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Terminated Not applicable Interventional Accepts healthy volunteers Results available

Antibiotics Versus Placebo in the Treatment of Abscesses in the Emergency Department

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00867789

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Official title

Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole Versus Placebo in the Treatment of Cutaneous Abscesses in the Emergency Department

Study identification

NCT ID: NCT00867789
Recruitment status: Terminated
Study type: Interventional
Phase: Not applicable
Lead sponsor: Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City; Other
Enrollment: 140 participants

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Abscess

Interventions

Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole Drug
Sugar pill Drug

Drug

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range: 3 Months to 17 Years
Sex: All
Healthy volunteers: Accepts healthy volunteers

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Study timeline

Start date: Feb 28, 2009
Primary completion: Sep 30, 2012
Completion: Sep 30, 2012
Last update posted: Jan 25, 2021

2009 – 2012

United States locations

U.S. sites: 1
U.S. states: 1
U.S. cities: 1

Facility	City	State	ZIP	Site status
Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics	Kansas City	Missouri	64108	—

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