Antibiotic Therapy of Acute Uncomplicated Colonic Diverticulitis
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2010-12-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate if antibiotic therapy is necessary for treatment of
uncomplicated colonic diverticulitis.
The hypothesis is that Patients with acute uncomplicated colonic diverticulitis will recover
the condition without antibiotic therapy and the lack of antibiotic therapy will not lead to
complications.
The patients will be randomized to conservative treatment with and without antibiotic
therapy.