Clinical trialNCT01504568WithdrawnInterventional

The Use of Prophylactic Antibiotics in Isolated Blowout Fractures

SponsorUniversity of ArkansasEnrollment0Orbital CellulitisOrbital Fractures

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Summary

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The purpose of the research is to perform a quality assurance evaluation using randomized prospective analysis the rate of orbital cellulitis as a complication of nonsurgical orbital blowout fracture in patients treated versus not treated with prophylactic antibiotics. The investigators goal is to show the use of prophylactic antibiotics in orbital blowout fractures does not significantly decrease the rate of orbital cellulitis and is thus not indicated.

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Investigators

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Bradley Thuro, M.D.
University of Arkansas
Principal Investigator
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Christopher Westfall, M.D.
University of Arkansas
Principal Investigator
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John Pemberton, D.O.
University of Arkansas
Principal Investigator
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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

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

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

Start: 31 Jan 2012
Primary completion: 30 Nov 2012
Completion: 30 Nov 2012
Last update posted: 9 Nov 2012
Registered enrollment: 0
Registry id: NCT01504568

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