# Antibiotic Therapy is Not Necessary to Implant Totally Implantable Venous Access Devices: Randomized Prospective Study

> **NCT00665873** · PHASE4 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Universita degli Studi di Catania** · enrollment: 100 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Infections

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** PORT-A-CATH (Smiths Medical Inc., MN)
- **DRUG:** Amoxicillin and clavulanic acid

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00665873
- **Lead sponsor:** Universita degli Studi di Catania
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2004-01
- **Primary completion:** 2006-09
- **Final completion:** 2006-09
- **Target enrollment:** 100 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2008-05-08


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00665873

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00665873, "Antibiotic Therapy is Not Necessary to Implant Totally Implantable Venous Access Devices: Randomized Prospective Study". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00665873. Licensed CC0.

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