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A Randomized Controlled Phase II Trial of STIMULAN VG vs Standard of Care (SoC) for the Treatment of Osteomyelitis Associated With Stage IV Pressure Ulcers.
Description

The purpose of this trial is to assess the safety, tolerability and between-group effect size of STIMULAN VG (with debridement) and a course of systemic antibiotics to standard of care (debridement and systemic antibiotics only) for the treatment of osteomyelitis associated stage IV pressure ulcers.

Conditions

Pressure Ulcer, Stage IV, Osteomyelitis

Don't Treat Ghosts Anti-MRSA Antibiotics in Osteomyelitis Without Identified MRSA
Description

Osteomyelitis is described as infection and inflammation of the long bone or bone marrow, often due to an open wound, operation, or invasive trauma.1 It is invasive and involves hematogenous seeding or contiguous spread of the infectious organism

Conditions

Osteomyelitis

Ferumoxytol-enhanced Imaging of Osteomyelitis
Description

Diabetic foot infections contribute to 75,000 hospitalizations in the US each year. There is a lifetime incidence of 15-25% of foot infections in diabetics. The investigators hypothesize that ferumoxytol (FDA approved for use in CKD patients, unlike gadolinium) will improve the accuracy of MR imaging in the diagnosis of osteomyelitis by allowing for the specific imaging of macrophages that have taken up the iron-based compound. In this study the investigators will image 12 patients with suspected diabetic osteomyelitis using ferumoxytol-contrasted MRI, and evaluate the feasibility of this approach.

Conditions

Osteomyelitis

Bacteriophage Therapy in Patients With Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis
Description

This is a phase IIa randomized trial designed to evaluate bacteriophage therapy in patients with diabetic foot osteomyelitis.

Conditions

Osteomyelitis, Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis

Safety and Efficacy of Dalbavancin Versus Active Comparator in Adult Patients With Osteomyelitis
Description

This clinical study will be a multi-center, randomized, open-label, active-controlled, parallel-group study comparing dalbavancin to standard of care (SOC) therapy in osteomyelitis.

Conditions

Osteomyelitis

Investigation of Rifampin to Reduce Pedal Amputations for Osteomyelitis in Diabetics
Description

The purpose of this research study is to determine if rifampin, an antibiotic (a medicine that treats infections), is effective in treating osteomyelitis (infection of the bone) of the foot in diabetic patients. Despite use of powerful antibiotics prescribed over a long period of time, many diabetic patients remain at a high risk for needing an amputation of part of the foot or lower leg because the osteomyelitis is not cured. Some small research studies have shown that addition of rifampin to other antibiotics is effective in treating osteomyelitis in both diabetics and non-diabetics. However, because few diabetics with osteomyelitis have been studied, there is no definite proof that it is better than the usual treatments for diabetic patients. If this study finds that adding rifampin to the usual antibiotics prescribed for osteomyelitis reduces the risk for amputations, doctors will be able to more effectively treat many Veteran patients with this serious infection. Improving treatment outcomes is an important healthcare goal of the VA.

Conditions

Osteomyelitis, Diabetes, Amputation

UT Southwestern Diabetic Foot Ulcers (DFU) and Osteomyelitis (DFO) Recruitment Database, Data and Tissue Repository
Description

This will be a continuing, prospective study of diabetic foot ulcers and infections, risk factors and clinical outcomes and a limited data set conducted by the investigator through the establishment of a data and tissue repository in the uT Southwestern Department of Plastic Surgery. in addition, subjects consented for this research will be asked about inclusion in a recruitment database to be used in the recruitment of subjects for future research on diabetic foot complications. about 250 patients are seen for diabetic foot ulcers and infections each year.

Conditions

Diabetic Foot Ulcers, Osteomyelitis

Ceftaroline for Treatment of Hematogenously Acquired Staphylococcus Aureus Osteomyelitis in Children
Description

This research study is looking at an antibiotic medicine, Ceftaroline Fosamil (Ceftaroline), which fights infections like the one the subject has. Ceftaroline is effective against S.aureus germs including those that are called Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA.) Ceftaroline has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in adults and children with Community-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia \[a type of lung infection\] and Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infections. Ceftaroline is not yet approved for treatment in subjects with hematogenous osteomyelitis, therefore, the use of Ceftaroline in this research study is considered "investigational". The goal of this research study is to find out what side effects there may be when children are taking Ceftaroline and to study how effective Ceftaroline is in treating bone infections due to Staphylococcus aureus in children. The investigators are also studying what the body does to the study drug, Ceftaroline, and if the doses the investigators use result in blood levels that the investigators think are going to be effective against bone infections in children. This is called pharmacokinetics (PK).

Conditions

Hematogenously Acquired Staphylococcus Aureus Osteomyelitis, Bone Infection, Osteomyelitis

Osteomyelitis: Procalcitonin to Diagnose and Monitor Osteomyelitis (PCT)
Description

We plan a cohort study of 40 diabetic patients admitted to Parkland hospital with a foot infection. We will enroll a representative cross section of subjects with diabetic foot infection. Patient will be consented and will receive therapy based on standard protocols. Currently patients with suspected osteomyelitis have bone biopsies to identify bacterial pathogens and verify MRI diagnosis. Repeat bone biopsies are performed at the end of therapy to verify that osteomyelitis has been successfully treated. Serum to measure procalcitonin will be obtained at baseline, week 3 and week 6.

Conditions

Osteomyelitis

Detection of Osteomyelitis Using High Resolution Ultrasound
Description

The purpose of this study is to establish the sensitivity of HRUS as compared to MRI for the diagnosis of osteomyelitis in chronic wound patients; and to determine the specificity of HRUS as compared to pathologic and microbiologic studies of bone biopsy tissues.

Conditions

Chronic Osteomyelitis

Efficacy of Oral Antibiotic Therapy Compared to Intravenous Antibiotic Therapy for Osteomyelitis
Description

The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) 2012 guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of diabetic foot infections state that for the treatment of diabetic foot osteomyelitis "No data support the superiority of any specific antibiotic agent or treatment strategy, route, or duration of therapy." Traditionally, osteomyelitis has been treated with a long course of intravenous antibiotics, generally six weeks. Oral antibiotics with high bioavailability and adequate bone penetration have been shown in published studies to be effective for the treatment of osteomyelitis. The investigators propose to conduct a prospective, single-center, randomized, open trial at Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC) comparing the efficacy of oral antibiotic therapy to intravenous (IV) antibiotic therapy for the treatment of diabetic foot osteomyelitis. The investigators hypothesize that oral antibiotic therapy is equivalent to IV antibiotic therapy. Bone/tissue cultures are obtained for all patients for clinical purposes and are sent to pathology for histologic examination and to the clinical microbiology laboratory for culture and susceptibility. Patients will receive six weeks of IV or oral antibiotic therapy depending upon their randomization group. Primary outcomes at six months clinical follow-up will include: (i) no evidence of bone infection and (ii) resolution of ulcer.

Conditions

Osteomyelitis

Osteomyelitis: Procalcitonin to Diagnose and Monitor Osteomyelitis
Description

The investigator plans a cohort study of 80 subjects admitted to hospital with a diabetic foot infection in order to compare serial bone biopsies (the current "gold standard") and procalcitonin to diagnose and monitor the effectiveness of therapy for osteomyelitis. The investigator will collect specimens as part of an existing trial to evaluate negative pressure wound therapy in diabetic infected wounds. A high proportion of these patients have osteomyelitis and will receive standard therapy including repeat bone biopsy and parenteral antibiotics. The investigator expects repeated measurement of procalcitonin will be highly correlated with repeated bone biopsy after antibiotic treatment has been completed to determine if therapy has been successful or if additional antibiotic therapy is needed.

Conditions

Diabetes, Foot Ulcer, Osteomyelitis

Patients Response to Early Switch To Oral:Osteomyelitis Study
Description

Based on the current literature, investigators hypothesize that patients with osteomyelitis who are treated with the standard approach of intravenous antibiotics for the full duration of therapy will have the same clinical outcomes as patients treated with the experimental approach of intravenous antibiotics with early switch to oral antibiotics. The primary objective of this study is to compare patients with osteomyelitis treated with the standard approach of intravenous antibiotics for the full duration of therapy versus patients treated with intravenous antibiotics with an early switch to oral antibiotics in relation to clinical outcomes at 12 months after discontinuation of antibiotic therapy. Secondary objectives of the study include the evaluation of adverse events related to the use of antibiotics as well as the cost of care evaluated from the hospital perspective.

Conditions

Osteomyelitis

Diagnostic Tests to Help Determine Osteomyelitis
Description

In this study, the investigators will perform a retrospective chart analysis of patients that underwent a bony debridement or amputation in the operating room at Georgetown University Hospital during 2009-2010 under Drs. Steinberg and Attinger. Chart reviews, medical records and operative reports via EMR and paper charts will be examined from inpatient records, the Center for Wound Healing, the Emergency Department as well as other institutions involved in the care of the subjects to gather data.

Conditions

Osteomyelitis

Differentiation of Bone Sarcomas and Osteomyelitis With Ferumoxytol-Enhanced MRI
Description

This pilot trial studies the differentiation of bone sarcomas and osteomyelitis with ferumoxytol-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Imaging procedures that allow doctors to more accurately differentiate between malignant bone sarcomas and osteomyelitis may help in diagnosing patients correctly and may result in more timely treatment.

Conditions

Bone Cancer, Chondrosarcoma, Ewing's Sarcoma, Osteosarcoma, Rhabdomyosarcoma, Bone Necrosis, Bone Sarcoma, Osteomyelitis

Study of Daptomycin in Subjects Undergoing Surgery for Osteomyelitis Associated With an Infected Prosthetic Caused by Staphylococci
Description

This is a research study designed to look at the efficacy and safety of daptomycin given at a dose of 6 mg/kg or 8 mg/kg in subjects being treated for prosthetic hip or knee infections caused by Staphylococci. These types of bacteria are among the most common types of bacteria causing infections of prosthetic joints.

Conditions

Osteomyelitis

Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of a Once-daily Dose of Tigecycline vs Ertapenem in Diabetic Foot Infections (DFI) With a Substudy in Patients With Diabetic Foot Infections Complicated by Osteomyelitis.
Description

The purpose of this study was to look at the safety and effectiveness of a once-daily dose of tigecycline compared to ertapenem for the treatment of diabetic foot infections. The co-primary efficacy endpoints were not met.

Conditions

Bacterial Infections, Diabetic Foot, Osteomyelitis

Vancomycin Or Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Osteomyelitis
Description

The primary question of this study is to understand if trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) is as effective as vancomycin for treating methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) osteomyelitis.

Conditions

Osteomyelitis, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus

Medication Adherence Intervention in Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis (CRMO)
Description

This project aims to quantify and evaluate rates of non-adherence and barriers to medication adherence in pediatric patients with CRMO followed at Seattle Children's Hospital's robust CRMO program, which is the only clinical program in the Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Idaho (WWAMI) region. This will be a stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial, in which participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups -- one which receives educational materials at the end of their first clinic visit, and the other which receives educational materials at the end of their second clinic visit. All participants will be given baseline surveys at the start of their first clinic visit, as well as follow-up surveys at the start of their second and third clinic visits. These surveys aim to evaluate rates of non-adherence and qualitative barriers to adherence, as well as efficacy of educational interventions in improving adherence rates.

Conditions

Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis

Efficacy of Oral vs IV Antibiotics in the Treatment of Orofacial Osteomyelitis
Description

The goal of this clinical trial is compare the efficacy of oral and IV antibiotics in the treatment of orofacial osteomyelitis. The main question it aims to answer is: Are oral antibiotics as effective as IV antibiotics in the treatment of orofacial osteomyelitis. Participants, once diagnosed with osteomyelitis, will be started on oral antibiotics for their treatment. Participants will follow up with oral and maxillofacial surgery clinic accordingly and their progression and compliance will be monitored.

Conditions

Osteomyelitis of Jaw

A Feasibility Trial to Investigate the Safety and Between-group Effect Size of STIMULAN VG and Standard of Care (SoC) in Participants With Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis
Description

The purpose of this trial is to evaluate the safety and between-group effect size of STIMULAN VG compared to SoC treatment in patients with diabetic foot osteomyelitis (DFO).

Conditions

Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis

CHronic Nonbacterial Osteomyelitis International Registry
Description

The objective of the study is to establish a prospective disease registry for chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO)/chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis (CNO) in order to investigate the natural history of the disease and the responses of patients to different clinical managements over 10 years.

Conditions

Chronic Nonbacterial Osteomyelitis, Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis

Real-World Efficacy and Safety Analysis of Omadacycline for the Treatment of Diabetic Foot Infections and Acute Osteomyelitis
Description

This will be a prospective, open-label, two-center study to assess the safety of omadacycline use in the treatment of hospitalized subjects with moderate to severe DFI with or without Acute osteomyelitis (AOM) who are at a high risk for development of CDI, AKI, and/or resistant pathogens compared to retrospective controls. Prospective enrollment will be continued until the sample size is achieved up to one year from start date (October 2020). Secondary to slower than anticipated enrollment due to the COVID-19 pandemic and initial exclusion of AOM, following protocol amendment, patient enrollment will be continued until the sample size is achieved up to 18 months from amendment approval (anticipate April 2022 - October 2023). A historical matched case cohort (standard of care) at the two hospitals based on ICD10 codes associated with DFI \[E11.(621, 622), E10.(621, 622); L97.(509, 521, 522, 523, 524, 529)\], including subjects with AOM \[M86.(08-09, 10, 16-19, 8X0, 8X7-8X9, 9) will be utilized for comparison.

Conditions

Diabetic Foot Infection

Inflammatory Biomarkers to Diagnose and Monitor Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis
Description

The investigators plan to do a retrospective chart review of 500 patients admitted to the hospital between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2015 with diabetic foot infections. The investigators will define a positive case of osteomyelitis as bone with positive bacterial cultures or histologic finding of acute or chronic osteomyelitis. Levels of inflammatory biomarkers (CRP, ESR) will be collected from the charts from the first time of diagnosis. Because wound healing, biomarker levels and resolution of infection are clearly affected by other factors such as demographics, medical/surgical history, social history, medications, laboratory results, peripheral arterial disease, wound severity, and treatment factors such as type of antibiotics, off-loading, debridement and vascular surgery interventions these will also be collected. The investigators will collect this clinical data for both cohorts.

Conditions

Diabetic Foot Ulcer

Regional and Seasonal Variations in the Incidence and Causative Organisms for Post-traumatic Wound Infections and Osteomyelitis After Open Fractures
Description

To determine if there is a relationship between people with open fractures and the season and location of where the injury occurred and the infections they develop

Conditions

Infection

[124I]FIAU PET-CT Scanning in Diagnosing Osteomyelitis in Patients With Diabetic Foot Infection
Description

This protocol will evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of \[124I\]FIAU as a diagnostic imaging agent for the detection of osteomyelitis in patients with diabetic foot infection.

Conditions

Diabetic Foot Infection

Cefadroxil and Cephalexin Drug Levels and Dosing in Pediatric Musculoskeletal Infections
Description

The goal of this study is to figure out the best doses for two antibiotics (called cefadroxil and cephalexin) when they are used to treat bone, joint, or muscle infections in children. In order to do this, the study will collect data about children admitted to Children's Hospital Colorado who have these types of infections. During the study, these patients will receive doses by mouth of each of these antibiotics, in addition to an IV antibiotic (given through a vein) used to treat their infection. After the dose of the first antibiotic, blood samples will be drawn every few hours to measure how much of the drug is still in their body, until it is all gone. After the first antibiotic is out of the patient's body, the same will be done for the second antibiotic. Measurements, in the lab, of how much of these antibiotics are needed to kill the most common bacteria causing these infections, which is a type of "Staph" bacteria called "MSSA", will be taken. Finally, the blood levels of the antibiotics and the information from the lab tests about the Staph bacteria will be used to calculate how much and how often of the antibiotic should be given to children with bone, joint, or muscle infections. Currently, these types of infections are treated with an antibiotic that children have to take four times every day. The goal of this study is to find an antibiotic that children can take only two or three times per day.

Conditions

Osteomyelitis, Septic Arthritis, Pyomyositis

Ceftaroline in the Treatment of Bone and Joint Infections
Description

This is a study to evaluate the efficacy of Ceftaroline in the treatment of bone and joint infections.

Conditions

Osteomyelitis, Joint Infections

CERAMENT G Device Registry
Description

This is an Observational Device Registry Study of CERAMENT\|G in normal use in accordance with the IFU. It will run for a period of three years from enrolment of the first patient into the Study at each Site, before being subject to review. A Device Registry is a form of observational study that concerns the performance of a device in normal use. It is intended to collect data that is reflective of 'real world' device performance.

Conditions

Chronic Osteomyelitis, Fracture Related Infection, Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis

Prophylactic Antibiotic Coated Nail to Prevent Infection: A Clinical Trial
Description

This prospective randomized clinical trial will compare outcomes between patients treated primarily with a prophylactic antibiotic coated nail and those treated with traditional standard of care intramedullary (IM) nailing.

Conditions

Osteomyelitis Tibia, Tibial Fractures, Open Tibia Fracture