Clinical Trial Comparing Oral Versus Intravenous Cefuroxime in Pregnant Women with Pyelonephritis
Recruiting
Phase 4
Interventional Study
Pyelonephritis in Pregnancy
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
Prior Safety Data
This treatment has already been tested in at least one earlier human trial.
At a Glance
- Age
- 18 – 48
- Sex
- Female
- Trial phase
- Phase 4
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Treatment
- Participants needed
- 100 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre · Other
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About This Trial
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare rates of cure in pregnant women with pyelonephritis. The main question aims to answer:
Can we treat pyelonephritis in pregnancy with oral cefuroxime alone?
Pregnant women with pyelonephritis treated with intravenous cefuroxime will be the comparator.
Participants will be asked to accept participation in the study and will be randomly allocated to on…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* Pregnant women aged 18 years or older and less than 20 weeks of gestational age, determined by ultrasound or the date of last menstruation, who come to the HCPA emergency department with a clinical diagnosis of pyelonephritis in pregnancy, defined as:
* Presence of lower back …
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