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Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 13 January 2015
Main ID:  ISRCTN65289389
Date of registration: 09/12/2002
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: La Trobe University (Australia)
Public title: Cracked nipples colonized with Staphylococcus aureus: a randomised treatment trial
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Date of first enrolment: 01/11/2001
Target sample size: 10
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN65289389
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Randomised controlled trial (Treatment)  
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Countries of recruitment
Australia
Contacts
Name: Judith    Lumley
Address:  Director Centre for the Study of Mothers' and Children's Health La Trobe University 251 Faraday Street VIC 3053 Carlton Australia
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Breastfeeding women with at least one damaged nipple
2. English-speaking
3. Live in Melbourne
4. Not allergic to penicillin

Exclusion criteria: Not provided at time of registration.

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Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Mastitis (prevention of) in lactating women
Pregnancy and Childbirth
Mastitis
Intervention(s)
Women with nipple swab positive for Staphylococcus aureus are randomised to receive a seven-day course of:
1. Flucloxacillin 500 mg qid, or
2. Identical placebo capsules
Primary Outcome(s)
Incidence of mastitis in each group in the week following recruitment.
Secondary Outcome(s)
Nipple healing, nipple pain.
Secondary ID(s)
Research Ethics Number (La Trobe University): 00/124
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Medical Research Foundation for Women and Babies, Melbourne (Australia), Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Public Health scholarship (Australia), Postgraduate grant, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University (Australia), Antibiotics provided by CSL Ltd
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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