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Last refreshed on: 7 November 2016
Main ID:  NCT02560207
Date of registration: 22/09/2015
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: University Medical Center Groningen
Public title: Randomized Trial of Continuous Versus Intermittent Cefotaxime Infusion on ICU.
Scientific title: Does Continuous Cefotaxime Administration Improve Time to Attainment and Maintenance of Target Drug Levels in Critically Ill Patients?
Date of first enrolment: November 2015
Target sample size: 60
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02560207
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Pharmacokinetics/Dynamics Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Basic Science  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Netherlands
Contacts
Name:     Jan G Zijlstra, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  Department of Critical Care, UMCG
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Admitted to intensive care

- Able to give informed consent by themselves or informed consent can be obtained via
next of kin

- Indication for treatment with cefotaxime (as judged by treating physician) in the
context of our standard treatment protocol of Selective decontamination of the
digestive tract (SDD).

Exclusion Criteria:

- Renal replacement therapy

- Contra-indication for cefotaxime, including known or suspected allergy to cefotaxime

- No indication for an arterial line; an arterial line will not be placed solely for
the purpose of this study; thus, only patients with an indication for an arterial
line outside this protocol are eligible.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Critically Ill
Intervention(s)
Drug: Cefotaxime
Primary Outcome(s)
Cefotaxim serum concentrations [Time Frame: 40 min, 1 hour, 2, 4, 8, 12 and 24 hours; 36h; 48 h; 60h; 72h; 84h and 96h post administration]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Area under the curve of cefotaxim [Time Frame: 0-96h post administration]
Secondary ID(s)
2014/468
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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Date Completed:
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