# The Effect of Prophylactic Antibiotics on Surgical Site Infection Lower Limb Skin Excisions

> **NCT03357419** · NA · WITHDRAWN · sponsor: **Rambam Health Care Campus**

## Conditions studied

- Skin Lesion

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Cephalexin
- **DRUG:** Placebo oral capsule

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03357419
- **Lead sponsor:** Rambam Health Care Campus
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** WITHDRAWN
- **Start date:** 2021-03
- **Primary completion:** 2021-11
- **Final completion:** 2022-03-27
- **Target enrollment:** 0 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** difficulties in production placebo antibiotics
- **Last updated:** 2022-05-04


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03357419

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03357419, "The Effect of Prophylactic Antibiotics on Surgical Site Infection Lower Limb Skin Excisions". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03357419. Licensed CC0.

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