Prophylactic Antibiotic Treatment in Hemodialysis

Official title

Prophylactic Antibiotic Treatment in End Stage Kidney Disease and Central Venous Catheter as Hemodialysis Vascular Access

Overview

The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy of prophylactic antibiotic treatment on blood stream infections and severe culture negative infections, in patients on newly started hemodialysis(HD), with a central venous catheter as vascular access.

Detailed description

After being informed about the study and potential risks all eligible patients, giving written informed consent will be included in the study. At week 0 patients will be randomized in a single blinded manner (participants and care providers) in a 1:1 manner to receive 500/125mg amoxicillin/clavulanic acid 30-120 minutes before each hemodialysis with a central venous catheter (CVC) as vascular access, or corresponding placebo. The timing of antibiotic administration has been established in a pilot-study in order to secure a sufficient concentration of antibiotics during the dialysis session. In case of side effects to amoxicillin/clavulanic acid, the prophylactic antibiotic will be shifted to 600mg clindamycin. Total treatment period with prophylactic antibiotics is 6 months, with a 1 year follow-up.

Interventions

• Drug Amoxicillin Clavulanic 500/125mg or placebo
  Prophylactic antibiotic treatment

Primary outcome measures

• Number of patients with Blood stream infection (BSI) [Time frame: ≤ 6 months after randomization]
• Number of patients with Severe blood culture negative infection [Time frame: ≤ 6 months after randomization]

Secondary outcome measures (2)

• Number of patients with BSI or severe blood culture negative infection [Time frame: ≤ 6 months after randomization]
• Mortality [Time frame: ≤ 6 months after randomization]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

• End Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) patients who receive an uncuffed or cuffed CVC for expected chronic HD, regardless of previous ESKD treatment modality (PD or KTX) and hemodialysis access (AV-fistula or AV-graft))
• ≥18 years
• Ability to understand the study background, risk and benefit of treatment and to give written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Unable to give informed consent
• Known intolerance to beta-lactam antibiotics and clindamycin
• Active infection treated with antibiotics
• Breastfeeding
• Pregnancy. In women of childbearing age, an approved birth control must be ensured at least 1 month before and during all the 6 months of antibiotic/placebo treatment.

Patients may be rescreened later i.e. within a time period of one month from start of HD, if exclusion criteria are reversible.

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: No

Study design

Allocation

Randomized

Model

Parallel assignment

Masking

Triple blind

Primary purpose

Prevention

Study locations

Denmark · 7 centers

• Rigshospitalet — Copenhagen
• Herlev-Gentofte Hospital — Copenhagen
• North Zealand Hospital Hillerød — Hillerød
• Aarhus University Hospital — Aarhus
• Aalborg University Hospital — Aalborg
• ZUH Roskilde — Roskilde
• Odense University Hospital — Odense

Publications

• Gupta V, Yassin MH. Infection and hemodialysis access: an updated review. Infect Disord Drug Targets. 2013 Jun;13(3):196-205. doi: 10.2174/1871526511313030008. PMID 24001331
• Vogelzang JL, van Stralen KJ, Noordzij M, Diez JA, Carrero JJ, Couchoud C, Dekker FW, Finne P, Fouque D, Heaf JG, Hoitsma A, Leivestad T, de Meester J, Metcalfe W, Palsson R, Postorino M, Ravani P, Vanholder R, Wallner M, Wanner C, Groothoff JW, Jager KJ. Mortality from infections and malignancies in patients treated with renal replacement therapy: data from the ERA-EDTA registry. Nephrol Dial Tra PMID 25637641
• Aslam S, Vaida F, Ritter M, Mehta RL. Systematic review and meta-analysis on management of hemodialysis catheter-related bacteremia. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2014 Dec;25(12):2927-41. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2013091009. Epub 2014 May 22. PMID 24854263
• Sarnak MJ, Jaber BL. Mortality caused by sepsis in patients with end-stage renal disease compared with the general population. Kidney Int. 2000 Oct;58(4):1758-64. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1755.2000.00337.x. PMID 11012910
• Jaber BL. Bacterial infections in hemodialysis patients: pathogenesis and prevention. Kidney Int. 2005 Jun;67(6):2508-19. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00364.x. No abstract available. PMID 15882306
• de Jager DJ, Grootendorst DC, Jager KJ, van Dijk PC, Tomas LM, Ansell D, Collart F, Finne P, Heaf JG, De Meester J, Wetzels JF, Rosendaal FR, Dekker FW. Cardiovascular and noncardiovascular mortality among patients starting dialysis. JAMA. 2009 Oct 28;302(16):1782-9. doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1488. PMID 19861670
• Chaudry MS, Gislason GH, Kamper AL, Rix M, Dahl A, Ostergaard L, Fosbol EL, Lauridsen TK, Oestergaard LB, Hassager C, Torp-Pedersen C, Bruun NE. The impact of hemodialysis on mortality risk and cause of death in Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis. BMC Nephrol. 2018 Sep 3;19(1):216. doi: 10.1186/s12882-018-1016-0. PMID 30176809
• Chaudry MS, Carlson N, Gislason GH, Kamper AL, Rix M, Fowler VG Jr, Torp-Pedersen C, Bruun NE. Risk of Infective Endocarditis in Patients with End Stage Renal Disease. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2017 Nov 7;12(11):1814-1822. doi: 10.2215/CJN.02320317. Epub 2017 Oct 3. PMID 28974524

Identifiers

NCT: NCT05248620 · H-20026735

Primary sources (government registries)

• ClinicalTrials.gov (US NIH)

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