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Efficacy and Safety of Continuous Infusion of Vancomycin in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (OITS) of Cologne Merheim Medical Centre - A Retrospective Subgroup Analysis

Efficacy and Safety of Continuous Infusion of Vancomycin in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (OITS) of Cologne Merheim Medical Centre - A Retrospective Subgroup Analysis

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00035702
Enrollment
300
Registered
2024-12-16
Start date
2022-03-23
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

B95

Interventions

Group 1: Subgroup A: - Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) 36 Group 2: Subgroup B: - estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) >=90 mL/min/1.73 m² - Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS)

Sponsors

Lehrstuhl für Hygiene und Umweltmedizin, Department für Humanmedizin, Fakultät für Gesundheit
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All patients >/= 18 years of age admitted to the surgical intensive care unit (OITS) of the hospitals of the city of Cologne, who received vancomycin as continuous infusion and for whom at least one vancomycin serum level was available

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients < 18 years; internal medicine patients; intermittent vancomycin therapy; change of vancomycin infusion modality (intermittent/continuous); therapy duration < 2 days

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Failure: all cause mortality in the ICU, all cause in-hospital mortality, in-hospital mortality at day 30 after initiation of continuous infusion of vancomycin Toxicity: nephrotoxicity, defined as new onset of acute kidney injury (AKI) according to Acute Kidney Injury Network (AKIN) or KDIGO, between the start of treatment until three days after the end of continuous infusion of vancomycin

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Failure: clinical and microbiological treatment failure Toxicity: time to onset of AKI, frequency of different AKI stages, reversibility of AKI at hospital discharge, change in renal function between the start of continuous infusion of vancomycin and day 28.

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactFrauke Mattner

Lehrstuhl für Hygiene und Umweltmedizin, Department für Humanmedizin, Fakultät

MattnerF@kliniken-koeln.de+49 221 8907 8677

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026