Status:

RECRUITING

Gram-Negative Bloodstream Infection Oral Antibiotic Therapy Trial

Lead Sponsor:

Johns Hopkins University

Collaborating Sponsors:

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

Conditions:

Gram-negative Bacteremia

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The Gram-negative bloodstream infection Oral Antibiotic Therapy trial (The GOAT Trial) is a multi-center, randomized clinical trial that hypothesizes that early transition to oral antibiotic therapy f...

Detailed Description

This is an open-label, pragmatic, randomized trial of approximately 1,204 adult patients hospitalized across 9 United States hospitals with the overarching goal of determining whether the optimal appr...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Adult (≥ 18 years) at the time of screening
  • Hospitalized
  • Identification of at least one Gram-negative organism in a blood culture
  • Capable of providing written informed consent (includes through a legally authorized representative)
  • Willingness to adhere to assigned study arm
  • Capable and willing to complete a follow-up QoL interview (including through a legally authorized representative)

Exclusion

  • Unable to tolerate or absorb a course of oral antibiotics
  • Actively receiving vasopressors
  • Gram-negative organism not susceptible to any oral antibiotics
  • Gram-negative organism not susceptible to any IV antibiotics
  • Polymicrobial bloodstream infection
  • The following patients with polymicrobial infections remain eligible for enrollment: (1) more than one morphology or species of a gram-negative organism (except for Acinetobacter baumannii or Stenotrophomonas maltophilia), (2) a single positive blood culture with a common commensal organism (grown in addition to an Enterobacterales species or Pseudomonas aeruginosa
  • Allergy or contraindication rendering no oral option or no IV option for therapy with the listed antibiotic agents.
  • Anticipated duration of therapy greater than 14 days
  • Central nervous system infection
  • Absolute neutrophil count of \<500 cells/mL or anticipated to reduce to \<500 cells/mL during the antibiotic treatment course.
  • Receiving hospice care

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 22 2024

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

June 30 2027

Estimated Enrollment :

1204 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06080698

Start Date

February 22 2024

End Date

June 30 2027

Last Update

March 24 2025

Active Locations (11)

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1

University of California, San Francisco

San Francisco, California, United States, 94143

2

Denver Health Hospital Authority

Denver, Colorado, United States, 80204

3

University of Maryland Medical Center

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21202

4

Johns Hopkins University Hospital Systems

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287