Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Open Fractures

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2019-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Prospective look at antibiotic prophylaxis with Ceftaroline in patients with type II and III open fractures

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Olayemi Osiyemi MD
• Collaborator: Forest Laboratories
• Treatments: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Ceftaroline fosamil

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• male or female >= 18 years old

• complete an informed consent

• patients are diagnosed with a type II or III open fracture

Exclusion Criteria:

• allergy to beta-lactam antibiotics prior to screening

• prior to enrollment: patients received 3 or more doses of antibiotic prophylaxis

• pregnant female

• inability to provide consent