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A Study Comparing Two Antibiotics to Prevent Surgical Site Infections after Pancreaticoduodenectomy

Efficacy of Piperacillin-Tazobactam versus Ampicillin-Sulbactam in Preventing Surgical Site Infections after Pancreaticoduodenectomy: An Open-Label Randomized Controlled Trial

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-jRCTs051260063
Enrollment
320
Registered
2026-06-03
Start date
2026-06-03
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Patients indicated for pancreatoduodenectomy pancreatoduodenectomy

Interventions

Intervention group: Perioperative prophylactic administration of piperacillin/tazobactam (TAZ/PIPC) Control group: Perioperative prophylactic administration of ampicillin/sulbactam (ABPC/SBT)

Sponsors

Nanno Yoshihide
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (1) Patients aged 18 years or older at the time of obtaining informed consent. (2) Patients scheduled to undergo pancreaticoduodenectomy. (3) Patients who have provided written informed consent for participation in the study of their own free will.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) Patients with a known allergy to penicillin-class antibiotics. (2) Patients undergoing dialysis or with severe renal impairment (creatinine clearance <40 mL/min; estimation using the Cockcroft-Gault equation is permitted) for whom antibiotic dose adjustment is difficult. (3) Patients who are breastfeeding, pregnant, or may be pregnant. (4) Patients with infectious mononucleosis. (5) Patients scheduled to undergo resection of other organs simultaneously (including combined or concomitant resections). (6) Patients deemed inappropriate for participation by the investigators for any other reason.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Incidence of surgical site infection (SSI) within 30 days

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
(Efficacy Endpoints) Incidence of surgical site infections (SSI), including superficial incisional SSI, deep incisional SSI, and organ/space SSI Postoperative complications of Clavien-Dindo classification grade III or greater within 90 days after surgery Incidence of clinically relevant postoperative pancreatic fistula (ISGPS Grade B/C) Incidence of delayed gastric emptying (all ISGPS grades) Incidence of postpancreatectomy hemorrhage (ISGPS Grade B/C) Incidence of gastrointestinal anastomotic leakage Incidence of postoperative bile leakage (ISGLS Grade B/C) Length of postoperative hospital stay Mortality within 90 days after surgery Reoperation within 90 days after surgery Readmission within 90 days after surgery Incidence of infectious complications, including intra-abdominal abscess, sepsis, cholangitis, pneumonia, urinary tract infection, catheter-related infection, etc. (Safety Endpoints) Incidence of adverse events related to prophylactic antibiotics Incidence of postoperative Clostridioides difficile colitis Detection of antimicrobial-resistant organisms (e.g., ESBL-producing bacteria, CRE, MRSA, VRE, multidrug-resistant Gram-ngative bacteria) and Candida species

Contacts

Public ContactTakuya Mizumoto

Kobe University Hospital

tmizumoto971@gmail.com+81-78-382-6302

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 3, 2026