New gut cleaner could match standard treatment for colon surgery infections

NCT ID NCT07180615

First seen Nov 01, 2025 · Last updated May 16, 2026 · Updated 31 times

Summary

This study tests whether a gut-cleaning medicine called Rifaximin works as well as the usual combination of Neomycin and Metronidazole to prevent infections after colon surgery. About 458 adults having planned colon surgery will take one of the two treatments the day before their operation. Researchers will track infections, deaths, and hospital stay length for 30 days after surgery.

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Contacts and locations

Study contacts

  • Contact

    Phone: •••-•••-•••• Email: •••••@•••••

Locations

  • Kantonsspital Aarau

    Aarau, 5001, Switzerland

  • Kantonsspital St. Gallen

    Sankt Gallen, 9007, Switzerland

  • Luzerner Kantonsspital

    Lucerne, 6006, Switzerland

  • Stadtspital Triemli

    Zurich, 8063, Switzerland

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