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Short vs Long of Usual Treatment for Non Complicated Enterococcal Bacteremia

Randomized Non-inferiority Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Effectiveness and Security of Therapy for Non Complicated Enterococcal Bacteremia.

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05394298
Acronym
INTENSE
Enrollment
284
Registered
2022-05-27
Start date
2022-07-11
Completion date
2024-12-15
Last updated
2023-05-03

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Conditions

Enterococcal Bacteremia

Keywords

Enterococcus, Bacteremia

Brief summary

Randomized clinical trial to determine the optimal duration of antibiotic treatment for E. Faecalis or E. faecium bacteraemia, following an innovative DOOR / RADAR (Desirability of Outcome Ranking (DOOR) and Response Adjusted for Duration of Antibiotic Risk (RADAR)) analysis methodology. Phase IV clinical trial, open-labelled, randomized, pragmatic, multicenter study to demonstrate non-inferiority of a 7-day antibiotic regimen vs. 14 days in the treatment of bacteremia due to E. faecalis or E. faecium.

Detailed description

Phase IV clinical trial, open-labelled, randomized, pragmatic, multicenter study to demonstrate non-inferiority of a 7-day antibiotic regimen vs. 14 days in the treatment of bacteremia due to E. faecalis or E. faecium. Adequate antibiotic regimen is included in the protocol; initially this regimen included ciprofloxacine but this has been modified si that in the last version 3 dated feb 6th ciprofloxacine is not allowed as a possible treatment for these patients. Antibiotic regimen included as possible treatments in the study are the follows: * Isolated strains sensitive to ampicillin: ampicillin 2g/6 or 8h (i.v) * Strains resistant to ampicillin and/or patients with allergy to beta-lactam drugs: * Vancomycin: 15 mg/kg/12h i.v (with determination of trough plasma levels on day 2-3 of treatment if available). * Linezolid: 600 mg/12 hours (i.v) * Daptomycin: 8-10 mg/kg/day (i.v). Intra-abdominal or soft tissue infections meeting study criteria, for which a polymicrobial infection is suspected: Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid (isolates sensitive to ampicillin) 1 g/8h iv - Piperacillin/tazobactam (isolates sensitive to ampicillin) 4 g/8h (i.v.) - Combination of vancomycin, linezolid or daptomycin with a drug active against Gram-negative and anaerobic bacteria to ensure complete coverage in the case of bacteremia with a presumably polymicrobial focus. Oral Treatment: In order to facilitate discharge of patients in both arms and reduce the risk of complications, as well as in keeping with the increasing use of this practice, the option to switch to oral therapy is allowed at the discretion of the responsible clinician, in both arms in patients with hemodynamic stability who tolerate oral treatment, at the discretion of the physician. responsable. \- Amoxicillin 1g/8h or amoxicillin/clavulanic acid 875/125mg/8h if polymicrobial infection is suspected Linezolid 600mg/12h The choice will be in this order, according to the sensitivity of the isolate and allergies or other common circumstances for the use of these drugs. The previous version allowed the use of cipro at the discretion of the clinicians as a sequential treatment option based on the fact that it is a clinical trial for low-risk bacteraemias in order to facilitate early sequential treatment (and thus avoid unnecessarily prolonging the hospital admissions.We decided to withdraw it on the basis that currently the EUCAST breakpoints only apply to urinary tract infections.The direct consequence is that the number of sequential treatment options is reduced.

Interventions

DRUGShort-treatment of any active antibiotic regimen 7 days of any active antibiotic treatment for uncomplicated enterococcal bacteremia.

Any active antibiotic with treatment with proven in vitro activity from a pre-stablished list of antibiotics included

DRUGLong-treatment of any active antibiotic regimen 14 days of any active antibiotic treatment for uncomplicated enterococcal bacteremia.

Any active antibiotic with treatment with proven in vitro activity a pre-stablished list of antibiotics included

Sponsors

Spanish Network for Research in Infectious Diseases
CollaboratorOTHER
Spanish Clinical Research Network - SCReN
CollaboratorNETWORK
Fundación Pública Andaluza para la gestión de la Investigación en Sevilla
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

Randomised, multicentre, phase IV open trial of real clinical practice

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Adult patients (18 years of age or older) hospitalised with monomicrobial E. faecalis or E. faecium bacteremia. * Negative follow-up blood cultures performed between days 2 and 3 of active treatment. * Disappearance of fever (\>37.8ºC) within the first 72 hours. * Signed informed consent. The previous version allowed this inclusion criterion Early adequate control of the source of bacteremia within 72 hours in the cases in which it is feasible and necessary (urinary or biliary tract release; abscess drainage; catheter-removal, etc), which is now removed because it is already an exclusion criterion.

Exclusion criteria

* patients with polymicrobial bacteremia * Patients with limited life expectancy in whom only conservative clinical management had been decided. * Hemodynamic instability on day 5-6 after the start of active treatment. * Patients wearing endovascular devices or prosthetic heart valves. * Source of uncontrolled bacteremia adequately defined as undrained abscess, bile duct infection associated with plastic prostheses not removed or not replaced within the first 72 hours of bacteraemia, other infections related to non-removed prostheses, prostatitis, and infective endocarditis, as well as infections that require prolonged treatment, such as joint and bone infections. * Existence of a secondary focus, different from the initial one, or presence of metastatic focus of infection. * Severe neutropenia (\<500 cells / mm3) at the time of bacteremia diagnosis. * Pregnancy and lactation.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Clinical successTOC (Test of cure) visit (performed at day 28-32 after the end of suitable antibiotic treatment) or if drainage occurs after day 7 of treatment, TOC is to be done 7 days after that day.Clinical success , composite endpoint defined as all the following: (a) survival at TOC; (b) absence of enterococcal bacteremia relapse or infective endocarditis diagnosis at TOC; (c) no need to prolong therapy beyond the pre-established duration, or restart drugs against enterococci for any reason within 30 days.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
SurvivalTOC visit (day 28-32) and follow-up visit at day 90Number of live patients
Length of hospital stayFrom patient first day inhospital (day of admission) until patient hospital discharge due to cure or home follow up assessed up to 30 days of the initiation of antibiotic administrationNumber of days patient is in-hospital
Duration of intravenous and total therapyFrom date of randomization until the last follow up visit planned 30 days of the initiation of antibiotic administrationNumber of days of intravenous and total therapy in the CEP (Clinically Evaluable Population)
Rates of relapse or infective endocarditis diagnosisTOC visit (day 28-32 ) and follow-up visit at day 90Rates of relapse or infective endocarditis diagnosis in the CEP (Clinically Evaluable Population)
Number of participants with Adverse Events due to antibiotic treatmentFrom date of randomization until the last follow up visit planned 90 days of the initiation of antibiotic administrationRegistration of all adverse events happening form the signature on informed consent form to 30 days after the study drugs administration.
Incidence of secondary infectionsTOC visit (on day 28-32) and follow-up visit at day 90Number of patients with recurrent bacteremia
Change in SOFA score (Sepsis related Organ Failure Assessment)Visit 0 (baseline) and TOC visit (on day 28-32) and follow-up visit at day 90Calculation of the SOFA score valued from 0 to 4 (0 best to 4 worst punctuation)
Incidence of diarrhoea by C. difficileFrom date of randomization until the last follow up visit planned 30 days of the initiation of antibiotic administrationTo evaluate the frequency of diarrhea by C. difficile

Countries

Spain

Contacts

Primary ContactClara María Rosso Fernández
claram.rosso.sspa@juntadeandalucia.es0034 955 013414
Backup ContactIrene Borreguero Borreguero
irene.borreguero@juntadeandalucia.es+34955007609

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 8, 2026