Does Cefoxitin or Piperacillin-Tazobactam Prevent Postoperative Surgical Site Infections After Pancreatoduodenectomy?

October 3, 2025 updated by: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

A Phase III Multicenter, Open Label Randomized Controlled Trial of Cefoxitin Versus Piperacillin-Tazobactam as Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Patients Undergoing Pancreatoduodenectomy

The purpose of this study is to figure out which commonly used antibiotic, cefoxitin or piperacillin-tazobactam, is better at decreasing the rate of surgical site infections after pancreatoduodenectomy.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Completed

Conditions

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

Enrollment

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967

Phase

Phase

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  • Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Canada
    • Ontario
      • Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
        • Hamilton Health Sciences Center (Juravinski Hospital)
      • Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1H 8L6
        • Ottawa Hospital
      • Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4N 3M5
        • Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
  • United States
    • California
      • Sacramento, California, United States, 95817
        • UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
    • Georgia
      • Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30322
        • Emory University School of Medicine
    • Illinois
      • Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611
        • Northwestern Medicine (Data Collection)
      • Evanston, Illinois, United States, 60201
        • NorthShore University Health System
    • Indiana
      • Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202
        • Indiana University
    • Iowa
      • Iowa City, Iowa, United States, 52242
        • University of Iowa
    • Massachusetts
      • Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
        • Massachusetts General Hospital
    • Missouri
      • St Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110
        • University of Washington School of Medicine
    • Nebraska
      • Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 68198-7680
        • University of Nebraska Medical Center
    • New Jersey
      • Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States, 07920
        • Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (Consent Only)
      • Hackensack, New Jersey, United States, 07601
        • Hackensack Meridian Health / Hackensack University Medical Center Cancer Center
    • New York
      • Commack, New York, United States, 11725
        • Memorial Sloan Kettering Commack (Consent Only)
      • Harrison, New York, United States, 10604
        • Memoral Sloan Kettering Westchester (Consent only)
      • New York, New York, United States, 10065
        • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
      • New York, New York, United States, 10029
        • Mount Sinai Hospital
      • New York, New York, United States, 10029
        • Mount Sinai West
      • The Bronx, New York, United States, 10467
        • Montefiore Health Systems (Montefiore Medical Center)
    • North Carolina
      • Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27713
        • Duke University
      • Greenville, North Carolina, United States, 27834
        • Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
    • Ohio
      • Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43210
        • Ohio State University
    • Oregon
      • Portland, Oregon, United States, 97213
        • Providence Health & Services (Portland Med Ctr)
    • Pennsylvania
      • Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States, 17033
        • Pennsylvania State Hershey
      • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19107
        • Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
    • Tennessee
      • Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 38120
        • Baptist Memorial Healthcare
    • Texas
      • Dallas, Texas, United States, 75246
        • Baylor Scott & White Health
    • Utah
      • Murray, Utah, United States, 84107
        • Intermountain Healthcare
      • Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84112
        • University of Utah
    • Wisconsin
      • La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States, 54601
        • Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation
      • Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53792
        • University of Wisconsin

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

The key requirements that people who want to participate in a clinical study must meet or the characteristics they must have. Eligibility criteria consist of both inclusion criteria (which are required for a person to participate in the study) and exclusion criteria (which prevent a person from participating). Types of eligibility criteria include whether a study accepts healthy volunteers, has age or age group requirements, or is limited by sex.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age >/= 18 years
  • Patients undergoing elective pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) for any diagnosis/indication

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients undergoing a minimally invasive PD, such as laparoscopic or robotic PD
  • Patients with known and documented allergies to any of the penicillins, cephalosporins, or β-lactamase inhibitors
  • Patients who are otherwise ineligible to receive the antibiotics in this study
  • Patients highly unlikely to undergo PD according to the surgeon's judgment, such as conditions amenable to pancreas enucleation, ampullectomy, etc.
  • Patients with long-term glucocorticosteroid use. The following uses of corticosteroids are permitted: single doses, topical applications (e.g., for rash), inhaled sprays (e.g., for obstructive airways diseases), eye drops or local injections (e.g., intra-articular)
  • Patients unable to provide informed consent
  • Creatinine clearance (CrCl) </= 40 mL/min
  • Patients receiving hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis
  • Pregnant or nursing (lactating) women, where pregnancy is defined as the state of a female after conception and until the termination of gestation, confirmed by a positive hCG laboratory test
  • Patients with a known bacterial infection present at the time of surgery or who received antimicrobial therapy within 7 days prior to surgery

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

A group or subgroup of participants in a clinical trial that receives a specific intervention/treatment, or no intervention, according to the trial's protocol.
Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

A process or action that is the focus of a clinical study. Interventions include drugs, medical devices, procedures, vaccines, and other products that are either investigational or already available. Interventions can also include noninvasive approaches, such as education or modifying diet and exercise.
Active Comparator: Cefoxitin
Drug: Cefoxitin
Participants will receive one dose of cefoxitin within 1 hour of incision time, redosed every 2-4 hours in the operating room until closure of the incision, and discontinued within 24 hours after anesthesia end time.
Experimental: Piperacillin-tazobactam
Drug: Piperacillin-tazobactam
Participants will receive one dose of piperacillin-tazobactam within 1 hour of incision time, redosed every 2-4 hours in the operating room until closure of the incision, and discontinued within 24 hours after anesthesia end time.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Number of Participants Evaluated for the Effectiveness of Cefoxitin as a Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis.
Time Frame: 30 days
To compare the effectiveness of cefoxitin, a second generation cephalosporin (Cohort 1), with piperacillin-tazobactam, a broad-spectrum penicillin (Cohort 2), as surgical antibiotic prophylaxis in decreasing the overall rate of postoperative SSIs in patients undergoing PD. The primary endpoint, overall SSI rate, is defined as superficial incisional SSI, deep incisional SSI, or organ/space SSI within the first 30 days after the operation, as defined according to the ACS NSQIP data collection operations manual.
30 days

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Sponsor

The organization or person who initiates the study and who has authority and control over the study.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Collaborators

Collaborators

An organization other than the sponsor that provides support for a clinical study. This support may include activities related to funding, design, implementation, data analysis, or reporting.
Johns Hopkins University
Massachusetts General Hospital
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Washington University School of Medicine
Northwestern University
University of Chicago
University of Iowa
University of Wisconsin, Madison
The Cleveland Clinic
Emory University
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
University of California, Davis
Ohio State University
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Temple University
Rhode Island Hospital
University of Utah
Indiana University
Thomas Jefferson University
Baylor Scott and White Health
Providence Health & Services
Hackensack Meridian Health
Mount Sinai Hospital, New York
Albany Medical College
Intermountain Health Care, Inc.
Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center
Hamilton Health Sciences Center
Jersey Shore Medical Center (Hackensack Meridian)
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
North Shore University HealthSystem
Stony Brook Medicine
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Canada
The Ottowa Hospital/University of Ottowa
Universtiy of Mississippi Medical Center
Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University

Investigators

Investigators

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  • Principal Investigator: Michael D'Angelica, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Helpful Links

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

Study Start

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November 21, 2017

Primary Completion (Actual)

Primary Completion

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January 28, 2025

Study Completion (Actual)

Study Completion

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January 28, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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August 30, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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August 30, 2017

First Posted (Actual)

First Posted

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September 1, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimated)

Last Update Posted

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October 21, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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October 3, 2025

Last Verified

Last Verified

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January 1, 2025

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Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

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  • 17-418

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

Yes

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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