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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00150852
Date of registration: 06/09/2005
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University Hospital, Geneva
Public title: Prevention of Gastrostomy-Related Wound Infection by Vancomycin in Carriers of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus.
Scientific title: Vancomycin for Prophylaxis of PEG-Related Wound Infection in MRSA-Positive Patients: a Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study
Date of first enrolment: September 2004
Target sample size: 96
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00150852
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
France Switzerland
Contacts
Name:     Alain Vonlaufen, MD
Address: 
Telephone: +41 22 372 93 40
Email: Alain.Vonlaufen@hcuge.ch
Affiliation: 
Name:     Alain Vonlaufen, MD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospital, Geneva
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- PEG insertion in a patient with a swab positive for MRSA during the 4 weeks preceding
PEG insertion

Exclusion Criteria:

- Age < 18 years

- No informed consent obtained either from the patient or from his legal representative

- Contraindication to the administration of cefazolin or of vancomycin

- Systemic administration of antibiotics effective against MRSA during the week prior
to the procedure

- Technique of PEG insertion different from the standard pull technique proposed by the
physician in charge and the gastroenterologist

- Patients requiring antibiotic prophylaxis of endocarditis



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Wound Infection
Intervention(s)
Drug: Vancomycin
Primary Outcome(s)
Rate of PEG-site infection at 3, 7, 14, 21 and 28 days post intervention as assessed by a clinical score (Jain score) and swab culture
Secondary Outcome(s)
Additional costs and nursing charges (Programme de Recherche en Nursing (PRN) scoring system)
Secondary ID(s)
04-012 (med 04-008)
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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