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The secondary end points included late (after 1 year) appendicitis recurrence as well as treatment-related adverse events, quality of life, length of hospital stay, and length of sick leave, which were evaluated using a superiority design.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n After exclusions, 599 patients (mean [SD] age, 36 [12] years; 336 males [56.1%]) were randomized; after withdrawal and loss to follow-up, 582 patients (99.8%) were available for the year 3 follow-up. The treatment success at year 3 was 63.4% (1-sided 95% CI, 58.8% to \u221e) in the oral antibiotic monotherapy group and 65.2% (1-sided 95% CI, 60.5% to \u221e) in the combined IV and oral antibiotics group. The difference in treatment success rate between the groups at year 3 was \u22121.8 percentage points (1-sided 95% CI, \u22128.3 percentage points to \u221e;\n P<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u2009.14 for noninferiority), with the CI limit exceeding the noninferiority margin. 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