Prevention of Nosocomial Infections (CleanKids) (CleanKids)

August 13, 2019 updated by: Epicentre

Assessing the Risk of Hospital-acquired Infection and Multi-drug Resistance Among Hospitalized Severe Acutely Malnourished Children

While the standardization of treatment protocols for Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) has helped to reduce historically high mortality, mortality in inpatient settings remains substantial, likely due to the severity of complications associated with late presentation and health-care associated infection (HCAI).

The purpose of this study is to serve as an important stand-alone description to inform the understanding of the magnitude of the problem and help guide implementation of measures to reduce the risk of nosocomial infection and multi-drug resistance.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

This study is designed as a cross-sectional, non-randomized, two-site, four-phase study: an initial baseline period, two intervention periods, and a final interruption period.

This is a descriptive study to collect information on the risk of HCAIs in the MSF-supported inpatient nutritional treatment centers. Information on key clinical indicators will be collected regularly according to the routine program procedures from the time of admission to discharge. All children will undergo a blood draw for culture at time of admission and at the time of any suspected hospital-acquired bloodstream infection. As part of active surveillance for bacterial colonization, including multi-drug resistant organisms, all children will undergo nasal and rectal swabs at the time of admission, suspected infection, and discharge. Data will provide an estimate of nosocomial infection incidence under routine circumstances and inform sample size calculations if further study is warranted.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

4944

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

2 years to 1 year (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. 6 to 59 months old
  2. severe acute malnutrition with medical complications
  3. parent / caregiver signing written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. health condition that does not allow blood draw
  2. contraindication to the use of soap or Chlorhexidine gluconate, as recommended by the product
  3. refusal to discontinue the use of skin care products that are incompatible with Chlorhexidine gluconate according to the product's directions for use

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Other: Health-care associated infection
Cleaning of the child with soap and water administered by the child's accompanying person in a structure or - a cleaning of the child with chlorhexidine gluconate administered by the child's accompanying person in the other structure

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Evaluation of the reduction of the incidence of nosocomial bacteremia
Time Frame: Between 48 hours after hospitalization and less than 28 days after hospital release
To determine whether, when accompanied by the caregiver, children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM), daily cleaning with wipes containing 2% chlorhexidine gluconate (HCG) reduces the incidence of nosocomial bacteremia suspected and / or confirmed by the laboratory compared to baseline data and compared to daily soap and water cleanup administered by the caregiver.
Between 48 hours after hospitalization and less than 28 days after hospital release

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Collaborators

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

September 5, 2016

Primary Completion (Actual)

November 30, 2017

Study Completion (Actual)

June 30, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 28, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 1, 2017

First Posted (Actual)

December 4, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

August 14, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 13, 2019

Last Verified

August 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • NE-949

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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