Status:

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Precision Dosing of Vancomycin in Critically Ill Children

Lead Sponsor:

University Hospital, Ghent

Collaborating Sponsors:

Belgium Health Care Knowledge Centre

University Ghent

Conditions:

Vancomycin

Eligibility:

All Genders

Up to 15 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

The overall objective of this project is to investigate the large-scale utility of MIPD of vancomycin at point-of-care in ICU children. This evaluation includes a comparison with the more standard app...

Detailed Description

Vancomycin is an antibiotic with a narrow therapeutic-toxic margin. This means that the minimum and maximum target blood target levels differ little from each other. Too low concentrations will reduce...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • age: 0-18 years
  • admitted to ICU or PHO unit
  • suspected or confirmed Gram positive infection
  • planned to start on intravenous intermittent or continuous infusion vancomycin treatment
  • informed consent signed by parents or legal representatives
  • not previously enrolled in this trial

Exclusion

  • extracorporeal treatment at inclusion or started during treatment (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, dialysis, body cooling)
  • n or p RIFLE category failure at inclusion (Day 0) (see section 8.1.2. screening)
  • Known chronic kidney disease as defined by the KDIGO definition as: structural or functional abnormalities of the kidney regardless of GFR for \< 3 months or GFR \< 60ml/min/1.73m² for ≥ 3 months. eGFR is estimated using the modified Schwartz equation
  • patient death is deemed imminent and inevitable

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 28 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

October 30 2024

Estimated Enrollment :

314 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04666948

Start Date

December 28 2020

End Date

October 30 2024

Last Update

April 12 2024

Active Locations (7)

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AZ Sint-Jan Brugge-Oostende AV

Bruges, Belgium

2

Cliniques universitaires de Saint Luc

Brussels, Belgium

3

Erasme

Brussels, Belgium

4

Hopital universitaire de Reine Fabiola

Brussels, Belgium