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STUDY TO EVALUATE SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF TOPICAL CEFADROXIL IN SUPERFICIAL STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ORAL VS. TOPICAL CEFADROXIL IN STAPHYLOCOCCAL SUPERFICIAL SKIN INFECTIONS

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2013/02/003433
Enrollment
175
Registered
2013-02-26
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: null- staphylococcal superficial skin infections

Interventions

Intervention1: topical cefadroxil in the range of 0.5 % to 5%: concentration of cefadroxil was depending upon the grading and anatomical distribution of the wound, for the topical application 1 FTU tw

Sponsors

Dept of Pharmacology Skin VD Microbiology C U Shah Medical College Surendranagar
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: for first part of study-25 healthy human volunteers for second part of study-150 patients having diagnosed as new case of staphylococcal superficial skin infection in Skin OPD and confirmed by microbiological testings

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: pregnant or lactating women, persons having history of allergy to penicillin, renal diseases,follow-up cases

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Clinical cure. Clinical evaluation was done on the basis of disappearance of erythema, pain, pus, crusting and no. of lesions and few systemic symptoms if present. 2) Secondary outcome measure: Decrease in bacterial load.Timepoint: 3 to 5 days—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Decrease in bacterial loadTimepoint: 3 to 5 days—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr tanvi Shah

C U SHAH MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL

drdimplesmehta@gmail.com

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026