233
Participants
Start Date
December 3, 2013
Primary Completion Date
September 30, 2019
Study Completion Date
December 30, 2020
PO versus IV antibiotics Route of administration evaluation
This is a study of oral (per os, (PO)) antibiotic therapy versus intravenous (IV) antibiotics in the treatment of acute infection after fixation of fractures and joint fusions. This is not a study of an experimental drug but a study of route of administration of standard use antibiotics. Antibiotic regimen options decision will be made by the Study Surgeon at each site in consult with local Infectious Disease experts based on local standard practices and bacterial susceptibilities.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco
Denver Health and Hospital Authority, Denver
University of Miami Ryder Trauma Center, Miami
Eskenazi Health, Indianapolis
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City
University of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore
Boston Medical Center, Boston
Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis
St. Louis University Medical Center, St Louis
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, Jamaica
NYU Langone Medical Center, New York
Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem
MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland
Penn State University M.S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey
San Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC), San Antonio
University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church
Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth
University of Washington/Harborview Medical Center, Seattle
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium
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