Model-Informed Precision Dosing on Amikacin and Vancomycin Therapy in Critically Ill Children

NCT07315438 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 41

Last updated 2026-01-02

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Summary

Achieving optimal antibiotic exposure in critically ill pediatric patients is difficult due to (their) dynamic physiology and variability. Conventional weight-based regimens often fail to reach pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) targets for narrow therapeutic index agents such as vancomycin and amikacin. Model-Informed Precision Dosing (MIPD), which integrates Bayesian forecasting with population pharmacokinetics (popPK), offers a potentially valuable yet underexplored approach in pediatric intensive care to better attain and sustain target exposure. This pilot randomized clinical trial evaluated MIPD-guided dosing of vancomycin and amikacin using InsightRX Nova® versus standard of care (SoC) in a tertiary PICU. Patients whose model-recommended doses matched standard regimens were analyzed under SoC. Primary outcomes included prediction accuracy (a priori vs a posteriori) and model fit; secondary outcomes assessed dose optimization, inflammatory response, renal safety, treatment duration, and mortality.

Conditions

  • Model Informed Precision Dosing

Interventions

DEVICE

MIPD Tool

It is a precision dosing platform that combines population pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (popPK/PD) modeling with artificial intelligence and machine learning to optimize individualized drug therapy. It uses patient-specific demographic, clinical, and laboratory data to generate real-time personalized dosing recommendations based on validated popPK models.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hacettepe University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
38 Months
Max Age
81 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-12-01
Primary Completion
2025-08-30
Completion
2025-10-27

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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