Oral Antibiotics After Obstetric Perineal Tear

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2025-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate if 3 dose of oral antibiotics administrated the first day after a vaginal delivery with a second degree obstetric tear will decrease the risk of infection and/or wound dehiscence compared to women with 3 doses of placebo treatment.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Hanna Jangö
• Collaborator: Region Hovedstadens Apotek
• Treatments: Amoxicillin; Clavulanic Acid; Clavulanic Acids

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Danish speaking women above 18 years

• Second degree perineal tear and/or episiotomy

• Suturing of obstetric tear at Herlev Hospital

Exclusion Criteria:

• Allergies to the treatment.

• Women who end up with a cesarean-section, including those who have obstetric tears that require stitching or have had an episiotomy

• Women who receive antibiotics intra- or postpartum for other reasons.