The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy and safety of 15-day ceftriaxone versus 15-day doxycycline treatment in patients with multiple erythema migrans.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
500
intravenously, 2 g, qd, 15 days
orally, 100 mg, bid, 15 days
orally, 100 mg, bid, 15 days
UMC Ljubljana, Department of Infectious Diseases
Ljubljana, Slovenia
RECRUITINGObjective sequelae and post-treatment subjective symptoms such as fatigue, malaise, arthralgias, headache, myalgias, paresthesias, dizziness, or irritability in patients treated for multiple erythema migrans with ceftriaxone or doxycycline for 15 days.
Time frame: enrolling 3 years, 1 year follow-up for individual participant: first assessment at baseline
Objective sequelae and post-treatment subjective symptoms such as fatigue, malaise, arthralgias, headache, myalgias, paresthesias, dizziness, or irritability in patients treated for multiple erythema migrans with ceftriaxone or doxycycline for 15 days.
Time frame: second assessment at 14 days postenrollment
Objective sequelae and post-treatment subjective symptoms such as fatigue, malaise, arthralgias, headache, myalgias, paresthesias, dizziness, or irritability in patients treated for multiple erythema migrans with ceftriaxone or doxycycline for 15 days.
Time frame: third assessment at 2 months postenrollment
Objective sequelae and post-treatment subjective symptoms such as fatigue, malaise, arthralgias, headache, myalgias, paresthesias, dizziness, or irritability in patients treated for multiple erythema migrans with ceftriaxone or doxycycline for 15 days.
Time frame: fourth assessment at 6 months postenrollment
Objective sequelae and post-treatment subjective symptoms such as fatigue, malaise, arthralgias, headache, myalgias, paresthesias, dizziness, or irritability in patients treated for multiple erythema migrans with ceftriaxone or doxycycline for 15 days.
Time frame: fifth assessment at 12 months postenrollment
Comparison of subjective symptoms such as fatigue, malaise, arthralgias, headache, myalgias, paresthesias, or irritability between patients treated with antibiotic for multiple erythema migrans and control subjects without a history of Lyme borreliosis.
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Time frame: enrolling 3 years, 1 year follow-up for individual participant: first assessment at baseline
Objective sequelae and post-treatment subjective symptoms such as fatigue, malaise, arthralgias, headache, myalgias, paresthesias, dizziness, or irritability in patients with solitary versus multiple erythema migrans after antibiotic treatment.
Time frame: enrolling 3 years, 1 year follow-up for individual participant: at baseline and at 14 days, 2, 6, and 12 months thereafter
Comparison of subjective symptoms such as fatigue, malaise, arthralgias, headache, myalgias, paresthesias, or irritability between patients treated with antibiotic for multiple erythema migrans and control subjects without a history of Lyme borreliosis.
Time frame: second assessment at 6 months postenrollment
Comparison of subjective symptoms such as fatigue, malaise, arthralgias, headache, myalgias, paresthesias, or irritability between patients treated with antibiotic for multiple erythema migrans and control subjects without a history of Lyme borreliosis.
Time frame: third assessment at 6 months postenrollment
Objective sequelae and post-treatment subjective symptoms such as fatigue, malaise, arthralgias, headache, myalgias, paresthesias, dizziness, or irritability in patients with solitary versus multiple erythema migrans after antibiotic treatment.
Time frame: second assessment at 14 days postenrollment
Objective sequelae and post-treatment subjective symptoms such as fatigue, malaise, arthralgias, headache, myalgias, paresthesias, dizziness, or irritability in patients with solitary versus multiple erythema migrans after antibiotic treatment.
Time frame: third assessment at 2 months postenrollment
Objective sequelae and post-treatment subjective symptoms such as fatigue, malaise, arthralgias, headache, myalgias, paresthesias, dizziness, or irritability in patients with solitary versus multiple erythema migrans after antibiotic treatment.
Time frame: fourth assessment at 6 months postenrollment
Objective sequelae and post-treatment subjective symptoms such as fatigue, malaise, arthralgias, headache, myalgias, paresthesias, dizziness, or irritability in patients with solitary versus multiple erythema migrans after antibiotic treatment.
Time frame: fifth assessment at 12 months postenrollment