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- Title
Antimicrobial for 7 or 14 Days for Febrile Urinary Tract Infection in Men: A Multicenter Noninferiority Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Clinical Trial.
- Authors
Lafaurie, Matthieu; Chevret, Sylvie; Fontaine, Jean-Paul; Mongiat-Artus, Pierre; Lastours, Victoire de; Escaut, Lélia; Jaureguiberry, Stéphane; Bernard, Louis; Bruyere, Franck; Gatey, Caroline; Abgrall, Sophie; Ferreyra, Milagros; Aumaitre, Hugues; Aparicio, Caroline; Garrait, Valérie; Meyssonnier, Vanina; Bourgarit-Durand, Anne; Chabrol, Amélie; Piet, Emilie; Talarmin, Jean-Philippe
- Abstract
Background The optimal duration of antimicrobial therapy for urinary tract infections (UTIs) in men remains controversial. Methods To compare 7 days to 14 days of total antibiotic treatment for febrile UTIs in men, this multicenter randomized, double-blind. placebo-controlled noninferiority trial enrolled 282 men from 27 centers in France. Men were eligible if they had a febrile UTI and urine culture showing a single uropathogen. Participants were treated with ofloxacin or a third-generation cephalosporin at day 1, then randomized at day 3–4 to either continue ofloxacin for 14 days total treatment, or for 7 days followed by placebo until day 14. The primary endpoint was treatment success, defined as a negative urine culture and the absence of fever and of subsequent antibiotic treatment between the end of treatment and 6 weeks after day 1. Secondary endpoints included recurrent UTI within weeks 6 and 12 after day 1, rectal carriage of antimicrobial-resistant Enterobacterales, and drug-related events. Results Two hundred forty participants were randomly assigned to receive antibiotic therapy for 7 days (115 participants) or 14 days (125 participants). In the intention-to-treat analysis, treatment success occurred in 64 participants (55.7%) in the 7-day group and in 97 participants (77.6%) in the 14-day group (risk difference, –21.9 [95% confidence interval, −33.3 to −10.1]), demonstrating inferiority. Adverse events during antibiotic therapy were reported in 4 participants in the 7-day arm and 7 in the 14-day arm. Rectal carriage of resistant Enterobacterales did not differ between both groups. Conclusions A treatment with ofloxacin for 7 days was inferior to 14 days for febrile UTI in men and should therefore not be recommended. Clinical Trials Registration NCT02424461; Eudra-CT: 2013-001647-32.
- Subjects
FRANCE; RESEARCH; MEN'S health; CONFIDENCE intervals; URINARY tract infections; TREATMENT duration; ANTI-infective agents; TREATMENT effectiveness; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; COMPARATIVE studies; BLIND experiment; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; RESEARCH funding; QUINOLONE antibacterial agents; STATISTICAL sampling
- Publication
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2023, Vol 76, Issue 12, p2154
- ISSN
1058-4838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/cid/ciad070