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Clinical trialNCT01127880CompletedPhase 2/PHASE3Interventional

Role of Antibiotics to Reduce Infectious Complications in Tube Thoracotomy Management of Traumatic Hemopneumothorax

SponsorSt. Luke's Hospital, PennsylvaniaEnrollment50HemopneumothoraxPneumothorax
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Summary

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The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy of prophylactic antibiotics in patients with chest tubes for management of thoracic injuries in the reduction of the incidence of empyema as compared to placebo.
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Investigators

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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States
  • St. Luke'S Hospital and Health Network

    Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States

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Drugs studied

The drug and biological interventions registered on this study, normalized to their RxNorm ingredient where possible.

Ancef or ClindamycinPlacebo
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Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start
31 Jul 2005
Primary completion
31 Dec 2009
Completion
31 Dec 2009
Last update posted
21 May 2010
Registered enrollment
50
Registry id
NCT01127880
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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 11 Nov 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; FindMyKOL does not interpret them.