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NCT Number: NCT05060718

HOspital NEtwork STudy - Preparation for a Randomized Evaluation of Anti-Pneumonia Strategies

Hospital Acquired and Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (HAP/VAP) pose a significant burden to patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Reported incidence ranges from 10-16% in all ICU patients (including HAP and VAP) and around 20-30% in ventilated patients (VAP). Patients with HAP/VAP have a high mortality rate. The estimated attributable mortality of VAP is 6-13%.

Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) are the gold standard for evaluating medical interventions, but are difficult to perform in this population. Several preventive and therapeutic treatment options are being developed that will require evaluation in phase-III trials. These trials are challenging due to the relatively low incidence of the outcome (e.g. HAP/VAP) or of the domain under study (e.g. specific antibiotic resistant infections) and the requirement of informed consent in critically ill patients. There is a need for a well-organized and well-trained international RCT network that enables efficient execution of a series of RCTs in this population.

The aim of the current study is to set up an infrastructure to prospectively enroll patients at risk of HAP/VAP in ICUs in several European countries. Site personnel will be trained to obtain a GCP (Good Clinical Practice) certification (if not already done), to timely identify and enroll patients at risk of HAP/VAP, to timely identify occurrence of HAP/VAP, collect informed consent forms, collect source data, enter data into a clinical database, and use a dedicated system to reply to queries. Site sample collection, processing, identifying the causative organism, and antibiotic susceptibility testing will be validated and adapted if required where possible. Where site infrastructure and regulations allow, the possibility of automated data collection of included participants will be explored to ensure sustainability of the future platform. Furthermore, collected data will be used to inform future diagnostic, preventive and therapeutic trials. E.g. they may support assumptions in sample size calculations and expected number of enrolled participants, they may help in prioritizing interventions, or they may be used in simulations of adaptive trials to optimize decision rules.

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Key information

Conditions

Hospital-acquired Pneumonia Cross Infection Disease Attributes Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia Iatrogenic Disease Infections Lung Diseases Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Pneumonia Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated Respiratory Tract Diseases Respiratory Tract Infections Ventilator Associated Pneumonia

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

University Trauma Hospital, Tirana, Albania

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Age >= 18 years
  • At risk of acquiring bacterial HAP or VAP during ICU stay, defined as meeting all of the following criteria:
  • expected or documented hospital length of stay of more than 48 hours
  • admitted to the ICU

Exclusion criteria

  • Death is deemed to be imminent or inevitable during this hospital admission AND one or more of the patient, substitute decision maker or attending physician are not committed to full active treatment

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. To determine the quality and efficiency of a research platform for HAP/VAP in ICUs by measuring the timeliness of enrolling eligible patients.

    Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 2 years

    Assess the proportion of screened, eligible patients at risk of developing HAP or VAP by being enrolled within 48 hours of ICU admission.

  2. To determine the quality and efficiency of a research platform for HAP/VAP in ICUs by capturing bacterial HAP/VAP episodes.

    Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 2 years

    Analyse the proportion of enrolled patients who develop HAP/VAP during the initial ICU admission and who are registered in the eCRF (electronic Case Report Form) within 24 hours after onset. Onset is defined as the time of X-ray showing an infiltrate confirming HAP/VAP for patients meeting HAP/VAP FDA criteria.

Secondary outcomes

  1. To determine the incidence of HAP/VAP at the ICU.

    Time frame: From the date of enrolment through to the date of ICU discharge, an average of 11 days

    -Incidence of HAP and VAP per 1,000 patient-days

  2. To determine the implementation of infection prevention and control measures in routine ICU care for prevention of HAP/VAP.

    Time frame: From the date of enrolment through to the date of ICU discharge, an average of 11 days

    -Implementation of ICU-level HAP/VAP infection prevention measures

  3. To determine microbiological etiology of HAP/VAP at the ICU (1).

    Time frame: Between days 7 and 10 after HAP/VAP onset

    -Microbiological cure between 7 and 10 days after HAP/VAP onset (%). (Proportion of patients with positive HAP/VAP diagnosis with the resolution of the symptoms between day 7-10 after the onset)

  4. To determine microbiological etiology of HAP/VAP at the ICU (2).

    Time frame: +/- 48 hours of HAP/VAP onset

    -Distribution of bacterial pathogens (%). (Proportion of identified bacterial pathogens associated with HAP/VAP episode).

  5. To determine microbiological etiology of HAP/VAP at the ICU (3)

    Time frame: +/- 48 hours of HAP/VAP onset

    -Resistance profiles of bacterial pathogens (% resistant) (proportion of resistant bacterial pathogen associated with HAP/VAP episode).

  6. To determine management of HAP/VAP at the ICU (1)

    Time frame: From the date of enrolment through to the date of ICU discharge, on average of 6 days

    -IMV (Invasive Mechanical Ventilation)-free-days up to 28 days after VAP onset (days).

  7. To determine management of HAP/VAP at the ICU (2)

    Time frame: From the date of enrolment through to the date of ICU discharge, on average of 11 days

    -Antibiotic consumption before and after HAP/VAP (type of antibiotic administered per patient).

  8. To determine management of HAP/VAP at the ICU (3).

    Time frame: 90 days after HAP/VAP onset

    -Survival up to 90 days post HAP/VAP onset rate (%) (Proportion of patient's confirmed alive vs. dead in %)

  9. To determine outcome of HAP/VAP at the ICU (1).

    Time frame: From the date of HAP/VAP onset through to the date of ICU discharge, on average of 11 days

    -ICU survival rate (%). (Proportion of patients discharged from ICU alive vs. patients with in-ICU death)

  10. To determine outcome of HAP/VAP at the ICU (2).

    Time frame: From the date of HAP/VAP onset through to the date of hospital discharge, on average of 12 days

    -Hospital survival rate (%). (Proportion of patients discharged from hospital alive vs. patients with in-hospital death)

  11. To determine outcome of HAP/VAP at the ICU (3).

    Time frame: From the date of enrolment through to the date of ICU discharge, on average of 11 days

    -Length of ICU stay before and after HAP/VAP (number of days spent in ICU before and after HAP/VAP onset)

  12. To determine outcome of HAP/VAP at the ICU (4).

    Time frame: From the date of enrolment through to the date of hospital discharge, on average of 12 days

    -Length of hospital stay before and after HAP/VAP (number of days spent in hospital before and after HAP/VAP onset).

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

UMC Utrecht

Other

Collaborators

  • Universiteit Antwerpen
  • University Hospital, Geneva

Registry information

Official study title

HONEST-PREPS: Hospital Network Study - Preparation for a Randomized Evaluation of Anti-Pneumonia Strategies

Acronym: HONEST-PREPS

Important dates

Study start
2020
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2023
First posted
Sep 29, 2021
Registry last updated
Nov 29, 2023

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