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HYDROcortisone Versus Placebo for Severe HospItal-acquired Pneumonia in Intensive Care Patients: the HYDRO-SHIP Study

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT05354778
Lead Sponsor
Instituto de Assistencia Medica ao Servidor Publico Estadual, Sao Paulo
Brief Summary

The use of corticosteroids in patients with severe community pneumonia, bacterial infection which kills lots of patients around the world, reduces the mortality of this infection. However, there are no studies with this type of drug regarding hospital-acquired pneumonia. This will be the first multicenter randomized trial to test hydrocortisone plus standard therapy in critical care patients with nosocomial pneumonia. This intervention is inexpensive and may improve the outcome of those patients, besides having an acceptable side effects profile.

Detailed Description

Introduction and Objectives: the use of corticosteroids in patients with severe community pneumonia, bacterial infection which kills lots of patients around the world, reduces morbimortality. However, to our knowledge, there are no studies with steroids for patients in intensive care with nosocomial pneumonia, among which those with ventilator associated pneumonia, infections which carry a high mortality rate. The treatment for those diseases involves intensive care and antibiotics, but there is a need for inexpensive, adjuvant therapies which improve the outcome for those patients. Therefore, the objective of this study is to compare hydrocortisone versus placebo, both with standard therapy, in the outcome of critical care patients diagnosed with nosocomial pneumonia.

Methods: multicenter randomized, open-label, controlled trial, with two parallel groups: hydrocortisone or placebo, associated with nosocomial pneumonia's standard treatment. Patients with viral or other etiologies of pneumonia will be excluded, as well as corticosteroids chronical users, or patients with conditions which demand this type of therapy. Intravenous 100mg of hydrocortisone and normal saline (the placebo) will be tested every eight hours for five days or until intensive care unit (ICU) discharge or until the patient dies. The sample will be of 180 patients, 90 in each group, in different ICUs in Brazil. The primary outcome will be early clinical failure between the third and seventh days of the patient's inclusion in the study. The secondary outcomes will be survival and mortality in both groups, need for intubation, mechanical ventilation, vasoactive drugs and dialysis, lengths of stay in the hospital and in the ICU and radiological progression. Moreover, we will analyze adverse events and there will be a safety interim analysis when 25% of the whole sample is recruited, which may interrupt the study in case of a high frequency of such events (\> 15% grade 3 or 4 as defined by the FDA). Finally, we will conduct an efficacy interim analysis when 50% of the sample is recruited. The study will be interrupted only if there is a statistical significant difference regarding the primary outcome with p \< 0.001 (Haybittle-Peto criteria).

Discussion, risks, and benefits: this will be the first multicenter randomized trial to test hydrocortisone plus standard therapy in critical care patients with nosocomial pneumonia. This intervention is inexpensive and may improve the outcome of those patients, besides having an acceptable side effects profile. Weighing the benefits and risks of this study, as well as its strengths and potential weaknesses, it is believed that its realization is justified, in addition to bringing important advances in the field of intensive care.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
180
Inclusion Criteria
  • 18 years of age or older
  • Suspected ou confirmed case of bacterial nosocomial pneumonia (including ventilator-associated pneumonia)
  • Intensive Care Unit stay
  • Signed consent form (by the patient or a legal guardian)
Exclusion Criteria
  • Women who are pregnant, have recently given birth or are breastfeeding
  • Patients who are moribund or do not have a treatment perspective
  • Patients with community acquired pneumonia
  • Patients with other types of pneumonia (viral - including COVID-19, fungal etc.)
  • Those with pulmonary infiltrates in chest image which are not compatible with bacterial pneumonia
  • Patients with adrenal insufficiency
  • Patients who have a condition that demands the use of corticosteroids (acute or chronic)
  • Patients allergic to hydrocortisone
  • Patients with refractory septic shock (those receiving more than 0,5mcg/kg/min of norepinephrine)

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
PlaceboPlaceboNormal saline 100mL every 8 hours for 5 days or until patient dies or is discharged from the intensive care unit
HydrocortisoneHydrocortisoneHydrocortisone 100mg + normal saline 100mL every 8 hours for 5 days or until patient dies or is discharged from the intensive care unit
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Early Clinical FailureBetween days 3 and 7

Composite outcome: Death OR Respiratory worsening OR Cardiovascular worsening

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Arterial blood gas analysis7 days

Partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2)

Respiratory failure7 days

Need for mechanical ventilation

Ventilator parameters7 days

Inspired oxygen fraction (FiO2)

Time of mechanical ventilation7 days

Number of days patients require invasive ventilation support

Need for renal substitution therapy7 days

Need for dialysis

Radiological worsening7 days

Progression of image in the chest X-ray image

Adverse effects7 days

psychosis, insomnia, hyperglycemia, hypernatremia, rhabdomyolysis, gastrointestinal bleeding and critical myopathy illness

Respiratory condition7 days

Horowitz index for lung function (P/F ratio) - obtained from PaO2/FiO2

Time of vasoactive drugs use7 days

Dosage and types of vasoactive drugs

Length of stay28 days

In the Intensive Care Unit and in the hospital

SurvivalDays 7 and 28

In the intensive care unit and in the hospital

Septic shock7 days

Need for vasoactive drugs

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hospital do Servidor Publico Estadual

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Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo SP, Brazil

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