Acute Appendicitis: Active Observation With and Without Antibiotics

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2022-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study evaluates if early provision of antibiotics is a superior treatment compared to "traditional wait and see" with regard to symptom relief for suspected acute uncomplicated appendicitis.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Göteborg University
• Collaborator: Vastra Gotaland Region
• Treatments: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Antibiotics, Antitubercular; Ciprofloxacin; Metronidazole; Piperacillin; Piperacillin, Tazobactam Drug Combination; Tazobactam

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Subjects with suspected appendicitis.

• Age<60 years.

• C-reactive protein < 60 mg/L.

• White blod cell Count (leucocytes) < 13 e9 /L.

Exclusion criteria:

• Pregnant