Clinical Study

Amoxicillin/Clavulanic Acid for the Treatment of Odontogenic Infections: A Randomised Study Comparing Efficacy and Tolerability versus Clindamycin

Table 2

Primary efficacy endpoint: clinical success outcome at the end of the study.

Population Clindamycin [% (95% CI)] Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid [% (95% CI)] Treatment difference
Miettinen and Nurminen method (primary) [% (95% CI)]Farrington and Manning method [% (95% CI)]Two-sample proportion test [% (95% CI)]

PP89.7%
(84.6%, 93.5%)
88.2% (83.0%, 92.2%)1.5% ( 95 CI: −4.7%, 7.7%)1.5%
(−4.9%, 8.0%)
1.5% (−4.5%, 7.6%)

ITT-E86.4%
(81.3%, 90.5%)
85.5% (80.3%, 89.8%)0.9% (−5.5%, 7.3%)0.9%
(−5.6%, 7.4%)
0.9% (−5.5%, 7.2%)

ITT (randomised treatment arm)85.7%
(80.5%, 89.9%)
83.3% (77.9%, 87.9%)2.3% (−4.3%, 9.0%)2.3%
(−4.4%, 9.0%)
2.3% (−4.2%, 8.9%)