Antibiotic Treatment Duration for Non-Surgically-Treated Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2012-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of the study is to compare the efficacy and tolerance of 6- versus 12-week antibiotic therapy in patients with diabetic foot osteomyelitis treated medically.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Tourcoing Hospital
• Treatments: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Antibiotics, Antitubercular; Cefepime; Cefotaxime; Cefoxitin; Ceftriaxone; Ciprofloxacin; Doxycycline; Fusidic Acid; Levofloxacin; Linezolid; Ofloxacin; Rifampin; Sulfamethoxazole; Trimethoprim; Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• diabetic patients treated non-surgically (i.e. without amputation or resection of the infected bone) for an osteomyelitis of the foot complicating a neuropathic foot without ischemia of the foot defined as the absence of any pedal pulse. Patients aged of 18 years or more were included if they had type 2 diabetes and osteomyelitis of the foot (i.e.below the ankle).

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with gangrene or who require bone resection or amputation when osteomyelitis of the foot was diagnosed