Antibiotics or sugar pills? new study questions standard diverticulitis care
NCT ID NCT07492134
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 21, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study looks at whether antibiotics are truly needed for mild diverticulitis. About 100 adults with left-sided diverticulitis will take either two antibiotics or a placebo daily for 10 days, along with standard pain relief and diet changes. The main goal is to see if a larger trial is possible and how well people stick to the treatment.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2026
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 90 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients presenting to the emergency department with left-sided uncomplicated diverticulitis * Radiologic score (moderate diverticulitis per Ambrosetti classification) * Age 18-90 * Access to a smartphone with internet access. Exclusion Criteria: * Complicated diverticulitis (abscess, free air, peritonitis)- severe diverticulitis by Ambrosetti classification * Diverticulitis other than left colon * Contraindication to use of study medication (ie advanced renal failure or allergy to all antibiotics used in the study) * Concurrent cancer diagnosis * Concurrent IBD Diagnosis * Any other disease process with life expectancy \< 6 months * Concurrent chronic pain diagnosis. * Women in pregnancy or breastfeeding * Antibiotic treatment for any reason in the last 3 weeks * Diagnosis of prior episode of acute diverticulitis in the past 3 months * Significant comorbidities: diabetes mellitus with organic involvement (retinopathy, angiopathy, nephropathy), emergency assistance for a cardiogenic event in the last 3 months (acute myocardial infarction, angina, heart failure), decompensation of chronic liver disease in the last 3 months (Child ≥ B) and end-stage renal disease. * Immunodepression: the absence, and immunodepression is the presence, of any of the following: active neoplastic disease, hematologic malignancy, human immunodeficiency virus long-term corticosteroid treatment, immunosuppressant therapy (20mg pred (or equivalent) for \>2 weeks), transplant, splenectomy and genetic immunodeficiency * Previous colectomy * Patients with dementia, memory disorders or other cognitive impairment that would impact their ability to provide informed consent or otherwise participate in the trial
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center Emergency Department
RECRUITINGNashville, Tennessee, 37235, United States
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