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Piperacillin as a Part of Antibiotic Streamlining in the Intensive Care Unit

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00177814

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Brief summary

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The proposed endpoints of the study would be: comparative use of piperacillin versus broader spectrum agents (e.g., piperacillin/tazobactam, etc.) \[measured as defined daily doses per 1000 patient days\]; physician acceptance of piperacillin as part of a streamlining program \[measured as successful occurrences of the use of piperacillin as streamlining therapy\]; changes in susceptibility patterns of broad spectrum antibiotics \[measured as % Gram negative bacilli susceptible to each of the commonly used broad spectrum antibiotics\]; and outcome of patients treated with streamlined therapy.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00177814
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Observational
Phase
Not listed
Lead sponsor
University of Pittsburgh
Other
Enrollment
1,000 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Not listed

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
Aug 31, 2005
Primary completion
May 31, 2017
Completion
May 31, 2017
Last update posted
Jun 11, 2018

2005 – 2017

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15213

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