Status:

RECRUITING

Hyperhydration in Children With Shiga Toxin-Producing E. Coli Infection

Lead Sponsor:

University of Calgary

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

Conditions:

Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia Coli (E. Coli) Infection

Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome

Eligibility:

All Genders

9-21 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The objective of this study is to determine if early high volume intravenous fluid administration (hyperhydration) may be effective in mitigating or preventing complications of shiga toxin-producing E...

Detailed Description

The hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is the most serious complication of high-risk Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infection and the most common cause of acquired acute kidney injury in o...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • In order to be eligible to participate in this study (i.e., to be enrolled in the relevant institutional clinical care pathway), an individual must meet all of the following criteria:
  • Aged 9.0 months to \<21 years at the time of informed consent.
  • Evidence of high-risk STEC infecting pathogen defined by any of the following:
  • Bloody diarrhea within the preceding 7 days
  • Positive STEC culture OR
  • Positive antigen/polymerase chain reaction test for toxin/gene type not otherwise specified OR
  • Bloody or Non-bloody diarrhea within the preceding 7 days
  • •Presumptive diagnosis of HUS
  • (meeting all 3 HUS criteria - anemia, thrombocytopenia, and renal insufficiency) OR
  • Non-bloody or no diarrhea
  • Positive STEC culture for high-risk strain (i.e., O103, O104, O111, O113, O121, O145 or O157) OR
  • Positive antigen/polymerase chain reaction test Stx2 toxin/gene

Exclusion

  • All individuals meeting any of the exclusion criteria at baseline will be excluded from study participation.
  • Presence of Advanced HUS defined by:
  • Hematocrit \<30% AND
  • Platelet count \<150 x 103/mm3 AND
  • Creatinine \> 2.0 mg/dL (177 µmol/L)
  • The presence of only 1 or 2 of these criteria will not result in patient exclusion, regardless of how close the 3rd criterion is to meeting the exclusion criteria.
  • Prior episode of HUS or diagnosis of atypical HUS.
  • Chronic disease limiting fluid volumes administered (e.g. impaired renal, liver, or cardiac function, chronic lung disease).
  • Evidence of anuria (i.e., no urine output for \> 24 hours).
  • Hypoxemia requiring oxygen therapy
  • Hypertensive emergency
  • Greater than or equal to 10 days since onset of diarrhea or if no diarrhea then the onset of other symptoms.
  • Patients with known pregnancy
  • Patients or caregivers with language barriers impairing appropriate conduct of the study protocol.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 29 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

August 31 2027

Estimated Enrollment :

1040 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05219110

Start Date

September 29 2022

End Date

August 31 2027

Last Update

June 5 2025

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University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294

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Arkansas Children's Hospital

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, 72202

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University of California, San Diego

La Jolla, California, United States, 92093

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University of California, Davis

Sacramento, California, United States, 95817