Duration of Antibiotic Therapy in the Treatment of Severe Postoperative Peritonitis Admitted in ICU (DURAPOP)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01311765 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: March 10, 2011
Last Update Posted
: December 9, 2015
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Postoperative Peritonitis | Other: Duration of antibiotic therapy limited to 8 days | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 244 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Comparison of Two Durations of Antibiotic Therapy in the Treatment of Severe Postoperative Peritonitis Admitted in Intensive Care Unit: a Randomised Multicentre Study |
Study Start Date : | May 2011 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | March 2015 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | November 2015 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Active Comparator: 8 day-antibiotherapy
Duration of antibiotic therapy limited to 8 days: Antibiotics received for up to 8 days following surgery for postoperative peritonitis in patients hospitalised in intensive care unit
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Other: Duration of antibiotic therapy limited to 8 days
Initiation of adequate empiric antibiotics for postoperative peritonitis within 24 hours after surgery and up to 8 days. At randomisation performed on day 8, the patients assigned to the 8-day group (short-course group) stop their treatment
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No Intervention: 15 day-antibiotherapy
Antibiotics received for up to15 days following surgery for postoperative peritonitis in patients hospitalised in intensive care unit corresponding to usual practice and recommendations
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- The number of antibiotic-free days at D28 after inclusion [ Time Frame: 28 days ]The number of antibiotic-free days at D28 after inclusion (analysis of superiority)
- Mortality at D45 after inclusion [ Time Frame: 45 days ]Mortality at D45 after inclusion (analysis of equivalence)
- Duration of ICU and hospital stay [ Time Frame: 45 days ]Duration of ICU and hospital stay
- Changes in SOFA score [ Time Frame: 8 days ]Changes in SOFA score
- Number of days alive without organ failure [ Time Frame: 28 days ]Number of days alive without organ failure
- Failure rate for clinically evaluable patients [ Time Frame: 28 days ]Failure rate for clinically evaluable patients
- Failure rate for microbiologically evaluable patients [ Time Frame: 28 days ]Failure rate for microbiologically evaluable patients
- Rate of relapse within 45 days [ Time Frame: 45 days ]Rate of relapse within 45 days
- Emergence of multidrug resistant microorganisms in clinical isolates and hygiene samples [ Time Frame: ICU discharge ]Emergence of multidrug resistant microorganisms in clinical isolates and hygiene samples
- Total cost of antibiotic agents [ Time Frame: 28 days ]Total cost of antibiotic agents
- Evolution of procalcitonin plasma concentration [ Time Frame: 15 days ]Evolution of procalcitonin plasma concentration
- Rate of death within 45 days in specific subpopulations (elderly patients >80 years ; morbidly obese patients BMI>25kg/m2 ; severe infection with SAPSII score >40 ;peritoneal infection involving pseudomonas or enterococci ; bacteriemic infections) [ Time Frame: 45 days ]Rate of death within 45 days in specific subpopulations (elderly patients >80 years ; morbidly obese patients BMI>25kg/m2 ; severe infection with SAPSII score >40 ;peritoneal infection involving pseudomonas or enterococci ; bacteriemic infections)
- Total cost of hospital stay and evaluation of costs and resources impact for the hospital administration [ Time Frame: Hospital discharge ]Total cost of hospital stay and evaluation of costs and resources impact for the hospital administration

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
The eligible patients have to fulfill all the following criteria
- patients admitted in intensive care unit
- in the 24 hours following surgery for postoperative intra-abdominal infection (defined as gross pus or purulent effusion within the peritoneal cavity or in one or several collections). Postoperative infection will be defined as an infection observed in a delay of 60 days following a procedure (endoscopy, surgery (abdominal, urologic, gynecologic or vascular surgery or any surgery performed in the peritoneal or retroperitoneal space) or interventional radiology)
- having peroperative microbiologic samples collected
- receiving an empiric antibiotic therapy initiated within the first 24 hours after completion of surgery
- with a written informed consent from the patient or the relative or the legal representative or with an emergency consent
Non-inclusion criteria :
Patients with one of the following criteria are eligible for the study :
- age<18
- pregnancy
- Duration of stay following inclusion <72 hours
- neutropenia (PMN<500/mm3) due to chemotherapy or hematological disease
- AIDS stage C
- Immunosuppressive therapy or prolonged steroid therapy (≥0.5 mg/kg/d of prednisone or equivalent >1 month
- Bowel perforation following endoscopy treated in a delay <6 hours after injury
- Uterine perforation following a surgical procedure treated in a delay <6 hours after injury
- Moribund patient (SAPS II score >65 within 12 hours preceding inclusion)
- Limitation of treatment previously decided
- Surgery considered as non curative by the surgeon
- Patient included in another clinical trial evaluating an antimicrobial agent
Secondary exclusion criteria:
Among the eligible patients, those who have one of the following criteria will be excluded
- Negative culture of the peritoneal fluid
- Peritoneal culture exclusively fungal
- Inadequate empiric antibiotic therapy (not targeting all the microorganisms cultured from peritoneal or blood cultures) within 24 hours after surgery
- Death between D1 and D8

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01311765
France | |
Hôpital Bichat | |
Paris, France, 75018 |
Principal Investigator: | Philippe Montravers, MD, PhD | Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris |
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Responsible Party: | Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01311765 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
P081248 |
First Posted: | March 10, 2011 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | December 9, 2015 |
Last Verified: | July 2015 |
Keywords provided by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris:
Postoperative peritonitis Intra-abdominal infection Surgery Laparotomy |
Nosocomial infection Antibiotic therapy Duration of treatment Multidrug resistant bacteria |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Peritonitis Intraabdominal Infections Infection Peritoneal Diseases Digestive System Diseases |
Anti-Bacterial Agents Antibiotics, Antitubercular Anti-Infective Agents Antitubercular Agents |