Addition of Azithromycin to Cefazolin Will Reduce Post CS Infections More Than Cefazolin Only.

NCT ID: NCT03502356

Last Updated: 2018-04-18

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE1/PHASE2

Total Enrollment

400 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-04-20

Study Completion Date

2018-08-20

Brief Summary

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The good standard antibiotic prophylaxis pre elective C S is cefazolin and this study will approve addition of azithromycin to cefazolin will reduce post CS infections more than cefazolin only.

Detailed Description

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Patiants and methods

Randomization:

Patients fulfilling the inclusion criteria will be randomized to two groups. Both two group will receive standard prophylaxis antibiotic CEFAZOLIN (zinol) (at a dose of 1 g) 2 hours preoperative.

Control Group:

This group will include 200women undergoing elective cs. In this group, patients will receive standard antibiotic prophylaxis CEFAZOLIN (at a dose of 1 g) and azithromycin (at a dose of 1g) 2 hours preoperative.

Study Group:

This group will include 200women undergoing elective cs. In this group, patients will receive only standard prophylaxis antibiotic(CEFAZOLIN)

Inclusion criteria:

* Gestational age of 37 0/7 weeks and greater
* Elective cesarean section
* Medicaly free pregnant women

Exclusion criteria:

* a known allergy to azithromycin
* obstetric complications
* azithromycin use within 7 days before randomization
* chorioamnionitis or other infection requiring postpartum antibiotic therapy
* Pre-gestational diabetes

Conditions

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Randomized Controll Trial

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Control Group:

This group will include 200women undergoing elective cs. In this group, patients will receive standard antibiotic prophylaxis CEFAZOLIN (at a dose of 1 g) and azithromycin (at a dose of 1g) 2 hours preoperative.

Study Group:

This group will include 200women undergoing elective cs. In this group, patients will receive only standard prophylaxis antibiotic(CEFAZOLIN)
Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Control Group

This group will include 200women undergoing elective cs. In this group, patients will receive standard antibiotic prophylaxis CEFAZOLIN (at a dose of 1 g) and azithromycin (at a dose of 1g) 2 hours preoperative.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Azithromycin

Intervention Type DRUG

In this group, patients will receive standard antibiotic prophylaxis CEFAZOLIN (at a dose of 1 g) and azithromycin (at a dose of 1g) 2 hours preoperative.

Study Group

This group will include 200women undergoing elective cs. In this group, patients will receive only standard prophylaxis antibiotic(CEFAZOLIN)

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Azithromycin

In this group, patients will receive standard antibiotic prophylaxis CEFAZOLIN (at a dose of 1 g) and azithromycin (at a dose of 1g) 2 hours preoperative.

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Cefazolin

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Gestational age of 37 0/7 weeks and greater
* Elective cesarean section
* Medicaly free pregnant women

Exclusion Criteria

* a known allergy to azithromycin
* obstetric complications
* azithromycin use within 7 days before randomization
* chorioamnionitis or other infection requiring postpartum antibiotic therapy
* Pre-gestational diabetes
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

45 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Ain Shams University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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mohamed abd elhamied abd elgaber

cario egypt

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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mohamed 20 amar, md

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

ain shams

Locations

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Ain Shams

Cairo, Elabasy, Egypt

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Egypt

Central Contacts

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mohamed 20 amar, md

Role: CONTACT

01024706467 ext. 02

Facility Contacts

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mohamed 20 amar, md

Role: primary

01024706467 ext. 02

Other Identifiers

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2377

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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