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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12622000149763
ACTRN12622000149763
Completed
Phase 4

Comparison of infectious complications in patients undergoing transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy receiving targeted antibiotic prophylaxis according to rectal and expressed prostatic secretion swab cultures versus empiric antibiotic prophylaxis: a prospective cohort study.

Sotirios Gatsos0 sites141 target enrollmentJanuary 28, 2022

Overview

Phase
Phase 4
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Not specified
Sponsor
Sotirios Gatsos
Enrollment
141
Status
Completed
Last Updated
3 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
January 28, 2022
End Date
February 28, 2022
Last Updated
3 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
Male

Investigators

Sponsor
Sotirios Gatsos

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Male patients with clinical and/or laboratory findings indicative of prostate cancer, namely abnormal digital rectal examination findings, elevated prostate specific antigen and suspicious imaging. Also, patients with previous non diagnostic biopsies who undergo a repeat biopsy.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Presence of indwelling bladder catheter.
  • Inability to receive the proposed antibiotic prophylaxis (i.e allergies).
  • Patients subjected to saturation biopsy.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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