Invasive CandidiasesNCT03090334
A B-D-Glucan Driven Antifungal Stewardship Approach for Invasive Candidiasis
A study testing De-escalation in people with Invasive Candidiases and Abdominal Infection, run by University of Bologna at 1 site in Italy.
Trial summary
This is a multicenter, prospective, open-label, randomized trial. Patients with severe abdominal condition developing severe sepsis or septic shock and receiving broad spectrum antibiotic and antifungal treatment will be randomized (1:1) to: 1. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Invasive Candidiases, Abdominal Infection
- What is being tested?
- De-escalation
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 34 participants
- Where
- 1 siteItaly
- Study dates
- 1 Mar 2017to 10 Jun 2019
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- a. adult (≥ 18 year) patients; b. signed informed consent before surgical procedure; c. severe sepsis or septic shock; d. at least one of the following conditions: i) post-operative peritonitis, ii) recurrent gastrointestinal perforation, iii) post-operative hepatobiliary and/or pancreatic disorders including necrotizing pancreatitis, iv) post-operative intra-abdominal abscess, and v) anastomotic leak.
Who cannot join
- a. diagnosis of candidiasis before the enrollment b. exposure in the past 30 days to any antifungal treatment or diagnosis of invasive fungal infection; c. pregnancy or lactation; d. history of allergy to any of the antifungal drugs; e. major immunosuppression conditions including: i. neutropenia (<0.5 × 109 neutrophils/L [<500 neutrophils/mm3] for >10 days), ii. receipt of an allogeneic stem cell transplant or solid organ transplantation, iii. inherited severe immunodeficiency (such as chronic granulomatous disease or severe combined immunodeficiency), iv. HIV infection with lymphocyte T CD4+ cell count < 200/mmc. f. patients with poor prognosis or unable to sign informed consent.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
Italy1 site
Azienda Ospealiero Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi
Bologna, 40138
About this study
Official title: A B-D-Glucan Driven Antifungal Stewardship Approach to Manage Empirical Therapy in Patients at Very High Risk for Invasive Candidiasis: a Randomized Controlled Trial
This is a multicenter, prospective, open-label, randomized trial. Patients with severe abdominal condition developing severe sepsis or septic shock and receiving broad spectrum antibiotic and antifungal treatment will be randomized (1:1) to:
- discontinue antifungal treatment based on negative (<80 pg/ml) result of 1,3 beta-d-glucan performed on day 0,3,6 and 10
- continue antifungal treatment according with attending physician's decision.
Read the detailed description
Primary objective:
Our objective is to establish whether a strategy based on beta-d-glucan (BG) assessment could achieve reduced antifungal consumption in patients with severe abdominal condition developing severe sepsis and septic shock without any impact on the outcome Secondary objectives i) Assess the accuracy of BG in the diagnosis of invasive candidiasis (IC) in in critically ill patients with a severe abdominal condition who develop severe sepsis or septic shock.
ii) Describe the changes over the time of BG value according with colonization status, infection or none the aforementioned events.
Material and Methods Study design: a multicenter, open label, randomized trial Population: all the patients with a severe abdominal condition who develop a severe sepsis or septic shock.
- Inclusion Criteria:
- adult (≥ 18 year) patients;
- signed informed consent before surgical procedure;
- severe sepsis or septic shock;
- at least one of the following conditions: i) post-operative peritonitis, ii) recurrent gastrointestinal perforation, iii) post-operative hepatobiliary and/or pancreatic disorders including necrotizing pancreatitis, iv) post-operative intra-abdominal abscess, and v) anastomotic leak.
- Exclusion criteria a. diagnosis of candidiasis before the enrollment b. exposure in the past 30 days to any antifungal treatment or diagnosis of invasive fungal infection; c. pregnancy or lactation; d. history of allergy to any of the antifungal drugs; e. major immunosuppression conditions including: i. neutropenia (<0.5 × 109 neutrophils/L [<500 neutrophils/mm3] for >10 days), ii. receipt of an allogeneic stem cell transplant or solid organ transplantation, iii. inherited severe immunodeficiency (such as chronic granulomatous disease or severe combined immunodeficiency), iv. HIV infection with lymphocyte T CD4+ cell count < 200/mmc. f. patients with poor prognosis or unable to sign informed consent.
Procedures Pre-randomization procedures
At the time of patient enrollment (within 24 h from onset of severe sepsis/septic shock), a standardized diagnostic work-up must be performed including at least:
- two sets of blood cultures; ii) 5 surveillance cultures (rectal swab, urine culture, pharyngeal swab, axillary swab, groin swab). iii) in case of re-intervention or percutaneous drainage: Gram stain and culture of intra-abdominal samples; iv) serum BG determination. Antibiotic and antifungal empirical therapy should be started immediately after collection of microbiological samples according with a predefined standard of care (see appendix 1). Once completed this procedures patients will proceed to randomization.
Randomization Patient eligible for the study after the beginning of antifungal therapy will be randomized 1:1 to receive (Group A) a BG driven de-escalation strategy or (Group B) a course of antifungal treatment based on the care provider's decision.
In both groups, if cultures yield invasive candidiasis (see below) the patient will be managed in according with guidelines and excluded from the per-protocol analysis.
In both groups, BG determination will be repeated at day +3, +6 and +10 after starting antifungal therapy.
Randomization will be carried out providing closed envelopes to the participating centers immediately before the study onset.
- Conditions
- Invasive Candidiases, Abdominal Infection
- Being tested
- De-escalation
- Keywords
- beta-d-glucan, abdominal candidiasis
- Medical subject headings
- Candidiasis, Invasive, Intraabdominal Infections
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
De-escalationDiagnostic test
Antifungal therapy will be stopped according with BG results
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| De-escalation | Experimental | In this group, investigators will manage the antifungal therapy according to the BG levels as follows:
1. antifungal therapy will be stopped immediately after the BG response in case of serum BG <80 pg/ml in presence of clinical stability (CS);
2. antifungal therapy will be continued until further BG determination, both for BG levels between 80-200 pg/ml and for BG <80 pg/ml in patients without CS. In these cases, if the following BG value is <80 pg/ml antifungal therapy will be stopped independently from the CS achievement.
3. antifungal therapy will be continued until day 10 for BG levels >200 pg/ml Receives: Diagnostic Test: De-escalation |
| Standard of care | No intervention | In this group antifungal treatment will be continued until clinician's decision. Investigators will be blinded to the BG levels of patients enrolled in this arm, The BG results will be faxed directly to the coordinating center. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Antifungal consumption
Days of antifungal consumption will be compared between the two groups
Measured: 28 days
Mortality
28-day mortality will be compared between the two groups
Measured: 28 days
Length of stay
Length of stay in ICU will be compared between the two groups
Measured: 28 days
Secondary outcomes (1)
Accuracy of BG
sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value of BG in the diagnosis of invasive candidiasis
Measured: 28 days
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted24 Mar 2017
- Study start1 Mar 2017
- Primary completion10 Jun 2019
- Study completion10 Jun 2019
Why it stopped: Insufficient rate of accrual due to the start of a concomitant similar study
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (4)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Invasive CandidiasesStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Other
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Care provider
- Enrolment
- 34 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of Bologna
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Maddalena Giannella, University of Bologna
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03090334
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- BDG-ETHIC
- Status last verified
- Aug 2024
- First submitted
- 18 Mar 2017
- Last updated
- 28 Aug 2024
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Undecided
Publications
Bassetti M, Marchetti M, Chakrabarti A, Colizza S, Garnacho-Montero J, Kett DH, Munoz P, Cristini F, Andoniadou A, Viale P, Rocca GD, Roilides E, Sganga G, Walsh TJ, Tascini C, Tumbarello M, Menichetti F, Righi E, Eckmann C, Viscoli C, Shorr AF, Leroy O, Petrikos G, De Rosa FG. A research agenda on the management of intra-abdominal candidiasis: results from a consensus of multinational experts. Intensive Care Med. 2013 Dec;39(12):2092-106. doi: 10.1007/s00134-013-3109-3. Epub 2013 Oct 9.
PubMed 24105327Kollef M, Micek S, Hampton N, Doherty JA, Kumar A. Septic shock attributed to Candida infection: importance of empiric therapy and source control. Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Jun;54(12):1739-46. doi: 10.1093/cid/cis305. Epub 2012 Mar 15.
PubMed 22423135Maubon D, Garnaud C, Calandra T, Sanglard D, Cornet M. Resistance of Candida spp. to antifungal drugs in the ICU: where are we now? Intensive Care Med. 2014 Sep;40(9):1241-55. doi: 10.1007/s00134-014-3404-7. Epub 2014 Aug 5.
PubMed 25091787Clancy CJ, Nguyen MH. Finding the "missing 50%" of invasive candidiasis: how nonculture diagnostics will improve understanding of disease spectrum and transform patient care. Clin Infect Dis. 2013 May;56(9):1284-92. doi: 10.1093/cid/cit006. Epub 2013 Jan 11.
PubMed 23315320
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 28 Aug 2024. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- A B-D-Glucan Driven Antifungal Stewardship Approach to Manage Empirical Therapy in Patients at Very High Risk for Invasive Candidiasis: a Randomized Controlled Trial
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03090334
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- BDG-ETHIC
- Conditions
- Invasive Candidiases, Abdominal Infection
- Keywords
- beta-d-glucan, abdominal candidiasis
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- TerminatedReason stopped: Insufficient rate of accrual due to the start of a concomitant similar study
- Enrolment
- 34 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- University of BolognaUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 1 Mar 2017 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 10 Jun 2019 (actual)
- Study completion
- 10 Jun 2019 (actual)
- First posted
- 24 Mar 2017 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
This is a multicenter, prospective, open-label, randomized trial. Patients with severe abdominal condition developing severe sepsis or septic shock and receiving broad spectrum antibiotic and antifungal treatment will be randomized (1:1) to:
- discontinue antifungal treatment based on negative (<80 pg/ml) result of 1,3 beta-d-glucan performed on day 0,3,6 and 10
- continue antifungal treatment according with attending physician's decision.
Detailed description
Primary objective:
Our objective is to establish whether a strategy based on beta-d-glucan (BG) assessment could achieve reduced antifungal consumption in patients with severe abdominal condition developing severe sepsis and septic shock without any impact on the outcome Secondary objectives i) Assess the accuracy of BG in the diagnosis of invasive candidiasis (IC) in in critically ill patients with a severe abdominal condition who develop severe sepsis or septic shock.
ii) Describe the changes over the time of BG value according with colonization status, infection or none the aforementioned events.
Material and Methods Study design: a multicenter, open label, randomized trial Population: all the patients with a severe abdominal condition who develop a severe sepsis or septic shock.
- Inclusion Criteria:
- adult (≥ 18 year) patients;
- signed informed consent before surgical procedure;
- severe sepsis or septic shock;
- at least one of the following conditions: i) post-operative peritonitis, ii) recurrent gastrointestinal perforation, iii) post-operative hepatobiliary and/or pancreatic disorders including necrotizing pancreatitis, iv) post-operative intra-abdominal abscess, and v) anastomotic leak.
- Exclusion criteria a. diagnosis of candidiasis before the enrollment b. exposure in the past 30 days to any antifungal treatment or diagnosis of invasive fungal infection; c. pregnancy or lactation; d. history of allergy to any of the antifungal drugs; e. major immunosuppression conditions including: i. neutropenia (<0.5 × 109 neutrophils/L [<500 neutrophils/mm3] for >10 days), ii. receipt of an allogeneic stem cell transplant or solid organ transplantation, iii. inherited severe immunodeficiency (such as chronic granulomatous disease or severe combined immunodeficiency), iv. HIV infection with lymphocyte T CD4+ cell count < 200/mmc. f. patients with poor prognosis or unable to sign informed consent.
Procedures Pre-randomization procedures
At the time of patient enrollment (within 24 h from onset of severe sepsis/septic shock), a standardized diagnostic work-up must be performed including at least:
- two sets of blood cultures; ii) 5 surveillance cultures (rectal swab, urine culture, pharyngeal swab, axillary swab, groin swab). iii) in case of re-intervention or percutaneous drainage: Gram stain and culture of intra-abdominal samples; iv) serum BG determination. Antibiotic and antifungal empirical therapy should be started immediately after collection of microbiological samples according with a predefined standard of care (see appendix 1). Once completed this procedures patients will proceed to randomization.
Randomization Patient eligible for the study after the beginning of antifungal therapy will be randomized 1:1 to receive (Group A) a BG driven de-escalation strategy or (Group B) a course of antifungal treatment based on the care provider's decision.
In both groups, if cultures yield invasive candidiasis (see below) the patient will be managed in according with guidelines and excluded from the per-protocol analysis.
In both groups, BG determination will be repeated at day +3, +6 and +10 after starting antifungal therapy.
Randomization will be carried out providing closed envelopes to the participating centers immediately before the study onset.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Other
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (care provider)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| De-escalation | Experimental | Diagnostic Test: De-escalationIn this group, investigators will manage the antifungal therapy according to the BG levels as follows: 1. antifungal therapy will be stopped immediately after the BG response in case of serum BG <80 pg/ml in presence of clinical stability (CS); 2. antifungal therapy will be continued until further BG determination, both for BG levels between 80-200 pg/ml and for BG <80 pg/ml in patients without CS. In these cases, if the following BG value is <80 pg/ml antifungal therapy will be stopped independently from the CS achievement. 3. antifungal therapy will be continued until day 10 for BG levels >200 pg/ml |
| Standard of care | No intervention | –In this group antifungal treatment will be continued until clinician's decision. Investigators will be blinded to the BG levels of patients enrolled in this arm, The BG results will be faxed directly to the coordinating center. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- a. adult (≥ 18 year) patients; b. signed informed consent before surgical procedure; c. severe sepsis or septic shock; d. at least one of the following conditions: i) post-operative peritonitis, ii) recurrent gastrointestinal perforation, iii) post-operative hepatobiliary and/or pancreatic disorders including necrotizing pancreatitis, iv) post-operative intra-abdominal abscess, and v) anastomotic leak.
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- a. diagnosis of candidiasis before the enrollment b. exposure in the past 30 days to any antifungal treatment or diagnosis of invasive fungal infection; c. pregnancy or lactation; d. history of allergy to any of the antifungal drugs; e. major immunosuppression conditions including: i. neutropenia (<0.5 × 109 neutrophils/L [<500 neutrophils/mm3] for >10 days), ii. receipt of an allogeneic stem cell transplant or solid organ transplantation, iii. inherited severe immunodeficiency (such as chronic granulomatous disease or severe combined immunodeficiency), iv. HIV infection with lymphocyte T CD4+ cell count < 200/mmc. f. patients with poor prognosis or unable to sign informed consent.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| De-escalationAntifungal therapy will be stopped according with BG results | Diagnostic test | De-escalation |
Primary outcome
Antifungal consumption
Time frame: 28 days
Days of antifungal consumption will be compared between the two groups
Mortality
Time frame: 28 days
28-day mortality will be compared between the two groups
Length of stay
Time frame: 28 days
Length of stay in ICU will be compared between the two groups
1 secondary outcome
Accuracy of BG
Time frame: 28 days
Results and safety
The study was stopped early (reason given: Insufficient rate of accrual due to the start of a concomitant similar study). Results are not available in the source record.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 28 Aug 2024.
- Background: PubMed 24105327Bassetti M, Marchetti M, Chakrabarti A, Colizza S, Garnacho-Montero J, Kett DH, Munoz P, Cristini F, Andoniadou A, Viale P, Rocca GD, Roilides E, Sganga G, Walsh TJ, Tascini C, Tumbarello M, Menichetti F, Righi E, Eckmann C, Viscoli C, Shorr AF, Leroy O, Petrikos G, De Rosa FG. A research agenda on the management of intra-abdominal candidiasis: results from a consensus of multinational experts. Intensive Care Med. 2013 Dec;39(12):2092-106. doi: 10.1007/s00134-013-3109-3. Epub 2013 Oct 9.
- Background: PubMed 22423135Kollef M, Micek S, Hampton N, Doherty JA, Kumar A. Septic shock attributed to Candida infection: importance of empiric therapy and source control. Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Jun;54(12):1739-46. doi: 10.1093/cid/cis305. Epub 2012 Mar 15.
- Background: PubMed 25091787Maubon D, Garnaud C, Calandra T, Sanglard D, Cornet M. Resistance of Candida spp. to antifungal drugs in the ICU: where are we now? Intensive Care Med. 2014 Sep;40(9):1241-55. doi: 10.1007/s00134-014-3404-7. Epub 2014 Aug 5.
- Background: PubMed 23315320Clancy CJ, Nguyen MH. Finding the "missing 50%" of invasive candidiasis: how nonculture diagnostics will improve understanding of disease spectrum and transform patient care. Clin Infect Dis. 2013 May;56(9):1284-92. doi: 10.1093/cid/cit006. Epub 2013 Jan 11.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Undecided
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Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing De-escalation in people with Invasive Candidiases and Abdominal Infection, run by University of Bologna at 1 site in Italy.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 28 Aug 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Italy. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study was stopped early (reason given: Insufficient rate of accrual due to the start of a concomitant similar study). Results are not available in the source record.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Antifungal consumption (time frame: 28 days). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT03090334, which also lists 4 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 28 Aug 2024.