Oral Moxifloxacin Versus Cefazolin and Oral Probenecid in the Management of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in the Emergency Department
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00323219 |
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified February 2012 by University of British Columbia.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
First Posted : May 9, 2006
Last Update Posted : February 8, 2012
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Cellulitis | Drug: Cefazolin and Moxifloxacin | Phase 3 |
Extended description of the protocol, including information not already contained in other fields.
Objective: To compare 400 mg of oral moxifloxacin (Oral Group) once daily to 2 grams of IV cefazolin and 1 gram of oral probenecid once daily (IV group) for the treatment of moderate cellulitis.
Patients: Any patient presenting to the emergency department at St Paul's Hospital in Vancouver with a diagnosis of cellulitis requiring IV antibiotics, without contraindications to any of the study treatments, and not requiring hospital admission.
Assessments: Daily assessments are performed double-blind at 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 14 days.
Primary outcome: Clinical cure at 7 days (resolution of symptoms, no change in antibiotic, no adverse events requiring discontinuation of study drug, no admission to hospital).
Secondary outcomes: Area of erythema, days of treatment, side-effects of medication, cost of treatment, patient satisfaction, relapse at 14 days.
Sample size: Based on equivalence of treatments a total of 390 patients are required (195/group).
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 390 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Double (Participant, Investigator) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Oral Moxifloxacin Versus Cefazolin and Oral Probenecid in the Management of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in the Emergency Department |
Study Start Date : | January 2004 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | December 2012 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | December 2013 |

- Drug: Cefazolin and Moxifloxacin
See Detailed Description.
- Clinical cure at 7 days [ Time Frame: 7 days ]
- Area of erythema (Days 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7), days of treatment, side-effects of medication, cost of treatment, patient satisfaction, relapse at 14 days [ Time Frame: 7 days ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | up to 18 Years (Child, Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Cellulitis requiring outpatient intravenous antibiotic therapy;
- ability to understand,/sign informed consent;
- no contraindications to study medications,
- not pregnant/breastfeeding
Exclusion Criteria:
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00323219
Contact: Barb Boychuk | robstenstrom@shaw.ca |
Canada, British Columbia | |
St. Paul's Hospital, Providence Healthcare, Emergency Medicine | Recruiting |
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V1Y 1Z1 | |
Contact: Barb Boychuk | |
Principal Investigator: Rob Stenstrom, MD |
Principal Investigator: | Rob Stenstrom, MD | The University of British Columbia |
Responsible Party: | University of British Columbia |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00323219 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
PO3-0153 |
First Posted: | May 9, 2006 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | February 8, 2012 |
Last Verified: | February 2012 |
Cellulitis, RCT, emergency Department, Double-blind, Equivalence trial, Moxifloxacin, Cefazolin, Probenecid. |
Soft Tissue Infections Cellulitis Emergencies Infections Disease Attributes Pathologic Processes Skin Diseases, Infectious Suppuration Connective Tissue Diseases Inflammation |
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