An interventional study of Antibiotic in Colonic Diverticulitis, sponsored by Uppsala University. Completed at 1 site in Sweden. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 90 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2011-12-23.
Sponsored by Uppsala University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
The purpose of this study is to evaluate if antibiotic therapy is necessary for treatment of uncomplicated colonic diverticulitis.
The hypothesis is that Patients with acute uncomplicated colonic diverticulitis will recover the condition without antibiotic therapy and the lack of antibiotic therapy will not lead to complications.
The patients will be randomized to conservative treatment with and without antibiotic therapy.
27 studies on the registry are indexed under Diverticulitis, Colonic; 8 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 600 is above the median of 142 across 10 interventional studies indexed under Diverticulitis, Colonic.
Browse Diverticulitis, Colonic studies →Uppsala University is the lead sponsor of 390 studies on the registry; 86 are open to participants now.
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A weakened immune system. It can come from an illness, such as HIV or some blood cancers, or from medicines that turn the immune system down, for example after an organ transplant or for an autoimmune disease; steroids at higher doses count.
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Drug: Antibiotic
Antibiotic according to local treatment routine against bowel pathogenesis
discharge without complications +/- antibiotic therapy
Time frame: Within 30 days after discharge
to evaluate length of hospital stay, cost and late complications
Time frame: one year after admission
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