# Effect of Duration of Antibiotic Therapy on Recovery Following Tonsillectomy

> **NCT00662987** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Weill Medical College of Cornell University** · enrollment: 50 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Tonsillectomy

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** 7 days of amoxicillin
- **DRUG:** 3 days of amoxcillin followed by 4 days of placebo

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00662987
- **Lead sponsor:** Weill Medical College of Cornell University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2005-09
- **Primary completion:** 2007-05
- **Final completion:** 2007-05
- **Target enrollment:** 50 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2008-04-21


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00662987

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00662987, "Effect of Duration of Antibiotic Therapy on Recovery Following Tonsillectomy". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-10 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00662987. Licensed CC0.

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