Pilot Trial of Antibiotics Versus Surgery for Treating Acute Appendicitis
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Official title
A Pilot Study for a Randomized Trial of Antibiotics Versus Surgery for Treatment of Patients With Acute Uncomplicated Appendicitis
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02447224
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Early Phase 1
- Lead sponsor
- Olive View-UCLA Education & Research Institute
- Other
- Enrollment
- 30 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- 1 gm IV ertapenem at enrollment Drug
- 1 gm IV ertapenem at Day 2 and oral metronidazole and cefdinir to complete 10 days Drug
- Appendectomy Procedure
Drug · Procedure
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 5 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Feb 28, 2015
- Primary completion
- Sep 30, 2015
- Completion
- Dec 30, 2017
- Last update posted
- Apr 9, 2018
2015 – 2017
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olive View-UCLA Medical Center | Sylmar | California | 91342 | — |
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- Last update posted Apr 9, 2018 · Synced Jul 25, 2026
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