PRevention Of Trauma-related Infections Through an Embedded Clinical Trials Network

PHASE4Not yet recruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

300

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

May 1, 2025

Primary Completion Date

March 31, 2027

Study Completion Date

March 31, 2027

Conditions
Surgical Site Infection
Interventions
DRUG

Ertapenem

Participants will receive a single dose of IV ertapenem (1g) in the operating room prior to incision or as soon as possible given the patient's hemodynamic status

DRUG

Cefazolin and Metronidazole.

Participants will receive a single dose of a combination of IV cefazolin (re-dosed during the case every 4 hours and/or after every 1,500 mL of blood loss) and IV metronidazole (single dose 500 mg) in the operating room prior to incision or as soon as possible given the patient's hemodynamic status

Trial Locations (1)

77030

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Surgical Infection Society

UNKNOWN

lead

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

OTHER