A Combination Therapy With Ceftazidime and Fosfomycin Will be Compared to Ceftazidime Alone in Hospitalized Adult Patients With Suspected Severe Gram-negative Bacterial Infections
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Ceftazidime± avibactam with fosfomycin, Ceftazidime± avibactam with placebo.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Gram Negative Infections, Sepsis and Septic Shock. 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
- Switzerland
- 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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Official title
Ceftazidime Plus Fosfomycin Versus Ceftazidime Alone for Severe Gram-negative Infections: a Triple-blind, Placebo-controlled Point-of-care Randomized Clinical Trial
Overview
The goal of this clinical trial is to : 1. Test whether the combination of CAZ±AVI and FOS leads to superior clinical outcomes in patients with severe suspected Gram-negative bacterial infection, as demonstrated by a shorter time to normalization of quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) parameters and reduction in C-reactive protein (CRP) compared to standard of care (CAZ±AVI alone) 2. to further characterize the safety profile of this combination therapy In the presence of such an infection, standard treatment is to start intravenous antibiotic therapy. Ceftazidime (Fortam®), or ceftazidime-avibactam (Zavicefta®), is a standard antibiotic commonly used for this purpose (for very resistant bacteria, the compound avibactam is included to protect ceftazidime from being broken down by bacteria). Researchers will compare ceftazidime (or ceftazdime-avibactam) plus fosfomycin versus ceftazidime alone with placebo (i.e. a look-alike substance given with no drug) to examine whether the addition of another intravenous antibiotic, fosfomycin, would lead to faster recovery from severe infection and evaluate the tolerability of this combination. Participants will: * Be randomly assigned to either the intervention group or the control group. * The intervention group will receive ceftazidime (with avibactam if multidrug resistant bacteria are suspected, per routine practice) and intravenous fosfomycin, and the control group will receive ceftazidime (with avibactam if multidrug resistant bacteria are suspected) and placebo. * Either treatment will be given for 3 days, three times daily (or less frequently, depending on renal function). * Provide a few extra blood samples (for CRP measurement, a protein marker of inflammation) during the first few days of the study. * Be contacted in the hospital or by phone if discharged on day 28 to be asked a few questions.
Interventions
- Drug Ceftazidime± avibactam with fosfomycin
The intervention will last 72h (±6h). Ceftazidime will be administered intravenously in 5% glucose serum (per hospital standard), either intermittently (divided into three doses daily) or as continuous infusion; doses will be adapted to renal function. The decision to administer CAZ by continuous infusion and to add AVI will be left to the attending physician. CAZ±AVI will be adjusted for renal insufficiency per internal guidelines of dosing and international recommendations. The use of CAZ wit - Drug Ceftazidime± avibactam with placebo
Participants randomized to the control arm will receive placebo infusion. Placebo will be 5% glucose serum and will be administered IV with the same frequency as FOS would be for the participant's renal function.
Primary outcome measures
- Time in hours from first study-medication administration to normalization of all qSOFA parameters and decrease of peak CRP by 50%. [Time frame: From date of randomization until the date of first documented normalization of qSOFA and 50% decrease in CRP. We estimate median time to be of approximately 108h and 96h in the control and intervention groups, respectively (approx 4 to 5 days)]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- Incidence of adverse events of special interest (AESI) [Time frame: From day 1 to day 3 (+/-1 day) of intervention and up to 48h after the last administration of the study medication/placebo]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Adult (≥18 years)
- Hospitalized with suspected severe Gram-negative bacterial infection
- Signed informed consent from the patient (or oral consent from a patient with capacity but with physical inability to sign, with signed witness testimony from a person independent of the study team) of from the legal representative if the patient lacks capacity to provide informed consent
Exclusion criteria
- Pregnancy or lactation
- Known contra-indication to CAZ±AVI or FOS
- Gram-negative directed antibiotic treatment begun >24 hours before inclusion
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
- Quadruple blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Switzerland · 1 center
- Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève — Geneva
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07063095 · CAVIFOS CCER 2024-01954