Ampicillin and Ceftriaxone for the Treatment of Enterococcus Faecalis Infective Endocarditis.

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 4
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorFundación Pública Andaluza para la gestión de la Investigación en Sevilla

About this trial

Phase IV, open-label, randomized and multicenter clinical trial to prove that patients with Enterococcus faecalis infective endocarditis treated with an antibiotic treatment as a continuous infusion is non-inferior to the standard treatment, usually administered in hospitalized patients.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Adult patients

Possible or definitive diagnosis of infective endocarditis due to Enterococcus faecalis

Signed informed consent of patients

Disqualifiers

Allergy to penicillins or cephalosporins

Pregnancy and lactation

Polymicrobial infection including microorganisms different to E. faecalis

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Ampicillin plus ceftriaxone in continuous infusion
  • Ampicillin plus ceftriaxone in intermittent infusion of 14 days, after which the treatment may be changed

Treatment groups

284 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators