Status:

COMPLETED

Adjunctive Clindamycin for Cellulitis: C4C Trial.

Lead Sponsor:

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust

Collaborating Sponsors:

University of Bristol

Public Health England

Conditions:

Cellulitis

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to see whether the addition of Clindamycin, a protein inhibiting antibiotic, to the standard antibiotic treatment of limb cellulitis, with Flucloxacillin, results in less tiss...

Detailed Description

Criteria to be used to assess tissue damage and clinical response: 1. Fever, tachycardia, neutrophil count, urea and other laboratory parameters at five and ten days post first dose of clindamycin 2....

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Male or female subjects aged 18 or over who have a diagnosis of cellulitis of a single, upper or lower, limb
  • Who are able to understand the study and give consent
  • Who are able to take oral medication

Exclusion

  • Patients with a confirmed history of penicillin, flucloxacillin or clindamycin allergy
  • Patients known to be colonised with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from wound within the last year
  • Patients unable to take oral medication
  • Previous history of Clostridium difficile colitis
  • Clindamycin taken within the last 30 days
  • Clinically unstable
  • Unable to understand the study or give consent
  • Any doubt over the certainty of the diagnosis of cellulitis
  • Patients taking any drug that is incompatible with either flucloxacillin or clindamycin
  • Pre-existing diarrhoea

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2013

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 1 2016

Estimated Enrollment :

410 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01876628

Start Date

October 1 2013

End Date

March 1 2016

Last Update

August 17 2022

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University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

Bristol, United Kingdom, BS2 8HW