combination with a broad-spectrum beta-lactam is currently recommended after the initial surgery of prosthetic joint infection (PJI). However, the tolerability of such high-dose intravenous regimens is poorly known. T

Detailed Description

The empirical use of vancomycin in combination with a broad-spectrum beta-lactam is currently recommended after the initial surgery of prosthetic joint infection (PJI). However, the tolerability of such high-dose intravenous regimens is poorly known. The empirical antimicrobial therapy of PJI is associated with an important rate of adverse, linked with the use of the vancomycin and the piperacillin-tazobactam combination. Some studies suggest to use vancomycin-cefepime, which remains to be evaluated in PJI.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
178
Inclusion Criteria
  • patients having had a prosthetic joint infection and having had a postoperative empirical antibiotherapy with combination of vancomycine and piperacillin-tazobactam or vancomycine and cefepime
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Exclusion Criteria
  • none
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Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
empirical antibotherapy currently usedempirical antibiotherapypatients having had a vancomycin and piperacillin-tazobactam combination as empirical antibiotherapy
another empirical antibotherapyempirical antibiotherapypatients having had a vancomycin and cefepime combination as empirical antibiotherapy
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Rate of Treatment FailureOutcome is measured at the end of follow-up (usually between 12 and 24 months after antibiotic therapy disruption

Treatment failure is defined by local clinical and/or microbiological relapse; and/or need for additional surgery; death of septic origin

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
rate of bacteria responsible for infectionOutcome is measured at the end of follow-up (usually between 12 and 24 months after antibiotic therapy disruption

bacterial epidemiology

rate of adverse eventsOutcome is measured at the end of follow-up (usually between 12 and 24 months after antibiotic therapy disruption

Description of adverses events leading to stop the empirical treatment

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hospices Civils de Lyon

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Lyon, France

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