Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Beta-lactams and Renal Hyperclearance in Patients Admitted to Intensive Care for Acute Brain Injury
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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- This is an observational study: the protocol does not assign a study treatment.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Critical Illness, Brain Injuries. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- France
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
Augmented Renal Clearance (ARC), defined as a supraphysiological increase in renal function, is frequently observed in critically ill patients, particularly those with acute brain injury. ARC complicates the management of renally eliminated drugs, specifically beta-lactam antibiotics, by enhancing drug clearance and thereby increasing the risk of underdosing and therapeutic failure. Although pharmacological therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is recommended to optimize dosing, it remains limited by issues of accessibility, highlighting the need for alternative approaches to identify at-risk patients and adjust dosing based on renal function. Early identification of patients at risk for subtherapeutic beta-lactam plasma concentrations could enable timely dose adjustments. A combined assessment of renal function and beta-lactam TDM could enhance our understanding of the kinetics of both parameters. These data may support the development of predictive models capable of proposing individualized dosing regimens based on renal function. Optimizing beta-lactam plasma concentrations in this patient population could improve infection management and potentially enhance clinical outcomes.
Primary outcome measures
- Plasma betalactam underdosing [Time frame: 24 hours after the start of antibiotic therapy, and repeated every 48 hours or in the event of underdosing, overdosing, change of molecule or significant variation in renal function, assessed until the antibiotic therapy is stopped, for up to 14 days]
Secondary outcome measures (5)
- Evolution of Augmented Renal Clearance [Time frame: From date of inclusion until the date of discharge from intensive care, assessed up to 28 days]
- Evolution of plasma Beta-lactam Concentration [Time frame: From date of inclusion until the date of discharge from intensive care, assessed up to 28 days]
- Relationship Between Plasma Underdosing Intensity and Level of Augmented Renal Clearance (ARC) [Time frame: From date of inclusion until the date of discharge from intensive care, assessed up to 28 days]
- Beta-lactam Dosing According to Augmented Renal Clearance Level. [Time frame: From date of inclusion until the date of discharge from intensive care, assessed up to 28 days]
- Clinical outcome [Time frame: From date of inclusion until the date of discharge from intensive care, assessed up to 28 days]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Adult patients (≥18 years old)
- Admitted to the intensive care unit for acute brain injury
- Exhibiting Augmented Renal Clearance (ARC), defined by a urinary creatinine clearance (ClCrU) greater than 130 mL/min/1.73 m² on at least one measurement
- Receiving Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM)-guided treatment with one of the following beta-lactam antibiotics: amoxicillin/clavulanic acid, cefotaxime, piperacillin/tazobactam, cefepime, or meropenem
- Affiliated with or benefiting from a health insurance scheme
Exclusion criteria
- Estimated life expectancy <24 hours
- Patients who have expressed opposition to study participation
- Patients under legal protection (guardianship, curatorship, or court protection)
- Patients currently in an exclusion period determined by participation in another study
- Patients already enrolled in a study that precludes concurrent participation in an observational study
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
France · 1 center
- CHU de Nîmes - Hôpital Universitaire Carémeau — Nîmes
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06999161 · LOCAL/2025/CR-01