# Study of the Efficacy of Preoperative Cefuroxime Prophylaxis to Prevent Surgical Site Infection in Herniated Disk Surgery

> **NCT00530400** · PHASE4 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois** · enrollment: 1369 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Surgical Wound Infection

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** cefuroxime
- **DRUG:** placebo

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00530400
- **Lead sponsor:** Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 1994-04
- **Primary completion:** —
- **Final completion:** 2000-03
- **Target enrollment:** 1369 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2007-09-17

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00530400

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00530400, "Study of the Efficacy of Preoperative Cefuroxime Prophylaxis to Prevent Surgical Site Infection in Herniated Disk Surgery". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00530400. Licensed CC0.

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