Treatment Utility of Postpartum Antibiotics in Chorioamnionitis

• Status: Terminated
• Trial end date: 2014-07-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

To determine if prophylactic postpartum antibiotics are required post-cesarean delivery for pregnancies with treated chorioamnionitis.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Washington University School of Medicine
• Collaborator: St. Louis University
• Treatments: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Antibiotics, Antitubercular

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Clinical diagnosis of chorioamnionitis

• Undergoing cesarean section for delivery

Exclusion Criteria:

• Multiple gestations,

• Allergy to beta-lactam antibiotics

• Patients with estimated creatinine clearance (ClCr) less than 70 mL/min

• Maternal fever explained by etiology other than chorioamnionitis

• Inability to comply with the study protocol.