MedTrace Logo

Evaluation in the Treatment of Nosocomial Sepsis Comparing Polymerase Chain Reaction With Conventional Blood Culture.

NCT01450358 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2016-06-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The objective of this study is to evaluate the consumption of antimicrobial therapy in patients comparing a rapid molecular test (PCR in Real-Time Multiplex) with blood cultures to identify the etiological agents of sepsis.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Antibiotic regimen

The medical researcher will change the antibiotic regimen (De-escalation) immediately as a result of Multiplex PCR (6-12 h).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Instituto do Coracao

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Tania MV Strabelli, PhD · Instituto do Coracao

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-01-31
Primary Completion
2016-05-31
Completion
2016-05-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

More Related Trials

Entities

Diseases

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT01450358 on ClinicalTrials.gov