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NCT02417168

Procalcitonin Levels as a Predictor of Bacteremia in Febrile Pediatric Oncology Patients-Pilot Study

Terminated Last updated 4 March 2020
What this trial tests

trial in Cancer in 1 participant. Terminated before completion.

Timeline
1 July 2015
Primary endpoint
1 March 2016
1 March 2016

Quick facts

Lead sponsorCAMC Health System
StatusTerminated
Study typeOBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment1
Start date1 July 2015
Primary completion1 March 2016
Estimated completion1 March 2016
Sites1 location across United States

Conditions studied

Sponsor

CAMC Health System — full company profile →

Who can join

Under 17, any sex, with Cancer or Bacteremia. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Fevers raise the concern for serious bacterial infections in pediatric oncology patients receiving chemotherapy. The gold standard for diagnosing bacteremia (bacterial infection of the blood) is a blood culture. However, bacterial growth may not occur for 48 hours or there can be a false negative result. Thus, the biomarker, procalcitonin, has been investigated for its predictive ability to identify bacteremia earlier than blood culture. We believe that procalcitonin can assist in differentiating bacteremia from non-bacteremia infections in febrile pediatric oncology patients. A reliable predictor of bacteremia infections in pediatric oncology patients should decrease hospitalizations for fever and unnecessary antibiotic treatment. In our study we will measure procalcitonin levels in pediatric oncology patients presenting with fever. We will measure procalcitonin at the time of admission which is part of our standard of care for febrile pediatric oncology admissions. For the purpose of our study, we will additionally measure procalcitonin levels at 12 hours and at 24 hours post admission. We will examine procalcitonin levels at these three timepoints to determine if elevated procalcitonin levels predict bacteremia in pediatric oncology patients with and without neutropenia.

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