Preoperative Oral Antibiotics With vs Without Mechanical Bowel Preparation to Reduce Surgical Site Infections Following Colonic Resection: an International Randomized Controlled Trial.

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2023-05-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The ORALEV Study found that preoperative oral antibiotics can reduce the incidence of surgical site infections after colonic resection, compared with no preparation.

The role of mechanical bowel preparation in patients needing colonic surgery is yet to be elucidated.

No randomised controlled trials have assessed the impact of mechanical bowel preparation combined with oral antibiotics on the incidence of surgical site infections after colonic surgery, compared with oral antibiotics only.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron Research Institute
• Treatments: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Antibiotics, Antitubercular; Cefuroxime; Cefuroxime axetil; Citric Acid; Magnesium Oxide; Metronidazole; Picosulfate sodium; Sodium Citrate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients of both genders, aged 18 years or above, with colonic disease without contraindications to surgical treatment, diagnosed with neoplasia or diverticular disease (diverticulosis with indication to elective surgery: stricture, chronic constipation), patients for whom a segmental or total colectomy is indicated.

• Patients who voluntarily accept to join the study and sign a dedicated written consent.

• Capability of understanding the study and take the medications prescribed.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients undergoing urgent surgery or no elective admission

• Patients who refuse to participate

• Patients with rectal disease or neoplasia

• Patients with pre-existing intrabdominal sepsis (abscess, acute diverticulitis)

• Patients who received preoperative antibiotic treatment for any other reasons during the two weeks before surgery

• Patients with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis

• Patients unlikely to adhere to the treatment prescribed

• Patients with allergy or contraindication to the medications used in the study

• Patients who need mechanical bowel preparation

• Patients with contraindication to bowel preparation used in the study (Citrafleet®):

• Patients with kidney failure needing haemodialysis or with hypermagnesemia

• Patients with severe heart failure

• Patients with gastric or duodenal ulcer

• Patients with mechanical obstruction

• Patients with toxic megacolon

• Patients with ascites or rhabdomyolysis