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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00162604
Date of registration: 09/09/2005
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Hvidovre University Hospital
Public title: Prophylactic Antibiotic Treatment During Vaginal Repair
Scientific title: Antibiotikaprofylakse Ved Vaginalplastik
Date of first enrolment: May 2005
Target sample size: 200
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00162604
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Denmark
Contacts
Name:     Marianne Ottesen, M.D, Ph.D
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Hvidovre University Hospital
Name:     Marianne Ottesen, M.D
Address: 
Telephone: 0045 36323632
Email: marianne.8sen@dadlnet.dk
Affiliation: 
Name:     Marianne Ottesen, M.D
Address: 
Telephone: 0045 36323632
Email: marianne.8sen@dadlnet.dk
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Women ages 18+ with uterine prolapse grade I - II and/or cystocele and/or rectocele
and/or enterocele grade I - II and/or defects of the perineal body, in whom there is
medical indication for vaginal repair, but no indication for vaginal hysterectomy or
transvaginal suspension of the vaginal vault after prior hysterectomy.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients allergic to cefuroxime.

- Patients in whom a vaginal hysterectomy or a transvaginal suspension of the vaginal
vault or other major surgery is planned, where prophylactic antibiotic treatment is
standard.

- Patients suffering from physical or mental disorders that will not allow them to give
informed consent.

- Pregnant and nursing women.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Uterine Prolapse
Enterocele
Cystocele
Rectocele
Intervention(s)
Drug: Cefuroxime
Primary Outcome(s)
primary endpoint: no infections (urinary tract infections, pneumonia,wound infections, infected haematomas, etc.) within 30 days postoperatively
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
2602-415
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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