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NCT01581047: AMOCEF

Pharmacokinetics of Small Spectrum Beta-lactam Antibiotics (Amoxicillin/Clavulanic Acid and Cefuroxime) in Patients on Intensive Care Units

Completed Last updated 5 September 2023
What this trial tests

trial in Infection in 37 participants. Completed in 7 May 2014.

Timeline
15 March 2012
Primary endpoint
21 January 2014
7 May 2014

Quick facts

Lead sponsorUniversity Hospital, Ghent
StatusCompleted
Study typeOBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment37
Start date15 March 2012
Primary completion21 January 2014
Estimated completion7 May 2014
Sites1 location across Belgium

Conditions studied

Sponsor

University Hospital, Ghent

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Infection. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Adequate antibiotic therapy is very important in the treatment of infections. Spectrum and dosing of the antibiotics are two factors of the therapy: the spectrum of an antibiotic can't be changed, but the dosing scheme can be optimized. Recent studies proved that an optimized dosing scheme can improve the efficacy of the treatment. Broad-spectrum antibiotics have unpredictable pharmacokinetics in patients on intensive care units. This is due to the pathophysiologic processes in the patients on intensive care units: increased distribution volume, hypoproteinemia, organ failure… The investigators guess that similar processes influence the pharmacokinetics of small spectrum antibiotics (like amoxicillin and cefuroxime), but data lacks. Because the pharmacokinetics of broad spectrum antibiotics in seriously ill patients are better known, physicians are more confident prescribing these drugs. Studying the pharmacokinetic interactions of small spectrum antibiotics in seriously ill patients, can help to give the physician the confidence to prescribe these small-spectrum antibiotics. In this study, the investigators will study the pharmacokinetics of amoxicillin/clavulanic acid and cefuroxime, in 60 patients on intensive care. 8 blood samples will be drawn via a central catheter on different moments after one administration of the antibiotic in the steady state phase. All the patients are prescribed the antibiotics for the treatment of their infections: they get the antibiotic therapy anyway. By measuring the concentrations on different moments after one administration, the investigators can reconstruct the pharmacokinetic function.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.

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