# Short Post-surgical Antibiotic Therapy in Spine Infections - a Prospective, Randomized, Unblinded, Non-inferiority Trial

> **NCT04048304** · NA · RECRUITING · sponsor: **Balgrist University Hospital** · enrollment: 236 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Infection

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** duration of standard antibiotic therapy

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04048304
- **Lead sponsor:** Balgrist University Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** RECRUITING
- **Start date:** 2019-07-31
- **Primary completion:** 2025-02-28
- **Final completion:** 2025-12-31
- **Target enrollment:** 236 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2025-02-21


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04048304

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04048304, "Short Post-surgical Antibiotic Therapy in Spine Infections - a Prospective, Randomized, Unblinded, Non-inferiority Trial". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04048304. Licensed CC0.

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