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This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial will be performed to assess the effect of N-acetylcysteine therapy on the incidence of nephrotoxicity among patients hospitalized with an infection and treated with aminoglycosides (AGs). Secondary goals of the study will be as follows: comparison of the mortality rates, and length of hospitalization among patients treated with N-acetylcysteine compared to the control group.


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Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Treatment


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NCT number NCT00267384
Study type Interventional
Source Soroka University Medical Center
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Status Completed
Phase Phase 2/Phase 3
Start date March 2006
Completion date September 2008