Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0176079528
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Is the risk of a recurrent infection reduced by performing a line change on a peritoneal dialysis (PD) patient when patients present with peritonitis?
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Not Specified
Patient information sheet
Condition
Infections and Infestations: Peritonitis
Intervention
Antibiotics and no line change compared to antibiotics and a line change
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Applicable
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
To evaluate whether recurrence of peritonitis is more common in patients who present with peritonitis and receive antibiotics and no line change compared to patients who receive antibiotics and a line change.
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/06/2000
Overall trial end date
01/06/2003
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
40-50 patients and 40-50 control patients, total 100
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/06/2000
Recruitment end date
01/06/2003
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Renal Unit
Oxford
OX3 7LJ
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary