Status:

COMPLETED

Decreasing Antibiotic Duration for Skin and Soft Tissue Infection Using Behavioral Economics in Primary Care

Lead Sponsor:

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Conditions:

Cellulitis

Abscess

Eligibility:

All Genders

3-99 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Study the efficacy of a package of behavioral economics strategies (versus an education-only control condition) in altering clinician behavior regarding antibiotic prescription duration for skin and s...

Detailed Description

The investigators propose a prospective, cluster randomized trial of Epic order panels in the 14 Nationwide Children's Hospital (NCH) primary care clinics. Investigators have designed user-friendly Ep...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • diagnosis codes A46 (cellulitis), L03 (cellulitis and acute lymphangitis), J34 or L02 (abscess, furuncle), or L01 (impetigo) AND
  • those who received a prescription for an enteral antibiotic
  • patient's treated in Nationwide Children's Hospital primary care clinics

Exclusion

  • Patients less than 3 months of age
  • Animal bite
  • Human bite
  • Foreign body
  • Diagnosis of hidradenitis suppurativa
  • Immunocompromising conditions (primary immune deficiency, chemotherapy, etc)
  • burns

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 1 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 20 2025

Estimated Enrollment :

1634 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05226260

Start Date

November 1 2021

End Date

January 20 2025

Last Update

April 8 2025

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Nationwide Children's Hospital Primary Care Clinics

Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43205