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- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT02009098
RCT of Postoperative Infections Following Caesarean Section Infections Following Caesarean Section (APIPICS)
Antibiotic Prophylaxis and Intervention for Postpartum Infections Following Caesarean Section
Background Women undergoing Caesarean Section (CS) have an increased risk of postpartum infections compared to women undergoing vaginal delivery. In Denmark the incidence of post-CS infections is 7-10%. The most common infections are endometritis, Urinary tract infections (UTI) and wound infections (WI).
Prophylactic antibiotics are effective in preventing postoperative infections and national guidelines recommend that antibiotics should be administered as a single dose immediately before surgical incision. CS is an exception to this pre-incision administration approach. National guidelines recommend administration of antibiotics after umbilical cord clamping to avoid exposure of the child to antibiotics before birth. Recent studies of antibiotic prophylaxis for CS suggest that prophylactic antibiotics administered before incision compared to after umbilical cord clamping may reduce post-CS infections by up to 50%. Two Cochrane reviews from 2012 criticize these types of studies for lack of data for outcomes on the baby and on late infection in the mother.
This study is a double-blinded randomized controlled trial with a concurrent Health Economic Assessment. The study will examine the effect of change in timing of prophylactic antibiotics on the rate of post-CS infections (endometritis, UTI and WI). The study will be performed at the obstetric departments at Odense University Hospital (OUH), Hvidovre Hospital (HH) and Hospital South West Jutland (HSWJ) in collaboration with the Department of Clinical Microbiology, OUH, to ensure that the most appropriate antibiotic regime is used. Furthermore, collaboration with a neonatologist will ensure appropriate assessment of neonatal outcome.
The investigators plan to enroll the first patient at OUH February 2013. HH and HSWJ will follow with a couple of months delay. The inclusion period is scheduled to last until the investigators have 2844 participants, who have answered the questionnaire. The investigators expect to complete the inclusion period in October 2014 (last patient last visit, LPLV). Microbiological analyzes and data processing is expected to be completed one year after the LPLV. The study population is all women delivering a child by CS during the project period, at Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of OUH, HH and HSWJ.
Objective: Investigate whether and by how much antibiotics administered 15-60 minutes before incision versus after umbilical cord clamping reduces the rate of postpartum infections in a Danish population of women undergoing CS.
Hypothesis: Antibiotics administered pre-incision will result in fewer postoperative infections than antibiotics administered after the umbilical cord is cut.
Hypothesis: Antibiotics administered before incision are cost-effective, compared to administration after umbilical cord clamping, measured by post-CS infection and as cost per Quality Adjusted Life Year (QALY).
Study Overview
Study Type
Phase
- Phase 4
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Esbjerg, Denmark, 6700
- Hospital of South West Jutland
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Hvidovre, Denmark, 2650
- Hvidovre Hospital
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Odense, Denmark, 5000
- Odense University Hospital
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
All women delivering a child by CS at term, at Odense University Hospital, Hvidovre Hospital or Hospital of South West Jutland, Denmark, will be included in the study. Informed consent will be obtained during pregnancy.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age ≥ 18 year
- Women, who can read and understand Danish
- A gestational age ≥ completed 28 weeks of gestation
- Rupture of membranes and active labour (uterine contractions) is allowed.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Hypersensitivity to cefuroxime or to any other cephalosporin antibiotics
- Previous immediate and/or severe hypersensitivity reaction to penicillin or any other beta-lactam antibiotic.
Systemic exposure to any antibiotic agent within 1 week before delivery
_ Antibiotic indicated due to PROM, fever or other indications at the time of caesarean section.
- Women being immunologically incompetent (e.g. HIV positive)
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Quadruple
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Active Comparator: præoperativ antibiotic
iv Cefuroxime 1,5g administered 15-60 minutes before incision
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iv Cefuroxime 1,5g administered 15-60 minutes before incision versus iv Cefuroxime 1,5g administered after umbilical cord clamping
Other Names:
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Active Comparator: postoperativ antibiotic
iv Cefuroxime 1,5g administered after umbilical cord clamping
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iv Cefuroxime 1,5g administered 15-60 minutes before incision versus iv Cefuroxime 1,5g administered after umbilical cord clamping
Other Names:
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Women: The incidence of post-CS infection (endometritis, urinary tract infections, and wound infections)
Time Frame: within the first 30 days after surgery
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To be able to collect information about symptoms of infection after discharge a self-administered questionnaire will be sent to all participants within 30 days post-CS.
Furthermore data on postoperative infections, recorded by diagnoses codes or surgical procedures, will be obtained from the Danish National Patient Registry.
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within the first 30 days after surgery
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Infant: admission to special care unit
Time Frame: participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 4 days
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participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 4 days
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Women: length of the primary and any secondary hospitalization
Time Frame: within the first 30 days after Caesarean Section
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within the first 30 days after Caesarean Section
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Women: readmissions to hospital/contact to the general practitioner on suspicion of infection after Caesarean Section
Time Frame: within the first 30 days after Caesarean Section
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within the first 30 days after Caesarean Section
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Women: antibiotic treatment on suspicion of infection after Caesarean Section
Time Frame: within the first 30 days after Caesarean Section
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within the first 30 days after Caesarean Section
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Infant: use of antifungal treatment against oral thrush
Time Frame: participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 4 days
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participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 4 days
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Infant: necrotizing enterocolitis
Time Frame: participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 4 days
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participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 4 days
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Infant: antibiotic treatment during hospital stay
Time Frame: participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 4 days
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participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 4 days
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Infant: the need for intensive care treatment and length of stay in hospital
Time Frame: participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 4 days
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participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 4 days
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Infant: Neonatal sepsis
Time Frame: participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 4 days
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Neonatal sepsis, Neonatal sepsis workup
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participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 4 days
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Women: Number of Participants with Adverse Events as a Measure of Safety and Tolerability
Time Frame: participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 4 days
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Adverse reactions/events registered during hospitalization (complications, examinations, treatments, antibiotic use)
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participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 4 days
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Other Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Characteristics of the study population, which may affect the primary outcome "postoperative infections"
Time Frame: participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 4 days
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Date of admission, Date of birth, Birthplace, Date of discharges.
Ethnicity, Maternal age, height and prepregnancy weight, Parity, Multiple gestations, Gravidity, Prior caesareans, Prior abdominal surgery, Drug/alcohol abuse, Diabetes mellitus, Preeclampsia, Smoking status, self-reported, Urine track infection (before birth).
Presence of labor, Length of labor, Preterm labor, Rupture of membranes, Length of rupture of membranes, Number of vaginal examinations, Use of internal monitoring, Meconium, Use of antenatal steroids, cervical dilators, vacuum, amnioinfusion, extraamniotic saline infusion.
Type of section, Anaesthesia type, Uterine incision type, Uterine closure layers, Uterine incision extensions, Need for transfusion, Intraoperative blood loss, Time of day, Operative time, Deviation from the standard surgical procedure.
Birth weight (gram), Gestational age (week
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participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 4 days
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Collaborators
Investigators
- Study Chair: Jan Stener Joergensen, MD, PhD, Odense University Hospital, department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University of Southern Denmark, Faculty of Health Sciences, institute of Clinical Research, research unit, department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start
Primary Completion (Anticipated)
Study Completion (Anticipated)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Estimate)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Estimate)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- 2012-002068-29 (EUDRACT_NUMBER)
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