Overview
The BREAST-AB Trial is a multi-center, randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled trial investigating the efficacy of local application of gentamicin, vancomycin and cefazolin in decreasing all-cause implant explantation after breast reconstruction.
Description
The BREAST-AB Trial will include women undergoing breast reconstruction with implants. The objective is to determine the efficacy of local antibiotics in decreasing all-cause implant explantation. Participants will be randomized to local application of placebo or gentamicin, vancomycin and cefazolin in a saline solution onto the implant and the dissected breast pocket. All patients undergoing unilateral breast reconstruction will be randomized to the trial drug or placebo in a ratio of 1:1. All patients undergoing bilateral reconstruction will be randomized to the trial treatment on one of their breasts and placebo to the contralateral breast. A total number of 1274 of breasts undergoing breast reconstruction will be included in the trial.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age ≥ 18 years
- Biologically female
- Signed informed consent
- Scheduled for breast reconstruction with implants or expanders including:
- Immediate or delayed reconstructions
- Bilateral or unilateral reconstructions
- With or without simultaneous flap reconstruction
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnancy
- Breast feeding
- Known allergy towards Vancomycin, Gentamicin and Cefazolin
- Known anaphylactic reaction towards other beta-lactam antibiotics or aminoglycosides
- Known allergy towards neomycin
- Known impaired renal function with GFR < 60 mL/min
- Participation in investigational drug trials and projects concerning disinfecting agents in the breast implant cavity
- Myasthenia Gravis