Clinical Effectiveness and Bacteriological Eradication of 4 Short-course Antibiotics for Uncomplicated UTIs in Women. (SCOUT)
Urinary Tract Infections
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Urinary Tract Infections focused on measuring Urinary Tract Infections, Women, Patient Outcome Assessment, Bacteriological Eradication, Urinalysis, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Antimicrobial Resistance, Short Course, Primary Health Care
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Women of 18 years of age or older, with clinical features of uncomplicated community-acquired lower urinary tract infection including:
- At least one of four key symptoms of lower urinary tract infection: dysuria, urgency including nycturia, frequency, and suprapubic tenderness that could be attributed to an uncomplicated lower urinary tract infection, and no alternative explanation (i.e. symptoms suggestive of sexually-transmitted infection or vulvovaginitis), and
- A urine dipstick analysis positive for either nitrites or leukocyte esterase.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Male sex
- High suspicion of pyelonephritis (i.e. fever ≥ 37.5°C or flank pain/tenderness)
- Any condition that may lead or predispose to complicated urinary infection (i.e. indwelling urinary catheter, pregnancy, immunosuppressive therapy, abnormal urinary tracts, recurrent urinary tract infection, severe neurological disease affecting the bladder)
- Pregnancy or planned pregnancy
- Symptoms consistent with urinary tract infection in the preceding 4 weeks
- Patients taking long-term antibiotic prophylaxis
- Ongoing antibiotic therapy or use of any systemic antibiotic in the previous 7 days
- Symptoms correlating with differential diagnosis (i.e. vaginal discharge or pain)
- Hypersensitivity or allergy to β lactams, nitrofurantoin and/or fosfomycin
- Moderate to severe chronic renal insufficiency
- Pre-existing polyneuropathy
- History of lung or liver reaction or peripheral neuropathy after previous use of nitrofurantoin
- Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency
- Porphyria or systemic primary carnitine deficiency or of the type organic aciduria (i.e. methylmalonic aciduria and propionicacidaemia)
- Esophageal stricture
- Current intake of allopurinol or probenecid or valproate
- Currently part of another randomized clinical trial
- Previous enrolment in the proposed study
- Patients living in long-term institutions; and/or
- Difficulty in conducting scheduled follow-up visits
Sites / Locations
- Arrabal Health CenterRecruiting
- Parque Goya Health CenterRecruiting
- Santa Ponça Health CenterRecruiting
- Escola Graduada Health CenterRecruiting
- Camp Redó Health CenterRecruiting
- Son Serra-La Vileta Health CenterRecruiting
- La Gavarra Health CenterRecruiting
- Jaume I Health CenterRecruiting
- Valleaguado Health Center
- San Fernando Health Center
- Villarejo de Salvanés Health Center
- Los Alpes Health Center
- Aquitania Health Center
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Arm 4
Active Comparator
Active Comparator
Active Comparator
Active Comparator
Short-course fosfomycin
Short-course nitrofurantoin
Short-course pivmecillinam
Single-dose fosfomycin
3 g of fosfomycin once daily for two days (sachets)
Five-day nitrofurantoin 100 mg t.i.d. (pills)
Three-day pivmecillinam 400 mg. t.i.d. (pills)
Single 3 g dose of fosfomycin (sachet)