Could skipping a common antibiotic be just as safe for heart infections?

NCT ID NCT07345325

First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study compares two antibiotic approaches for a serious heart valve infection caused by staph bacteria. One group gets a standard treatment that includes the drug rifampin, while the other group gets a treatment without it. The goal is to see if skipping rifampin is just as effective at preventing death within six months. The trial plans to enroll 422 adults with infected prosthetic heart valves.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance

Rifampin

What this could lead to

If successful, this could show that a simpler antibiotic regimen without rifampin is just as effective, reducing side effects and drug interactions for patients with this heart infection.

What could go wrong

This is a non-inferiority trial, so it may only prove the rifampin-free regimen is not worse, not better. The infection is serious, and treatment failure could be life-threatening.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

bacterial endocarditis endocarditis infective endocarditis staphylococcal infection

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

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  • AP-HP hôpital St Antoine

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    Paris, 75012, France

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  • AP-HP, Groupe hospitalier Henri Mondor

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    Créteil, 94010, France

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  • AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié Salpétrière

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    Paris, 75013, France

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  • AP-HP, hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard

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    Paris, 75018, France

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  • CH Pau

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    Pau, 64000, France

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  • CH Tourcoing

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    Tourcoing, 59200, France

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  • CH intercommunal Cornouaille Quimper

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    Quimper, 29000, France

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  • CH metropole Savoie, Chambery, GHT Savoie-Belley, Site Aix les Bains

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    Aix-les-Bains, 73100, France

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  • CHD Vendée

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    La Roche-sur-Yon, 85000, France

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  • CHR Orléans

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    Orléans, 45067, France

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  • CHU Angers

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    Angers, 49933, France

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  • CHU Besançon

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    Besançon, 25030, France

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  • CHU Bordeaux, Cardiologic hospital of Haut lévêque

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    Bordeaux, 33600, France

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  • CHU Bordeaux, Haut Lévêque Hospital, Infectious disease department

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    Bordeaux, 33600, France

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  • CHU Brest

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    Brest, 29200, France

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  • CHU Dijon Bourgogne

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    Dijon, 21000, France

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  • CHU Grenoble

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    Grenoble, 38043, France

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  • CHU Lyon, La Croix-Rousse Hospital, Infective disease department

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    Lyon, 69317, France

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  • CHU Lyon, Louis Pradel Hospital, Cardiology Institute

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    Lyon, 69677, France

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  • CHU Montpellier

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    Montpellier, 34090, France

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  • CHU Nancy

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    Nancy, 54035, France

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  • CHU Nantes, Hôtel Dieu Hospital, Infective disease department

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    Nantes, 44093, France

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  • CHU Nantes, Laennec Hospital, Cardiology department

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    Nantes, 44800, France

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  • CHU Nice

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    Nice, 06202, France

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  • CHU Poitiers

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    Poitiers, 86000, France

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  • CHU Rennes

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    Rennes, 35000, France

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  • CHU St-Etienne

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    Saint-Etienne, 42270, France

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  • CHU Strasbourg

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    Strasbourg, 67000, France

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  • CHU Toulouse, Purpan Hospital, Infectious disease department

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    Toulouse, 31059, France

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  • CHU Toulouse, Rangueil Hospital, Cardiology department

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    Toulouse, 31400, France

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  • CHU Tours

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    Tours, 37044, France

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