NCT00530400View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Study of the Efficacy of Preoperative Cefuroxime Prophylaxis to Prevent Surgical Site Infection in Herniated Disk Surgery

PHASE4CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

1,369

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

April 30, 1994

Study Completion Date

March 31, 2000

Conditions
Surgical Wound Infection
Interventions
DRUG

cefuroxime

preoperative intravenous 1.5g cefuroxime

DRUG

placebo

preoperative intravenous placebo

Trial Locations (2)

1011

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne

1211

Hôpitaux Universitaire de Genève, Geneva

Sponsors

Collaborators (1)

GlaxoSmithKline
All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

University Hospital, Geneva

OTHER

collaborator

GlaxoSmithKline

INDUSTRY

lead

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois

OTHER