Antibiotic showdown: which strategy best protects gut health during implant infections?
NCT ID NCT07058415
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study compares three antibiotic combinations given to adults with suspected infections of joint or bone implants (like hip or knee replacements). The goal is to see how each antibiotic strategy changes the diversity of bacteria in the gut and whether it leads to more antibiotic-resistant germs. Researchers will collect stool samples before, during, and after treatment to track these changes.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- antibiotics (cefepime+daptomycin, piperacillin-tazobactam+daptomycin, or ceftobiprole)
- What this could lead to
- If one antibiotic strategy is found to better preserve gut bacteria and limit resistant germs, it could guide treatment choices for implant infections.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, observational study that only looks at short-term changes in gut bacteria, not whether one antibiotic works better for curing the infection itself.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 75 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jul 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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May 2027
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.
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18 years and older
- 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: * Age ≥ 18 years * Indication for prosthetic revision (PTG, PUC, PTH or hip hemiarthroplasty, PTE) or internal osteosynthesis with suspicion of IOAM following the opinion of a Réunion de concertation Pluridisciplinaire (RCP) on complex osteoarticular infections * Normal CPK level according to laboratory standard * Social security affiliation * Signature of informed consent * Negative pregnancy test for women of childbearing age. Exclusion Criteria: * Antibiotic therapy in the 3 months prior to inclusion * Clinical or radiological signs making HAI highly probable: scar discharge and/or peri-scar cellulitis fistula or abscess, bacteremia * positive bacterial culture from joint puncture or biopsy prior to revision * Chronic inflammatory bowel disease. * Previous surgical resection of small intestine or colon. * Hypersensitivity to daptomycin or any of its excipients. * Hypersensitivity to cefepime or any of its excipients or to other beta-lactamins. * Hypersensitivity to piperacillin+tazobactam or to any of the excipients or to other beta-lactamines. * Hypersensitivity to ceftobiprole or to any of the excipients or to other beta-lactamines. * Renal insufficiency with GFR \< 50ml/min/1.73 m2 (CKD-EPI). * Treatment with bosentan. * Treatment with probenecid. * Pre-existing seizure disorder. * Contraindication to L-arginine, acidosis, hyperkalemia that cannot be corrected. * Treatment with HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors. * Treatment with statins (pitavastin, pravastatin, rosuvastatin) or glyburide. * Patients in a medical emergency. * Pregnant or breast-feeding women. * Patient participating in another ongoing trial. * Mental state rendering the patient incapable of understanding this research. * Patient deprived of liberty by administrative or judicial decision.
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How to take part
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The places running it
4 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU de NICE
Nice, France
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Ch Antibes
Antibes, France
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Ch Cannes
Cannes, France
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Ch Grasse
Grasse, France