Short-Term versus Long-Term Antibiotic Prophylaxis for preventing Post-Caesarean Section Infections in Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex, Ile Ife, Nigeria.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR202512516393157

Enrollment

242

Registered

2025-12-10

Start date

2026-02-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-09-14

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Conditions

post-caeserean infection

Interventions

long term antibiotic prophylaxis

short term antibiotic prophylaxis

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: parturients going for caserean section who gave consent without added risk for infection

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: diabetis mellitus prolonged PROM chorioamnionitis obstructed labour complicated caeserean section antibiotics use in the last 0ne week allergy to intervention drug

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
surgical site infection	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
neonatal sepsis, cost of antibiotics	—

Countries

Nigeria

Contacts

Public ContactAbuchi Stephen

specialist trainee

stephenabuchi25@gmail.com+2347034465486

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026