# Does Administration of Antibiotics in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Colorectal Cancer Result in Less Complications and Better Prognosis?

> **NCT01740947** · PHASE4 · TERMINATED · sponsor: **H. Jaap Bonjer, PhD** · enrollment: 485 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Colorectal Cancer

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD) (colistin sulfate, tobramycin, amphotericin B)

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01740947
- **Lead sponsor:** H. Jaap Bonjer, PhD
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2013-01
- **Primary completion:** 2017-03
- **Final completion:** 2017-03
- **Target enrollment:** 485 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Superiority was no longer attainable
- **Last updated:** 2018-11-09

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01740947

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01740947, "Does Administration of Antibiotics in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Colorectal Cancer Result in Less Complications and Better Prognosis?". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01740947. Licensed CC0.

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