Clinical Trial: Hospitalization or Ambulatory Treatment of Acute Diverticulitis
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Randomized Trial Comparing Two Treatment Strategies for Acute Diverticulitis. Hospitalization or Ambulatory Antibiotic Treatment
Brief Summary: The purpose of 01DIVER is to evaluate efficacy and safety of a home treatment protocol for non complicated diverticulitis compared with management in the hospital. The hypothesis is that a ambulatory treatment with oral antibiotic and progressive introduction of diet is not inferior to the conservative management in hospital in patients with acute not complicated sigmoid diverticulitis, shown by contrast enhanced CT scan. Patients are prospectively randomized to conservative antibiotic treatment either to ambulatory or to hospital treatment.
Detailed Summary:
Sponsor: Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge
Current Primary Outcome: Treatment failure [ Time Frame: 30 days ]
Original Primary Outcome: Same as current
Current Secondary Outcome: Recurrence, quality of life, costs [ Time Frame: 30 days ]
Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current
Information By: Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge
Dates:
Date Received: March 4, 2010
Date Started: September 2009
Date Completion:
Last Updated: June 10, 2012
Last Verified: June 2012