Trial of Antimicrobial Restraint in Presumed Pneumonia

Sepsis Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Trial of Antimicrobial Restraint in Presumed Pneumonia

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04438187
• Other study ID #: 145059
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 1, 2021
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: November 2022
• Source: University of Kansas Medical Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The objective of this cluster-randomized crossover study is to determine the effect of delaying antimicrobial initiation until objective microbiologic data is obtained in patients with presumed ICU-acquired pneumonia without septic shock.

Description:

This study will involve 8 centers is to determine the effect of delaying antimicrobial initiation until objective microbiologic data is obtained in patients with presumed ICU-acquired pneumonia without septic shock. The study team will compare two sequential 4-month periods in each unit, one 'aggressive' antimicrobial initiation period and one 'conservative' antimicrobial initiation period.

This study will serve the following specific aims:

Specific Aim 1: To determine feasibility of a larger multicenter study of the same design as well as assess protocol adherence across multiple centers.

Specific Aim 2: Prospectively determine the all-cause, in-hospital mortality for all patients with suspected pneumonia who were treated under either an aggressive or conservative antimicrobial initiation protocol.

Specific Aim 3: Prospectively determine antimicrobial initiation rates, total days of antimicrobial administration, hospital and ICU length of stay, and ventilator-free alive days for patients treated under each protocol.

Specific Aim 4: To survey physicians that participated in the study to assess their feelings about the study including level of comfort starting antimicrobials aggressively, level of comfort withholding antimicrobials until definitive evidence of infection, perceived protocol adherence, perceived importance of the study, and willingness to participate in other studies of its kind (to be performed after closure of the clinical portion of the study).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 186
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: January 6, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 99 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Intubated patients admitted to a surgical or trauma intensive care unit that have had an appropriate quantitative or semi-quantitative endobronchial sputum culture sent =48 hours into their ICU admission

• Primary pathology managed by surgical specialty

• Age =18 years.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Non-intubated patients.

• Intubated patients with concern for active infection that is not suspected to be pneumonia (i.e. intra-abdominal infection, skin and soft tissue infection, urinary tract infection, etc.)

• Primary disease not surgical or traumatic in nature

• Primary diagnosis of burns

• Incarcerated status

• Pregnant status or delivery during this hospitalization.

• On active immunosuppressive medications (or taking as a home medication prior to arrival)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia
• Pneumonia
• Sepsis

Intervention

Other:
• antimicrobial initiation
antimicrobial initiation based on protocol assignment.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	KU Medical Center	Kansas City	Kansas

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Kansas Medical Center	Western Michigan University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	protocol adherence	as a pilot study the primary outcome will be protocol adherence as defined by using the criteria below: Aggressive Protocol: Failure to send appropriate culture before initiation of antimicrobials in the absence of septic shock; Failure to stop antimicrobials in the absence of pneumonia or other documented infection after 72 hours.; Conservative Protocol: Failure to send appropriate culture; Initiation of antimicrobials (in the absence of septic shock, new onset or worsening organ dysfunction, or other indicated source of infection) without any objective evidence of pneumonia.; Failure to initiate antimicrobials in the setting of objective evidence of pneumonia.; Failure to stop antimicrobials in the absence of other documented infection if final cultures return as negative.	by time of culture finalization or 1 week
Secondary	In-hospital mortality	All-cause, by treatment protocol assignment (intent-to-treat), ICU mortality, pneumonia-related	until hospital discharge or 1 year
Secondary	Days of antimicrobials administered	includes empiric, therapeutic, prophylactic, and perioperative antimicrobials	until hospital discharge or 1 year
Secondary	Ventilator-free alive days		until hospital discharge or 1 year
Secondary	ICU length of stay		Until discharge from ICU or 1 year
Secondary	Hospital length of stay		until hospital discharge or 1 year