Active clinical trials for "Osteomyelitis"

The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) 2012 guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of diabetic foot infections state that for the treatment of diabetic foot osteomyelitis "No data support the superiority of any specific antibiotic agent or treatment strategy, route, or duration of therapy." Traditionally, osteomyelitis has been treated with a long course of intravenous antibiotics, generally six weeks. Oral antibiotics with high bioavailability and adequate bone penetration have been shown in published studies to be effective for the treatment of osteomyelitis. The investigators propose to conduct a prospective, single-center, randomized, open trial at Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC) comparing the efficacy of oral antibiotic therapy to intravenous (IV) antibiotic therapy for the treatment of diabetic foot osteomyelitis. The investigators hypothesize that oral antibiotic therapy is equivalent to IV antibiotic therapy. Bone/tissue cultures are obtained for all patients for clinical purposes and are sent to pathology for histologic examination and to the clinical microbiology laboratory for culture and susceptibility. Patients will receive six weeks of IV or oral antibiotic therapy depending upon their randomization group. Primary outcomes at six months clinical follow-up will include: (i) no evidence of bone infection and (ii) resolution of ulcer.

Diabetic foot ulcers are frequent with average lifetime risk of 15%, and can lead to bone and joint infections. Current protocols for their management include evaluation of ischemia, assessment of underlying bone infection, sharp debridement, off-loading and use of dressings that promote moist wound healing. Extensive debridement is optimal for wound healing and decreases the risk of recurrence. However, extension of surgical debridement is left at the clinician judgement and thus lacks standardised protocols. Plus, there is currently no known risk factors or specific biomarkers that can help guide the clinician for the extent of debridement or that can predict a recurrence in case of non-extensive debridement. The main objectives of the study are to either unravel a new biomarker, and/or identify risk factors associated with poor prognosis following surgical debridement in diabetic foot ulcers. Histones, more specifically H3.1 subtype, have been associated with sepsis. The main hypothesis is that higher blood levels of H3.1 will be present in participants showing poor prognosis (i.e., having additional surgeries, amputation, death) and that a rise in H3.1 blood levels compared to baseline (before the 1st surgical intervention) would provide an early warning of relapse or treatment failure.

This clinical study will be a multi-center, randomized, open-label, active-controlled, parallel-group study comparing dalbavancin to standard of care (SOC) therapy in osteomyelitis.

Infectious vertebral osteomyelitis are infectious diseases of the vertebral bone, intervertebral disc and/ or adjacent tissue. Most of cases are due to hematogenous dissemination of pathogen but direct inoculation is an aetiology after surgery. Majority of cases concern adults after 50 years and the annual incidence ranging between 0.5 and 2.4 cases per 100 000 habitants in Europe but seems to increase during last 20 years. The infectious spondylodiscitis is an important source of morbidity and mortality. The treatment is based on pathogen adapted antimicrobial therapy, which may be associated with bedrest. Surgical act is necessary when neurological complication occurs or when vertebral column instability is too important. The immobilization in bed is use to limit pain and neurological complications. However, the immobilization is based on few literature data and causes important complications especially in elderly. The of immobilization in Nancy universitity hospital changed in 2019 after institutional recommendations based on expert opinion which recommend an early verticalization of uncomplicated spondylodiscitis. The investigators aimed to evaluate the consequences of this practice change on the hospitalization duration and complication rates due to spondylodiscitis and immobilization.

This research study is looking at an antibiotic medicine, Ceftaroline Fosamil (Ceftaroline), which fights infections like the one the subject has. Ceftaroline is effective against S.aureus germs including those that are called Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA.) Ceftaroline has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in adults and children with Community-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia [a type of lung infection] and Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infections. Ceftaroline is not yet approved for treatment in subjects with hematogenous osteomyelitis, therefore, the use of Ceftaroline in this research study is considered "investigational". The goal of this research study is to find out what side effects there may be when children are taking Ceftaroline and to study how effective Ceftaroline is in treating bone infections due to Staphylococcus aureus in children. The investigators are also studying what the body does to the study drug, Ceftaroline, and if the doses the investigators use result in blood levels that the investigators think are going to be effective against bone infections in children. This is called pharmacokinetics (PK).

The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to study the best treatment for open lower leg fractures to prevent infection. The main questions it aims to answer is if treating tibia fracture patients with a calcium sulfate antibiotic depot is better at preventing infection that the standard of care.

The primary question of this study is to understand if trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) is as effective as vancomycin for treating methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) osteomyelitis.

The purpose of the study is to compare the efficacy and tolerance of 6- versus 12-week antibiotic therapy in patients with diabetic foot osteomyelitis treated medically.

The purpose of the study is to determine whether daptomycin is effective and safe in the treatment of pediatric participants with AHO when compared to vancomycin (or equivalent) or nafcillin (or β-lactam equivalent). The primary hypothesis is that daptomycin is non-inferior compared with vancomycin (or equivalent) or nafcillin (or β-lactam equivalent) with respect to improvement in Pain, Inflammation, and Limb Function on or before study Day 5.

Because of its prolonged terminal half-life, dalbavancin is an extremely attractive option in treating Gram-positive infections caused by S. aureus including MRSA, and streptococcal species. Systemic bacterial infections due to Staphylococci such as osteomyelitis and septic arthritis, are conditions which require prolonged IV therapy, typically for at least 3-6 weeks, though sometimes more. Due to dalbavancin's prolonged terminal half-life, it may offer the opportunity to substantially reduce costs and morbidity in native joint and prosthetic joint infections with one infusion every fourteen days until completion of therapy.