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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT01044719
Date of registration: 14/12/2009
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Imperial College London
Public title: Duration of Antibiotics in Infective Exacerbations of Cystic Fibrosis
Scientific title: What Duration of Intravenous Antibiotic Therapy Should be Used in the Treatment of Infective Exacerbations of Cystic Fibrosis Chronically Colonised With Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
Date of first enrolment: January 2010
Target sample size: 240
Recruitment status: Not yet recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01044719
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Contacts
Name:     Margaret Hodson, MD FRCP DA
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Affiliation:  Imperial College London
Name:     Andrew Jones, MB BChir MRCP
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Telephone: 02073518940
Email: andrew.jones1@imperial.ac.uk
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- 16 years or older

- Diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis

- Presenting with Infective exacerbation

Exclusion Criteria:

- Unable to give consent

- Allergy to study medications

- Intolerance of aminoglycoside antibiotics

- Pseudomonas resistant to study antibiotics

- On the active transplant list or FEV1<20% predicted

- Pregnancy/breast-feeding

- Co-existent ABPA requiring a change in treatment

- Co-existent mycobacterial infection

- A previous participant in the study



Age minimum: 16 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Cystic Fibrosis
Intervention(s)
Drug: Ceftazidime
Drug: Meropenem
Drug: Tobramycin
Primary Outcome(s)
Time to next exacerbation [Time Frame: 6 months]
Treatment failure at completion of antibiotic course [Time Frame: 21 days]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Change in sputum bacteriology [Time Frame: up to 21 days]
Adverse effects of study antibiotics [Time Frame: Up to 21 days]
Quality of life scores [Time Frame: Up to 21 days]
Change in nutritional status [Time Frame: up to 21 days]
Change in inflammatory markers [Time Frame: up to 21 days]
Change in Spirometry [Time Frame: up to 21 days]
Secondary ID(s)
RBHADS001
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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