Status:

TERMINATED

Ceftazidime-Avibactam Use in Critically Ill Patients With Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Infections

Lead Sponsor:

King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center

Conditions:

Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Infection

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-85 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) infections are a growing national and international challenge in healthcare settings. This is not only due to the rapid spread of resistance and paucity o...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients aged ≥ 18 years.
  • Admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU).
  • Patients with hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) or ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), complicated urinary tract infection (cUTI), bacteremia, complicated intraabdominal infection (cIAI), and complicated skin and soft tissue infection (cSSTI).
  • Confirmed infection with CRE, based on a culture and sensitivity obtained within the past 72 hours of study enrollment.
  • Suspected CRE infection according to one of the following: (1) positive Xpert Carba-R test screening for blaKPC or blaOXA-48 or blaNDM or blaVIM or blaIMI assessed on the admission to the ICU, (2) positive culture for CRE obtained within 3 months from time of enrollment.

Exclusion

  • Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) score more than 30
  • known significant hypersensitivity reaction to beta-lactam antibiotics or colistin
  • Positive culture for Stenotrophomonas maltophilia or Acinetobacter baumannii within the current hospitalization.
  • Patients received the study intervention or control for more than 24 hours before the intended randomization.
  • Patient/substitute decision-maker or caring physician's refusal to enroll in the study.
  • Patient with concomitant suspected or confirmed meningitis.
  • Pregnancy.
  • Cystic fibrosis.
  • Patients with Do Not Attempt to Resuscitate (DNAR) code status.
  • Prior knowledge that the index CRE pathogen was resistant to colistin (MIC \>2 μg/ml) or ceftazidime-avibactam (MIC \> 8 μg/ml) before randomization.
  • Objective clinical evidence for any of the following infections that necessitate study therapy for \>14 days: endovascular infection, including endocarditis, osteomyelitis, prosthetic joint infection, meningitis, and/or other central nervous system infections

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 28 2024

Estimated Enrollment :

29 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05258851

Start Date

June 1 2022

End Date

January 28 2024

Last Update

June 14 2024

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King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia