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Procalcitonin Monitoring May Decrease Antibiotic Use in the Intensive Care Unit

6. oktober 2010 opdateret af: University of Athens

Procalcitonin-guided Algorithms of Antibiotic Stewardship in the Intensive Care Unit: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Sepsis is common and is associated with significant mortality, morbidity and health-care costs. Unfortunately, its diagnosis is not straightforward because its signs and symptoms are neither specific nor sensitive; in addition, microbiological cultures lack specificity, sensitivity and are plagued by high turn-around times. Because the delay in the institution of antimicrobial therapy may be deleterious, broad-spectrum antibiotics are widely used in ICU-patients, even when they are not needed. Procalcitonin may not be the long sought for bio-marker to establish the diagnosis of sepsis but may help decrease the duration of the administered antibiotic courses once they are started.

Studieoversigt

Status

Ukendt

Betingelser

Intervention / Behandling

Detaljeret beskrivelse

Recently, a number of studies have shown the utility of procalcitonin (PCT) measurements in reducing the duration of antibiotic treatment in patients with respiratory tract infections presenting to the primary care setting or the emergency department. However, it remains unclear if a similar strategy can be effectively and safely implemented in the critical care setting. We attempt to address the controversy on this issue, by collecting, analyzing and interpreting the currently available relevant evidence. To this end, a systematic review and meta-analysis of the randomized controlled trials reporting on the outcomes of critically ill septic patients managed with or without a procalcitonin-based algorithm will be performed.

Undersøgelsestype

Observationel

Kontakter og lokationer

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Studiesteder

  • Grækenland
      • Athens, Grækenland
        • University of Athens - Medical School

Deltagelseskriterier

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Berettigelseskriterier

Aldre berettiget til at studere

  • Barn
  • Voksen
  • Ældre voksen

Tager imod sunde frivillige

Ingen

Køn, der er berettiget til at studere

Alle

Prøveudtagningsmetode

Sandsynlighedsprøve

Studiebefolkning

We will systematically search PubMed, Scopus and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials to identify relevant randomized controlled trials by using the following search terms: procalcitonin AND ("critically ill" OR "intensive care" OR "critical care"). The reference lists of the initially retrieved articles will also be reviewed. Abstracts of conference proceedings will not be sought because they commonly present data that differ from the full publications. Finally, the corresponding authors of each one of the included studies will be contacted by e-mail for additional information and clarifications if needed.

Beskrivelse

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that report on the outcomes of critically ill patients managed with a procalcitonin-guided algorithm versus routine practice.
  • Participants of any age with proven or suspected sepsis will be considered. - As routine practice, the investigators will consider the institution and discontinuation of antibiotics by the attending physicians with the aid of clinical signs, symptoms, microbiological data, well established laboratory parameters (i.e., white blood cell count) and widely accepted guidelines but without the knowledge of PCT values. The investigators will set no limitations regarding the time, country or language of publications. The investigators will search for trials conducted in critically ill neonates and children.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • The investigators will exclude studies that are not RCTs and studies performed outside the ICU, namely in the primary care setting, the emergency department or the clinic.

Studieplan

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Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?

Kohorter og interventioner

Gruppe / kohorte
Intervention / Behandling
Procalcitonin-guided group
Andet: Literature search
Literature search followed by systematic review and meta-analysis
Routine practice group
Andet: Literature search
Literature search followed by systematic review and meta-analysis

Hvad måler undersøgelsen?

Primære resultatmål

Resultatmål
Duration of antibiotic treatment for the first episode of infection
Total duration of antibiotic therapy
Antibiotic-free days at 28 days after study enrollment

Sekundære resultatmål

Resultatmål
Længde af hospitalsophold
Dødelighed på hospitalet
Længden af ​​intensivophold
28 dages dødelighed
Days free of mechanical ventilation at 28 days after study enrollment
Rates of relapsed/persistent infection
Rate of superinfection
Financial cost of implementing a procalcitonin-based algorithm: purchase of the laboratory equipment/reagents, cost of the administered antibiotics, charges for hospital stay etc

Samarbejdspartnere og efterforskere

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Sponsor

University of Athens

Efterforskere

  • Ledende efterforsker: Petros Kopterides, MD, University of Athens Medical School

Publikationer og nyttige links

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Generelle publikationer

Datoer for undersøgelser

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Studer store datoer

Studiestart

1. januar 2010

Primær færdiggørelse (Forventet)

1. februar 2010

Studieafslutning (Forventet)

1. marts 2010

Datoer for studieregistrering

Først indsendt

11. marts 2010

Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier

11. marts 2010

Først opslået (Skøn)

12. marts 2010

Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler

Sidste opdatering sendt (Skøn)

7. oktober 2010

Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier

6. oktober 2010

Sidst verificeret

1. januar 2010

Mere information

Begreber relateret til denne undersøgelse

Nøgleord

Andre undersøgelses-id-numre

  • PCT-2010

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Kliniske forsøg med Sepsis

Kliniske forsøg med Literature search

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Sponsorer og samarbejdspartnere

Medicinske tilstande

Narkotikainterventioner

CROs by country

CROs in Malaysia

Betingelser

Sjældne sygdomme

Narkotikainterventioner

Kosttilskud

Sponsor / samarbejdspartnere

Placeringer

Abonner