Status:

RECRUITING

Evaluating Simplified Layered Consent for Clinical Trials

Lead Sponsor:

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Collaborating Sponsors:

McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

Conditions:

Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteremia

Eligibility:

All Genders

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial (the SIMPLY-SNAP trial) is to compare a simplified layered consent form to a full-length consent form for use during the informed consent process for a larger clinical ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • All inclusion criteria from the larger SNAP trial:
  • S. aureus complex grown from ≥1 blood culture
  • Admitted to a participating hospital at the time of eligibility assessment
  • Specific additional inclusion criteria for SIMPLY-SNAP:
  • Admitted to participating hospital of SIMPLY-SNAP
  • Self-reported proficiency in English or French adequate to be able to participate in consent process carried out solely in English or French (as the supplementary consent materials required in the simplified consent process are currently only available in these two languages)

Exclusion

  • All exclusion criteria from larger SNAP trial:
  • Time of anticipated platform entry is greater than 72 hours post collection of the index blood culture
  • Polymicrobial bacteremia, defined as more than one organism in the index blood cultures, excluding those organisms judged to be contaminants by either the microbiology laboratory or treating clinician
  • Patient currently being treated with a systemic antibacterial agent that cannot be ceased
  • Known previous participation in SNAP
  • Known positive blood culture for S. aureus between 72 hours and 180 days prior to the time of eligibility assessment
  • Treating team deems enrolment in the study is not in the best interest of the patient
  • Treating team believes that death is imminent and inevitable
  • Patient is for end-of-life care and antibiotic treatment is considered inappropriate
  • Patient \<18 years of age and paediatric recruitment not approved at recruiting site
  • Specific additional exclusion criteria for SIMPLY-SNAP: None

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 28 2023

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

June 1 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

346 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06168474

Start Date

November 28 2023

End Date

June 1 2026

Last Update

May 15 2025

Active Locations (6)

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University of Calgary, Foothills Medical Centre, Peter Lougheed Centre, Rockyview Hospital, South Health Campus

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

2

Hamilton General Hospital

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

3

The Ottawa Hospital

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

4

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4N3M5