A study to determine antibiotic levels in the blood and lungs of patients in intensive care
- Conditions
- Critical illness, ventilator associated pneumoniaMedDRA version: 14.1Level: LLTClassification code 10065153Term: Ventilator associated pneumoniaSystem Organ Class: 100000004862Therapeutic area: Diseases [C] - Respiratory Tract Diseases [C08]
- Registration Number
- EUCTR2011-004470-28-GB
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity Hospital of South Manchester
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
1.Subject is an adult aged 18 to 85
2.Subject requires or has been commenced on piperacillin/tazobactam as directed by clinical Intensive Care Unit medical staff
Are the trial subjects under 18? no
Number of subjects for this age range: 0
F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes
F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range 30
F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) yes
F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range 10
1.Subject is known to be intolerant of ß-lactams antibiotics
2.Subject has an infection with a piperacillin/tazobactam resistant organism (i.e. P. aeruginosa with MIC =16 mg/L, other organism with MIC = 8mg/L) or organisms with inherent resistance (e.g. Stenotrophomonas)
3.Subject is immunocompromised (neutropenia, HIV/AIDS)
4.Subject is unlikely to survive longer the 48 hours
5.Subject is pregnant or breast-feeding or plans to become pregnant during the course of the study
6.Subject is enrolled in another Clinical Trial of an Investigational Medical Product.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method