Acute CholecystitisPhase 4NCT02057679
Extended Antibiotic Therapy in Postoperative of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Acute Cholecystitis
A Phase 4 study testing Amoxicillin clavulanic in people with Acute Cholecystitis, run by Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires at 1 site in Argentina.
Trial summary
Acute cholecystitis (AC) is a very common complication of cholelithiasis, encountered in 20% of symptomatic patients. Nowadays laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is the standard treatment in mild and moderates forms of diseases and antibiotic therapy in the postoperatory of these patients remains under discussion. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 85 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Acute Cholecystitis
- What is being tested?
- Amoxicillin clavulanic
- Type of treatment
- Pill or oral medicine
- Could I receive a placebo?
- Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
- How many people
- 200 participants
- Where
- 1 siteArgentina
- Study dates
- Feb 2014to May 2018
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 to 85 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- 18 to 85 years old
- Patients with diagnose of mild or moderate acute cholecystitis.
- Underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy on Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires
Who cannot join
- They refuse to participate from the trial or the process of informed consent.
- Have known allergies or hypersensitivity to Mosapride or lactose (used for placebo).
- Patients with severe cholecystitis
- Patients with moderate cholecystitis who presents liver abscess, gallbladder abscess, cholangitis or bile peritonitis.
- Intraoperative findings like liver cancer, liver metastases, common bile duct stones or gallbladder carcinoma.
- Patients with conversion to laparotomy
- Previous treatment with antibiotics for more than five days.
- Patients with active oncological diseases, AIDS, diabetes, transplanted.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
Argentina1 site
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
Capital Federal, Buenos Aires, 1199
About this study
Official title: Extended Antibiotic Therapy in Postoperative of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Due to Acute Cholecystitis. Is it Necessary?
Acute cholecystitis (AC) is a very common complication of cholelithiasis, encountered in 20% of symptomatic patients.
Nowadays laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is the standard treatment in mild and moderates forms of diseases and antibiotic therapy in the postoperatory of these patients remains under discussion. However in the beginning, AC presents itself as an steril process, the obstruction of the cystic duct initiates a cascade of inflammation, ischaemia and necrosis, as well as bacterial proliferation within the gallbladder lumen. Bactibilia was a significant factor associated with total, as well as infectious, operative complications. Regarding this, for some authors, monotherapy with amoxicillin clavulanic (AMC) would be the best treatment after LC in patients with mild and moderate cholecystitis without intraoperative complications such as bile peritonitis, cholangitis, gallbladder perforation or abscess. In the other hand, others do not prescribe antimicrobial treatment after surgery in these selected patients.
Read more
There is controversy regarding the postoperative treatment with antibiotics in patients with mild and moderate cholecystitis and all the evidence about this topic.
Therefore, investigators decided to conduct a prospective randomized study in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute mild and moderate cholecystitis cancer. The patients will be randomized to receive AMC or placebo after surgery. With this study investigators intend to prove that are no clinical differences in postoperative outcomes between patients treated with AMC and placebo.
The primary aim of the trial is to assess that there are no benefits in the use of postoperative antibiotics in patients whit mild or moderate acute cholecystitis in whom a laparoscopic cholecystectomy was performed.
Read the detailed description
Double blind randomized clinical trial
- Conditions
- Acute Cholecystitis
- Being tested
- Amoxicillin clavulanic, Placebo
- Keywords
- Acute cholecystitis., Amoxicillin clavulanic
- Medical subject headings
- Cholecystitis, Acute
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Amoxicillin clavulanicDrug
Also called Optamox
3 g per day divided into 3 oral intakes of 1 g each (2 pill of Amoxicillin Clavulanic every 8 hrs). This treatment will begin on postoperative day 1 for 5 days.
PlaceboDrug
Also called Lactose
1 pill of the same characteristics as Amoxicillin clavulanic every 8 hs. This will begin on postoperative day 1 for 5 days.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Group A (Amoxicillin Clavulanic) | Active comparator | Intake of active drug (Amoxicillin Clavulanic). 3 g per day divided into 3 oral intakes of 1 g each (2 pill of Amoxicillin Clavulanic every 8 hrs). This treatment will begin on postoperative day 1 for 5 days. Receives: Drug: Amoxicillin clavulanic |
| Placebo | Placebo comparator | Intake of placebo (Lactose). 1 pill of the same characteristics as Amoxicillin clavulanic every 8 hs. This will begin on postoperative day 1 for 5 days. Receives: Drug: Placebo |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Incidence of infectious postoperative complications
Incidence of infectious postoperative complications in patients who underwent a laparoscopic cholecystectomy due to acute mild and moderate cholecystitis, with antibiotics or placebo
Measured: 30 days
Secondary outcomes (2)
Number of days of hospital stay or readmissions.
To evaluate hospital stay.
Measured: 30 days
Number of surgical reinterventions or reoperations.
Measured: 30 days
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted7 Feb 2014 (estimated)
- Study startFeb 2014
- Primary completionMar 2017
- Study completionMay 2018
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (10)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Acute CholecystitisStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Double blind
- Who is masked
- Care provider, Investigator
- Enrolment
- 200 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, MARTIN DE SANTIBAÑES, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
- Investigators
- Martin de Santibañes, MD, Principal investigator, Hospital Italiano de Buenos AiresDiego Giunta, MD, Study director, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT02057679
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 2111
- Status last verified
- Feb 2019
- First submitted
- 5 Feb 2014
- Last updated
- 27 Feb 2019
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
Publications
Strasberg SM. Clinical practice. Acute calculous cholecystitis. N Engl J Med. 2008 Jun 26;358(26):2804-11. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcp0800929. No abstract available.
PubMed 18579815Yoshida M, Takada T, Kawarada Y, Tanaka A, Nimura Y, Gomi H, Hirota M, Miura F, Wada K, Mayumi T, Solomkin JS, Strasberg S, Pitt HA, Belghiti J, de Santibanes E, Fan ST, Chen MF, Belli G, Hilvano SC, Kim SW, Ker CG. Antimicrobial therapy for acute cholecystitis: Tokyo Guidelines. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg. 2007;14(1):83-90. doi: 10.1007/s00534-006-1160-y. Epub 2007 Jan 30.
PubMed 17252301Yildiz B, Abbasoglu O, Tirnaksiz B, Hamaloglu E, Ozdemir A, Sayek I. Determinants of postoperative infection after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Hepatogastroenterology. 2009 May-Jun;56(91-92):589-92.
PubMed 19621660Charlson ME, Pompei P, Ales KL, MacKenzie CR. A new method of classifying prognostic comorbidity in longitudinal studies: development and validation. J Chronic Dis. 1987;40(5):373-83. doi: 10.1016/0021-9681(87)90171-8.
PubMed 3558716Clavien PA, Barkun J, de Oliveira ML, Vauthey JN, Dindo D, Schulick RD, de Santibanes E, Pekolj J, Slankamenac K, Bassi C, Graf R, Vonlanthen R, Padbury R, Cameron JL, Makuuchi M. The Clavien-Dindo classification of surgical complications: five-year experience. Ann Surg. 2009 Aug;250(2):187-96. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181b13ca2.
PubMed 19638912Yokoe M, Takada T, Strasberg SM, Solomkin JS, Mayumi T, Gomi H, Pitt HA, Gouma DJ, Garden OJ, Buchler MW, Kiriyama S, Kimura Y, Tsuyuguchi T, Itoi T, Yoshida M, Miura F, Yamashita Y, Okamoto K, Gabata T, Hata J, Higuchi R, Windsor JA, Bornman PC, Fan ST, Singh H, de Santibanes E, Kusachi S, Murata A, Chen XP, Jagannath P, Lee S, Padbury R, Chen MF; Tokyo Guidelines Revision Committee. New diagnostic criteria and severity assessment of acute cholecystitis in revised Tokyo Guidelines. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci. 2012 Sep;19(5):578-85. doi: 10.1007/s00534-012-0548-0.
PubMed 22872303Kanafani ZA, Khalife N, Kanj SS, Araj GF, Khalifeh M, Sharara AI. Antibiotic use in acute cholecystitis: practice patterns in the absence of evidence-based guidelines. J Infect. 2005 Aug;51(2):128-34. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2004.11.007. Epub 2005 Jan 20.
PubMed 16038763Grande M, Torquati A, Farinon AM. Wound infection after cholecystectomy. Correlation between bacteria in bile and wound infection after operation on the gallbladder for acute and chronic gallstone disease. Eur J Surg. 1992 Feb;158(2):109-12.
PubMed 1350211Galili O, Eldar S Jr, Matter I, Madi H, Brodsky A, Galis I, Eldar S Sr. The effect of bactibilia on the course and outcome of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2008 Sep;27(9):797-803. doi: 10.1007/s10096-008-0504-8. Epub 2008 Mar 28.
PubMed 18369670Pellegrini P, Campana JP, Dietrich A, Goransky J, Glinka J, Giunta D, Barcan L, Alvarez F, Mazza O, Sanchez Claria R, Palavecino M, Arbues G, Ardiles V, de Santibanes E, Pekolj J, de Santibanes M. Protocol for extended antibiotic therapy after laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute calculous cholecystitis (Cholecystectomy Antibiotic Randomised Trial, CHART). BMJ Open. 2015 Nov 18;5(11):e009502. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009502.
PubMed 26582405
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 27 Feb 2019. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Extended Antibiotic Therapy in Postoperative of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Due to Acute Cholecystitis. Is it Necessary?
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT02057679
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 2111
- Conditions
- Acute Cholecystitis
- Keywords
- Acute cholecystitis., Amoxicillin clavulanic
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 200 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Hospital Italiano de Buenos AiresUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- Feb 2014
- Primary completion
- Mar 2017 (actual)
- Study completion
- May 2018 (actual)
- First posted
- 7 Feb 2014 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Acute cholecystitis (AC) is a very common complication of cholelithiasis, encountered in 20% of symptomatic patients.
Nowadays laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is the standard treatment in mild and moderates forms of diseases and antibiotic therapy in the postoperatory of these patients remains under discussion. However in the beginning, AC presents itself as an steril process, the obstruction of the cystic duct initiates a cascade of inflammation, ischaemia and necrosis, as well as bacterial proliferation within the gallbladder lumen. Bactibilia was a significant factor associated with total, as well as infectious, operative complications. Regarding this, for some authors, monotherapy with amoxicillin clavulanic (AMC) would be the best treatment after LC in patients with mild and moderate cholecystitis without intraoperative complications such as bile peritonitis, cholangitis, gallbladder perforation or abscess. In the other hand, others do not prescribe antimicrobial treatment after surgery in these selected patients.
There is controversy regarding the postoperative treatment with antibiotics in patients with mild and moderate cholecystitis and all the evidence about this topic.
Therefore, investigators decided to conduct a prospective randomized study in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute mild and moderate cholecystitis cancer. The patients will be randomized to receive AMC or placebo after surgery. With this study investigators intend to prove that are no clinical differences in postoperative outcomes between patients treated with AMC and placebo.
The primary aim of the trial is to assess that there are no benefits in the use of postoperative antibiotics in patients whit mild or moderate acute cholecystitis in whom a laparoscopic cholecystectomy was performed.
Detailed description
Double blind randomized clinical trial
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Double blind (care provider, investigator)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Group A (Amoxicillin Clavulanic) | Active comparator | Drug: Amoxicillin clavulanicIntake of active drug (Amoxicillin Clavulanic). 3 g per day divided into 3 oral intakes of 1 g each (2 pill of Amoxicillin Clavulanic every 8 hrs). This treatment will begin on postoperative day 1 for 5 days. |
| Placebo | Placebo comparator | Drug: PlaceboIntake of placebo (Lactose). 1 pill of the same characteristics as Amoxicillin clavulanic every 8 hs. This will begin on postoperative day 1 for 5 days. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 85 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (3 listed)
- 18 to 85 years old
- Patients with diagnose of mild or moderate acute cholecystitis.
- Underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy on Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires
Key exclusion criteria (8 listed)
- They refuse to participate from the trial or the process of informed consent.
- Have known allergies or hypersensitivity to Mosapride or lactose (used for placebo).
- Patients with severe cholecystitis
- Patients with moderate cholecystitis who presents liver abscess, gallbladder abscess, cholangitis or bile peritonitis.
- Intraoperative findings like liver cancer, liver metastases, common bile duct stones or gallbladder carcinoma.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin clavulanicAlso: Optamox3 g per day divided into 3 oral intakes of 1 g each (2 pill of Amoxicillin Clavulanic every 8 hrs). This treatment will begin on postoperative day 1 for 5 days. | Drug | Group A (Amoxicillin Clavulanic) |
| PlaceboAlso: Lactose1 pill of the same characteristics as Amoxicillin clavulanic every 8 hs. This will begin on postoperative day 1 for 5 days. | Drug | Placebo |
Primary outcome
Incidence of infectious postoperative complications
Time frame: 30 days
Incidence of infectious postoperative complications in patients who underwent a laparoscopic cholecystectomy due to acute mild and moderate cholecystitis, with antibiotics or placebo
2 secondary outcomes
Number of days of hospital stay or readmissions.
Time frame: 30 days
Number of surgical reinterventions or reoperations.
Time frame: 30 days
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 27 Feb 2019.
- Background: PubMed 18579815Strasberg SM. Clinical practice. Acute calculous cholecystitis. N Engl J Med. 2008 Jun 26;358(26):2804-11. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcp0800929. No abstract available.
- Background: PubMed 17252301Yoshida M, Takada T, Kawarada Y, Tanaka A, Nimura Y, Gomi H, Hirota M, Miura F, Wada K, Mayumi T, Solomkin JS, Strasberg S, Pitt HA, Belghiti J, de Santibanes E, Fan ST, Chen MF, Belli G, Hilvano SC, Kim SW, Ker CG. Antimicrobial therapy for acute cholecystitis: Tokyo Guidelines. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg. 2007;14(1):83-90. doi: 10.1007/s00534-006-1160-y. Epub 2007 Jan 30.
- Background: PubMed 19621660Yildiz B, Abbasoglu O, Tirnaksiz B, Hamaloglu E, Ozdemir A, Sayek I. Determinants of postoperative infection after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Hepatogastroenterology. 2009 May-Jun;56(91-92):589-92.
- Background: PubMed 3558716Charlson ME, Pompei P, Ales KL, MacKenzie CR. A new method of classifying prognostic comorbidity in longitudinal studies: development and validation. J Chronic Dis. 1987;40(5):373-83. doi: 10.1016/0021-9681(87)90171-8.
- Background: PubMed 19638912Clavien PA, Barkun J, de Oliveira ML, Vauthey JN, Dindo D, Schulick RD, de Santibanes E, Pekolj J, Slankamenac K, Bassi C, Graf R, Vonlanthen R, Padbury R, Cameron JL, Makuuchi M. The Clavien-Dindo classification of surgical complications: five-year experience. Ann Surg. 2009 Aug;250(2):187-96. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181b13ca2.
- Background: PubMed 22872303Yokoe M, Takada T, Strasberg SM, Solomkin JS, Mayumi T, Gomi H, Pitt HA, Gouma DJ, Garden OJ, Buchler MW, Kiriyama S, Kimura Y, Tsuyuguchi T, Itoi T, Yoshida M, Miura F, Yamashita Y, Okamoto K, Gabata T, Hata J, Higuchi R, Windsor JA, Bornman PC, Fan ST, Singh H, de Santibanes E, Kusachi S, Murata A, Chen XP, Jagannath P, Lee S, Padbury R, Chen MF; Tokyo Guidelines Revision Committee. New diagnostic criteria and severity assessment of acute cholecystitis in revised Tokyo Guidelines. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci. 2012 Sep;19(5):578-85. doi: 10.1007/s00534-012-0548-0.
- Background: PubMed 16038763Kanafani ZA, Khalife N, Kanj SS, Araj GF, Khalifeh M, Sharara AI. Antibiotic use in acute cholecystitis: practice patterns in the absence of evidence-based guidelines. J Infect. 2005 Aug;51(2):128-34. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2004.11.007. Epub 2005 Jan 20.
- Background: PubMed 1350211Grande M, Torquati A, Farinon AM. Wound infection after cholecystectomy. Correlation between bacteria in bile and wound infection after operation on the gallbladder for acute and chronic gallstone disease. Eur J Surg. 1992 Feb;158(2):109-12.
- Background: PubMed 18369670Galili O, Eldar S Jr, Matter I, Madi H, Brodsky A, Galis I, Eldar S Sr. The effect of bactibilia on the course and outcome of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2008 Sep;27(9):797-803. doi: 10.1007/s10096-008-0504-8. Epub 2008 Mar 28.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 26582405Pellegrini P, Campana JP, Dietrich A, Goransky J, Glinka J, Giunta D, Barcan L, Alvarez F, Mazza O, Sanchez Claria R, Palavecino M, Arbues G, Ardiles V, de Santibanes E, Pekolj J, de Santibanes M. Protocol for extended antibiotic therapy after laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute calculous cholecystitis (Cholecystectomy Antibiotic Randomised Trial, CHART). BMJ Open. 2015 Nov 18;5(11):e009502. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009502.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Martin de Santibañes, MD principal investigator
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
Diego Giunta, MD study director
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 4 study testing Amoxicillin clavulanic in people with Acute Cholecystitis, run by Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires at 1 site in Argentina.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 8 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 27 Feb 2019. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Argentina. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
What does this phase mean?
Phase 4 studies take place after a treatment is approved, to learn more about its long-term benefits and risks in everyday use.
Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Incidence of infectious postoperative complications (time frame: 30 days). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT02057679, which also lists 10 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 27 Feb 2019.