Status:
WITHDRAWN
Effect of Cranberry Extract on Infections in Burn Patients
Lead Sponsor:
Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center
Conditions:
Burn
Eligibility:
All Genders
19+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Bacterial infections are a common complication in patients suffering from burns. These infections can cause significant morbidity and often mortality. Antimicrobial resistance coupled with the prevale...
Detailed Description
Methods Design. The present study is a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of the effect of taking three times daily doses of cranberry extract in capsule form on the inci...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients are admitted to the Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center Burn Unit.
- Age 19 and older.
- Patients have an expected hospital stay of 7 days or more.
- Patients are able to consume oral medication capsules.
Exclusion
- Patients have a known infection.
- Patients are not able to consume oral medication capsules.
- Patients have any known allergies to cranberry or placebo components.
- Patients have known allergy to aspirin (cranberries may contain salicylic acid).
- Patients are pregnant or breast-feeding.
- Patients are taking warfarin
- Patients with known nephrolithiasis.
- Patients with renal impairment as evidenced by a creatinine clearance that is less than predicted by Cockroft-Gault formula.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2011
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01225107
Start Date
October 1 2011
End Date
October 1 2013
Last Update
October 13 2016
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Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States, 68510