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Optimizing PreTerm Infant Ampicillin Dosing (OPTI-Amp)

3 de agosto de 2026 actualizado por: Duke University

An Open-label, Pharmacokinetic and Safety Trial Optimizing PreTerm Infant Ampicillin Dosing

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if preterm infants who are prescribed antibiotics shortly after birth can safety receive a shorter course of antibiotics (24 to 36 hours instead of 48 hours). The main questions it aims to answer are:

  • Does short-course ampicillin provide high enough levels of ampicillin at 48 hours?
  • Is short-course ampicillin safe for preterm infants to receive?

Preterm infants who are being prescribed ampicillin by their doctor and enroll in the study will stop ampicillin after a shorter than typical course, and researchers will collect blood samples to measure their ampicillin levels and follow them clinically to see how they do after receiving short-course ampicillin.

Participants will:

  • stop ampicillin earlier than 48 hours (between 24 to 36 hours, depending on how premature they are and the dosing of ampicillin their doctor has prescribed)
  • have one or more blood samples collected, including one around 48 hours from when they started ampicillin
  • have their data collected until 30 days after they receive short-course ampicillin, or until hospital discharge, whichever is sooner

Descripción general del estudio

Descripción detallada

OPTI-Amp is a prospective, open-label, non-randomized pharmacokinetic and safety trial of short-course ampicillin administered to preterm neonates in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Duke.

The objectives of the study are to 1) evaluate whether short-course ampicillin provides therapeutic exposures for 48 hours from ampicillin initiation for preterm neonates undergoing evaluation of early onset sepsis (EOS) and 2) evaluate the safety of short-course ampicillin compared to standard empiric ampicillin. The prescribing of drugs to infants will not be part of this protocol.

Approximately 60 neonates ≤34 weeks gestational age and <7 days postnatal age at the time of screening, who are receiving empiric ampicillin prescribed per standard of care (SOC) by their treating provider will be enrolled in the study. Participants will be in the study up to 30 days or hospital discharge, whichever is sooner. Enrolled infants who receive short-course ampicillin will have a pharmacokinetic sample collected at 48 (+/-2) hours from the time that ampicillin was initiated. Additional opportunistic pharmacokinetic (PK) samples can be collected between enrollment and 72 hours from ampicillin initiation if the patient is receiving other SOC labs; however, these are not required. Demographic information, clinical data, and biospecimen information (including date and time of sample collection) will also be collected for enrolled participants.

All enrolled infants will be in the safety population. Those with at least one PK sample will be included in the PK population. In addition to the risks of blood drawing and loss of confidentiality, there may be a risk of under treatment of EOS if clinical cultures result positive after ampicillin discontinuation and therapeutic exposure is not maintained between 24 or 36 hours until 48 hours. Participants that fall under the latter situation will either not be enrolled in the study or will be withdrawn as determined by the study PI.

Tipo de estudio

Intervencionista

Inscripción (Estimado)

60

Fase

  • Fase 2
  • Fase 1

Contactos y Ubicaciones

Esta sección proporciona los datos de contacto de quienes realizan el estudio e información sobre dónde se lleva a cabo este estudio.

Estudio Contacto

Ubicaciones de estudio

    • North Carolina
      • Durham, North Carolina, Estados Unidos, 27705
        • Reclutamiento
        • Duke Health Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
        • Contacto:
        • Contacto:
        • Investigador principal:
          • Angelique E Boutzoukas, MD, MPH

Criterios de participación

Los investigadores buscan personas que se ajusten a una determinada descripción, denominada criterio de elegibilidad. Algunos ejemplos de estos criterios son el estado de salud general de una persona o tratamientos previos.

Criterio de elegibilidad

Edades elegibles para estudiar

  • Niño

Acepta Voluntarios Saludables

No

Descripción

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Documented informed consent from parent/guardian
  • Infants admitted to the Duke Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
  • less than or equal to 34 completed weeks gestational age (GA) at birth and < 7 days of life at time of screening
  • Prescribed ampicillin by provider per standard of care for evaluation of early onset sepsis

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Infant on extracorporeal support (e.g., ECMO)
  • Positive blood culture or other confirmed infection
  • At time of consent, infants with GA <28 completed weeks who have received more than 24 hours of empiric ampicillin OR infants with GA 28 to 34 completed weeks who have received > 32 to 36 hours of ampicillin, depending on dosing regimen
  • Has major congenital abnormalities where survival to 30 days of life is not expected
  • Receives a course of ampicillin that is longer (i.e., more doses) than the short-course defined regimen for their GA
  • Any condition which would make the participant, in the opinion of the investigator, unsuitable for the study

Plan de estudios

Esta sección proporciona detalles del plan de estudio, incluido cómo está diseñado el estudio y qué mide el estudio.

¿Cómo está diseñado el estudio?

Detalles de diseño

  • Propósito principal: Tratamiento
  • Asignación: N / A
  • Modelo Intervencionista: Asignación de un solo grupo
  • Enmascaramiento: Ninguno (etiqueta abierta)

Armas e Intervenciones

Grupo de participantes/brazo
Intervención / Tratamiento
Experimental: Short-course Ampicillin
Infants enrolled in the trial receive short-course empiric ampicillin (24 to 36 hours, depending on gestational age and prescribed dosing regimen), rather than a standard (48 hour) empiric ampicillin course
preterm infants receive less than 48 hours of prescribed ampicillin (i.e., a "short-course" ampicillin regimen) to provide the desired 48 hours of therapeutic exposures

¿Qué mide el estudio?

Medidas de resultado primarias

Medida de resultado
Medida Descripción
Periodo de tiempo
Total plasma ampicillin concentration
Periodo de tiempo: data will be collected up to 50 hours from the first dose of ampicillin
Total plasma ampicillin concentration at 48(+/-) 2 hours after ampicillin initiation, following a single gestational age defined short-course with no further ampicillin administration. Target attainment defined as total ampicillin concentration of ≥1 µg/mL. The short-course regimen is considered successful if target attainment is achieved in ≥90% of the overall study population.
data will be collected up to 50 hours from the first dose of ampicillin

Medidas de resultado secundarias

Medida de resultado
Periodo de tiempo
Serious, unexpected, suspected adverse reactions to ampicillin
Periodo de tiempo: Data will be collected until 30 days from short-course ampicillin, or until hospital discharge
Data will be collected until 30 days from short-course ampicillin, or until hospital discharge
Adverse events related to study procedures
Periodo de tiempo: Data will be collected until 30 days from short-course ampicillin, or until hospital discharge
Data will be collected until 30 days from short-course ampicillin, or until hospital discharge
All-cause mortality at 30 days
Periodo de tiempo: Data will be collected until 30 days from short-course ampicillin, or until hospital discharge
Data will be collected until 30 days from short-course ampicillin, or until hospital discharge
Antibiotic re-initiation within 7 days of short-course ampicillin
Periodo de tiempo: Data will be collected until 7 days from short-course ampicillin
Data will be collected until 7 days from short-course ampicillin
Culture-confirmed bacteremia within 7 days of short-course ampicillin
Periodo de tiempo: Data will be collected until 7 days from short-course ampicillin
Data will be collected until 7 days from short-course ampicillin
Necrotizing enterocolitis within 30 days of short-course ampicillin
Periodo de tiempo: Data will be collected until 30 days from short-course ampicillin, or until hospital discharge
Data will be collected until 30 days from short-course ampicillin, or until hospital discharge

Colaboradores e Investigadores

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Fechas de registro del estudio

Estas fechas rastrean el progreso del registro del estudio y los envíos de resultados resumidos a ClinicalTrials.gov. Los registros del estudio y los resultados informados son revisados ​​por la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina (NLM) para asegurarse de que cumplan con los estándares de control de calidad específicos antes de publicarlos en el sitio web público.

Fechas importantes del estudio

Inicio del estudio (Actual)

28 de julio de 2026

Finalización primaria (Estimado)

1 de julio de 2027

Finalización del estudio (Estimado)

31 de diciembre de 2027

Fechas de registro del estudio

Enviado por primera vez

21 de mayo de 2026

Primero enviado que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad

21 de mayo de 2026

Publicado por primera vez (Actual)

28 de mayo de 2026

Actualizaciones de registros de estudio

Última actualización publicada (Actual)

5 de agosto de 2026

Última actualización enviada que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad

3 de agosto de 2026

Última verificación

1 de agosto de 2026

Más información

Términos relacionados con este estudio

Otros números de identificación del estudio

  • Pro00119855
  • 1K23HD113839 (Subvención/contrato del NIH de EE. UU.)

Plan de datos de participantes individuales (IPD)

¿Planea compartir datos de participantes individuales (IPD)?

SÍ

Descripción del plan IPD

All IPD collected for study purposes will be shared to the NICHD DASH data repository.

Marco de tiempo para compartir IPD

The IPD and supporting information will be available once data analysis is complete and will be available per NICHD DASH repository timelines.

Criterios de acceso compartido de IPD

Qualified researchers and scientists from academic, non-profit, and for-profit institutions can access data sent to NICHD DASH repository for secondary analysis. Access is controlled, requiring approval from the DASH Data Access Committee (DAC) after the investigator submits a research proposal, a data use agreement (DUA), and a study-specific Data Management and Sharing Plan.

Tipo de información de apoyo para compartir IPD

  • PROTOCOLO DE ESTUDIO
  • CIF

Información sobre medicamentos y dispositivos, documentos del estudio

Estudia un producto farmacéutico regulado por la FDA de EE. UU.

Sí

Estudia un producto de dispositivo regulado por la FDA de EE. UU.

No

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