Chlorhexidine Gluconate Cleansing in Preventing Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection and Acquisition of Multi-drug Resistant Organisms in Younger Patients With Cancer or Undergoing Donor Stem Cell Transplant

NCT ID: NCT01817075

Last Updated: 2021-06-22

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

177 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-11-04

Study Completion Date

2020-03-31

Brief Summary

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This randomized phase III trial studies chlorhexidine gluconate cleansing to see how well it works compared to control cleansing in preventing central line associated bloodstream infection and acquisition of multi-drug resistant organisms in younger patients with cancer or undergoing donor stem cell transplant. Chlorhexidine gluconate may help reduce bloodstream infections and bacterial infections associated with the central line.

Detailed Description

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PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine whether chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) cleansing decreases central line associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) in children with cancer or those receiving an allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT).

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine whether CHG cleansing decreases acquisition of multi-drug resistant organisms (MDRO: vancomycin resistant enterococci \[VRE\], methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus \[MRSA\], etc.) in children with cancer or those receiving allogeneic HCT.

II. To determine whether CHG cleansing in children with cancer or those receiving allogeneic HCT is associated with cutaneous bacterial isolates with reduced susceptibility to CHG.

III. To determine whether CHG cleansing decreases positive blood cultures in children with cancer or those receiving allogeneic HCT.

OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms.

ARM I: Patients receive CHG cleansing with topical skin wipes once daily (QD) for 90 days.

ARM II: Patients receive control cleansing with topical skin wipes QD for 90 days.

Conditions

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Bacterial Infection Benign Neoplasm Malignant Neoplasm Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Infection Myeloid Neoplasm Recurrent Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Recurrent Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators

Study Groups

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Arm I (CHG cleansing wipe)

Patients receive CHG cleansing with topical skin wipes QD for 90 days.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Chlorhexidine Gluconate Skin Cleanser

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Given CHG cleansing

Laboratory Biomarker Analysis

Intervention Type OTHER

Correlative studies

Questionnaire Administration

Intervention Type OTHER

Ancillary studies

Arm II (control)

Patients receive control cleansing with topical skin wipes QD for 90 days.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Laboratory Biomarker Analysis

Intervention Type OTHER

Correlative studies

Mild Soap Skin Cleanser

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Given control cleansing

Questionnaire Administration

Intervention Type OTHER

Ancillary studies

Interventions

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Chlorhexidine Gluconate Skin Cleanser

Given CHG cleansing

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Laboratory Biomarker Analysis

Correlative studies

Intervention Type OTHER

Mild Soap Skin Cleanser

Given control cleansing

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Questionnaire Administration

Ancillary studies

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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Skin Cleanser with Chlorhexidine Gluconate Skin Cleanser with Mild Soap

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* TRANSPLANT PATIENTS: all patients undergoing planned allogeneic transplant (both malignant and non-malignant diagnoses)
* ONCOLOGY PATIENTS: patients with an oncology diagnosis that are or will be on a chemotherapy regimen that will last for an additional \>= 3 months or are on or will be on a chemotherapy regimen for \< 3 months and then proceed to transplant (allogeneic or autologous stem cell rescue) during the 3-month study period
* Patients undergoing allogeneic transplant must have, or be scheduled to have, an external tunneled central venous catheter (CVC) (Broviacs, Hickmans, tunneled percutaneously inserted central catheter \[PICCs\], etc.) and/or non-tunneled percutaneously inserted central catheter (PICC) that is expected to remain in place for an additional \>= 3 months
* Patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) or relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) that will receive chemotherapy with/without transplant must have, or be scheduled to have, an external tunneled CVC (Broviacs, Hickmans, tunneled PICCs, etc.) and/or non-tunneled PICC that is expected to remain in place for an additional \>= 3 months
* All other oncology patients that will receive chemotherapy with/without transplant must have, or be scheduled to have, an external tunneled CVC (Broviacs, Hickmans, tunneled PICCs, etc.) that is expected to remain in place for an additional \>= 3 months
* All patients and/or their parents or legal guardians must sign a written informed consent
* All institutional, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and National Cancer Institute (NCI) requirements for human studies must be met

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients with a previous or current line infection are ineligible until 14 days after the completion of antibiotics
* Patients with only totally implanted CVCs or ports are ineligible
* Patients with a known allergy or hypersensitivity to CHG are ineligible
* Patients with chronic, severe, generalized skin breakdown (such as generalized blistering, burns, severe graft versus host disease \[GVHD\] with open sores, etc.) are ineligible
* Patients currently enrolled on Children's Oncology Group (COG) study ACCL0934 are not eligible until they have completed the infection observation period of that study
* Patients scheduled to receive broad-spectrum prophylactic antibacterial therapy are ineligible; patients only receiving prophylaxis for Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) (trimethoprim \[TMP\]/sulfamethoxazole \[SMX\]) or encapsulated organisms (penicillin) are eligible
* Patients receiving sorafenib at the time of enrollment and those who are scheduled to receive sorafenib as part of a treatment plan are ineligible
* Patients using prophylactic antimicrobial locks in the CVC at the time of enrollment and those who are scheduled to receive antimicrobial locks in the CVC as part of a treatment plan are ineligible
* Patients previously enrolled on this trial are ineligible
* Females who are pregnant or breastfeeding are ineligible
Minimum Eligible Age

2 Months

Maximum Eligible Age

21 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Children's Oncology Group

NETWORK

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Danielle M Zerr

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Children's Oncology Group

Locations

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City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

Duarte, California, United States

Site Status

Miller Children's and Women's Hospital Long Beach

Long Beach, California, United States

Site Status

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California, United States

Site Status

Valley Children's Hospital

Madera, California, United States

Site Status

Children's Hospital and Research Center at Oakland

Oakland, California, United States

Site Status

Children's Hospital of Orange County

Orange, California, United States

Site Status

UCSF Medical Center-Parnassus

San Francisco, California, United States

Site Status

UCSF Medical Center-Mission Bay

San Francisco, California, United States

Site Status

Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Torrance, California, United States

Site Status

Connecticut Children's Medical Center

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Site Status

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Site Status

Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Site Status

Children's National Medical Center

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Site Status

Nemours Children's Clinic-Jacksonville

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Site Status

Nemours Children's Hospital

Orlando, Florida, United States

Site Status

Nemours Children's Clinic - Pensacola

Pensacola, Florida, United States

Site Status

Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital

St. Petersburg, Florida, United States

Site Status

Tampa General Hospital

Tampa, Florida, United States

Site Status

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Egleston

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Site Status

University of Illinois

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Site Status

Children's Hospital New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Site Status

Ochsner Medical Center Jefferson

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Site Status

Eastern Maine Medical Center

Bangor, Maine, United States

Site Status

Sinai Hospital of Baltimore

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Site Status

Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Site Status

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status

Wayne State University/Karmanos Cancer Institute

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Site Status

Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Site Status

Washington University School of Medicine

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Site Status

Hackensack University Medical Center

Hackensack, New Jersey, United States

Site Status

The Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York

New Hyde Park, New York, United States

Site Status

NYP/Columbia University Medical Center/Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center

New York, New York, United States

Site Status

Montefiore Medical Center - Moses Campus

The Bronx, New York, United States

Site Status

New York Medical College

Valhalla, New York, United States

Site Status

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

The Toledo Hospital/Toledo Children's Hospital

Toledo, Ohio, United States

Site Status

Legacy Emanuel Children's Hospital

Portland, Oregon, United States

Site Status

Oregon Health and Science University

Portland, Oregon, United States

Site Status

Sanford USD Medical Center - Sioux Falls

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States

Site Status

T C Thompson Children's Hospital

Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

Site Status

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Site Status

Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Site Status

Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas

Austin, Texas, United States

Site Status

Driscoll Children's Hospital

Corpus Christi, Texas, United States

Site Status

Cook Children's Medical Center

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Site Status

Children's Hospital of San Antonio

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Site Status

Methodist Children's Hospital of South Texas

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Site Status

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Site Status

Virginia Commonwealth University/Massey Cancer Center

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Site Status

Seattle Children's Hospital

Seattle, Washington, United States

Site Status

Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital

Spokane, Washington, United States

Site Status

Madigan Army Medical Center

Tacoma, Washington, United States

Site Status

Saint Vincent Hospital Cancer Center Green Bay

Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States

Site Status

Children's Hospital

London, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

Hospital for Sick Children

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

The Montreal Children's Hospital of the MUHC

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Site Status

San Jorge Children's Hospital

San Juan, , Puerto Rico

Site Status

University Pediatric Hospital

San Juan, , Puerto Rico

Site Status

Countries

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United States Canada Puerto Rico

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan

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Related Links

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https://nctn-data-archive.nci.nih.gov/

Data Available: Select individual patient-level data from this trial can be requested from the NCTN/NCORP Data Archive

Other Identifiers

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NCI-2013-00595

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

ACCL1034

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

COG-ACCL1034

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

ACCL1034

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

R01CA163394

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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U10CA095861

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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UG1CA189955

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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ACCL1034

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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