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N/A N=180

Study Evaluating Severe Surgical Site Infections (SSIs) Following Contaminated Or Dirty-infected Abdominal Surgery

Surgical Wound Infection · Postoperative Wound Infection

Enrolled (actual)
180
Serious AEs
Results posted
Apr 2012
Primary outcome: Primary: Percentage of Participants With Pre-surgical Morbidities — 47.8; 48.9; 26.7; 23.3 percentage of participants — p=0.881

Study Design & Population

Study type
Observational
Phase
N/A
Interventions
Elective or emergency abdominal surgery (Procedure)
Age
Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
Sex
All
Sponsor
Pfizer
Primary completion
Nov 2010

Outcome Measures

OutcomeResultp-value
PRIMARY
Percentage of Participants With Pre-surgical Morbidities
47.8; 48.9; 26.7; 23.3; 23.3; 12.2 0.881
PRIMARY
Percentage of Participants Who Received Pre-surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis
95.5; 96.7 1.000
PRIMARY
Percentage of Participants Who Underwent Emergency Surgery or Scheduled Surgery
32.2; 31.1; 67.8; 68.9 0.873
PRIMARY
Percentage of Participants With Classification of Risk of Surgical Infection of Clean-contaminated, Contaminated or Dirty
60.0; 60.0; 30.0; 30.0; 10.0; 10.0
PRIMARY
Type of Surgeon
PRIMARY
Percentage of Participants With Infection
55.8; 14.0; 12.8; 12.8; 8.1; 7.0
PRIMARY
Percentage of Participants Who Showed Clinical Improvement of SSI
70.8; 27.0
PRIMARY
Percentage of Participants With Post-surgical Drainage
71.1; 61.1 0.156
SECONDARY
Percentage of Participants Whose National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance System (NNISS) Scores of Preoperative Risk of Infection Were Greater Than >0
23.3; 26.7; 50.0; 56.7; 23.3; 14.4 0.444
SECONDARY
ASEPSIS Classification in Participants With Serious SSI
1; 12; 58; 15; 4
SECONDARY
Classification of SSI Infection
60; 29
SECONDARY
Percentage of Participants Who Had Microbiologic Resolution of SSI (Sensitivity of Microorganisms to Antibiotics)
29.2; 57.3; 4.5; 9.0
SECONDARY
Number of Participants With Antimicrobial Resistance
1; 0; 7; 0; 1; 4

Summary

This is an observational study to evaluate the relative importance of the known risk factors for severe surgical site infections (SSIs) on the development of the more severe SSI cases, and to describe the demographic, clinical features, etiology and the management and outcome of patients suffering from severe SSIs in Spain.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Age of or above 18 years.
  • Admitted to a General Surgery Ward for elective or emergency abdominal surgery.
  • Contaminated or dirty-infected surgical procedures.
  • Only for cases, they will have to present symptoms and signs of a surgical site infection (SSI) (within 0-30 days) after abdominal surgery.
  • Only for controls, patients must be free of SSI after 30 days from surgery, regardless of whether they are still in the hospital or being observed as an outpatient in the external clinic.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Age under 18 years.
  • American Society of Anesthesiologist (ASA) score of 5 or above.
  • Surgical implant in place.
  • Clean or clean-contaminated surgical procedures.
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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT00906074). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.

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