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(SPARROW) Standard versus Pre-emptive Antibiotic Treatment to Reduce the Rate of Infectious Outcomes after Whipple’s procedure (SPARROW): a multicenter, randomized controlled trial

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 3Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
EU CTIS
Registry ID
CTIS2024-510766-16-00
Acronym
NL82304.058.22
Enrollment
458
Registered
2024-06-10
Start date
2023-03-06
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-08-08

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Conditions

Pancreatoduodenectomy with a high risk for contaminated bile

Brief summary

To evaluate the additional value of pre-emptive antibiotic prophylaxis on clinically relevant OSIs in patients undergoing pancreatoduodenectomy with a high risk for contaminated bile (patients with preoperative biliary drainage or an ampullary malignancy).

Detailed description

Rate of OSIs according to the CDC definition, Rate of isolated OSIs (OSIs without concurrent anastomotic leak), Rate of superficial SSIs (wound infections), Rate of clinically relevant POPF, Rate of bile and enteric leak, Rate of post pancreatectomy hemorrhage, Rate of delayed gastric emptying, Rate of postoperative bacteraemia, Rate of Clostridium difficile infection, Rate of major complications (Clavien-Dindo ≥III), Reintervention (either surgical, radiological of endoscopic), ICU admission, Length of hospital stay, Readmission, Mortality, Switch of postoperative antibiotics, Antibiotic sensitivity patterns in bile cultures and cultures from surgical sites, Concordance of microorganisms in bile and surgical site cultures, Rate of chyle leak according to the ISGPS definition.

Interventions

DRUGMetronidazol 5 mg/ml Fresenius
DRUGinfusievloeistof

Sponsors

Academisch Ziekenhuis Leiden
Lead SponsorOTHER

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To evaluate the additional value of pre-emptive antibiotic prophylaxis on clinically relevant OSIs in patients undergoing pancreatoduodenectomy with a high risk for contaminated bile (patients with preoperative biliary drainage or an ampullary malignancy).

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Rate of OSIs according to the CDC definition, Rate of isolated OSIs (OSIs without concurrent anastomotic leak), Rate of superficial SSIs (wound infections), Rate of clinically relevant POPF, Rate of bile and enteric leak, Rate of post pancreatectomy hemorrhage, Rate of delayed gastric emptying, Rate of postoperative bacteraemia, Rate of Clostridium difficile infection, Rate of major complications (Clavien-Dindo ≥III), Reintervention (either surgical, radiological of endoscopic), ICU admission, Length of hospital stay, Readmission, Mortality, Switch of postoperative antibiotics, Antibiotic sensitivity patterns in bile cultures and cultures from surgical sites, Concordance of microorganisms in bile and surgical site cultures, Rate of chyle leak according to the ISGPS definition.

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: EU CTIS · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026