Status:

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

PCT Guided Antibiotics Use in Critically Ill Adult Patients in China

Lead Sponsor:

China-Japan Friendship Hospital

Conditions:

Sepsis

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Procalcitonin (PCT) has been widely used in the diagnosis and treatment of bacterial infectious diseases in China. The investigators aim to establish an algorithm based on BRAHMS PCT (VIDAS PCT) for p...

Detailed Description

This is a multi-center prospective study that will establish 9 centers. Based on preliminary on-site assessments, the centers will be grouped into two arms (SOC group and PCT group) according to their...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age≥18
  • Suspected or confirmed bacterial patients
  • Stay EICU more than 3 days

Exclusion

  • age under 18 years;
  • PCT concentration throughout the entire hospitalization less than 0.5 ng/ml ;
  • known pregnancy; expected stay in the EICU less than 3 days;
  • bone-marrow transplant or chemotherapy-induced neutropenia (\<500 neutrophils per mL);
  • infections for which long-term antibiotic treatment is strongly recommended (ie, infective endocarditis, osteoarticular infections, anterior mediastinitis after cardiac surgery, hepatic or cerebral abscesses, chronic prostatitis, or infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Pneumocystis jirovecii, or Toxoplasma gondii);
  • poor chance of survival, defined as a simplified acute physiology score (SAPS II) of more than 65 points at screening; and do-not-resuscitate orders

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 30 2025

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 31 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

800 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06945510

Start Date

June 30 2025

End Date

December 31 2026

Last Update

April 25 2025

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China-Japan Friendship Hospital

Beijing, China, 100029