Preauthorization Versus Prospective Audit in Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
NCT ID: NCT02837081
Last Updated: 2016-07-19
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Basic Information
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UNKNOWN
NA
1060 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2015-12-31
2017-03-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Methods: During a stepwise change in the policy of the antimicrobial stewardship program in this hospital, the study will observe the differences between two standardized core strategies (preauthorization vs prospective audit) of ASP. Hospitalized patients aged 20 and above, requiring use of restricted antimicrobials will be recruited into the study. Signing of consent forms are waived since both strategies are already proven to be effective and are widely implemented in Taiwan and worldwide. Also, the evaluation of such policy changes will not impact on patient safety or patient rights. The conduction of the study will not require contacting patients and no clinical samples will be collected. All data required for analysis will be collected via a computerized patient care system. Patient data will be protected via de-linking. Patients will be excluded if admitted at or entered the intensive care unit within 48 hours of entry, and if infectious diseases consultation had been requested. Eligible patients will be randomized to either preauthorization, which is the current practice in the hospital; or prospective audit, that will be done at 48-72 hours after prescription, as is the current practice in other hospitals in Taiwan and worldwide. Managing physicians are not obligated to follow our advice and the investigators will not intervene in their management decisions. Primary outcomes include antimicrobial utilization, drug costs and patient outcomes such as length of stay and clinical improvement. The time spent on implementing these two strategies will be compared.
The study hypothesis is that the preauthorization group will impact on a reduction in antimicrobial cost and utilization, especially in the first 72 hours, when compared to prospective audit. However, patient outcomes will likely be similar. Antimicrobial stewardship programs using preauthorization as a core strategy compared to prospective audit with feedback have similar patient outcomes, but may reduce antimicrobial utilization.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
NONE
Study Groups
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Preauthorization group
Strategy 1 of antimicrobial stewardship: Prescriptions of antimicrobial agents are done real-time by infectious diseases physician consultant. Use restricted without real-time authorization.
preauthorization strategy of antimicrobial stewardship
applying preauthorization as one strategy of antimicrobial stewardship
Prospective audit
Strategy 2 of antimicrobial stewardship: Prescription of antimicrobial agents are audited 48-72 hours later by infectious diseases physician consultant. Use allowed without authorization for 72 hours.
Prospective audit strategy of antimicrobial stewardship
applying prospective audit as a different strategy of antimicrobial stewardship
Interventions
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Prospective audit strategy of antimicrobial stewardship
applying prospective audit as a different strategy of antimicrobial stewardship
preauthorization strategy of antimicrobial stewardship
applying preauthorization as one strategy of antimicrobial stewardship
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
* Patients with antimicrobial prescriptions prescribed during after-hours, including weekends and public holidays.
* Formal infectious disease consultations requested prior to randomization.
* Patients in the emergency department and outpatient department.
20 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital.
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Susan Shin-Jung Lee
Attending physician
Principal Investigators
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Susan Shin-Jung Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital.
Locations
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Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital
Kaohsiung City, , Taiwan
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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References
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Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America; Infectious Diseases Society of America; Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. Policy statement on antimicrobial stewardship by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS). Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2012 Apr;33(4):322-7. doi: 10.1086/665010.
W.H.O. (2011) WHO Global Strategy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance.
Tseng SH, Lee CM, Lin TY, Chang SC, Chuang YC, Yen MY, Hwang KP, Leu HS, Yen CC, Chang FY. Combating antimicrobial resistance: antimicrobial stewardship program in Taiwan. J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2012 Apr;45(2):79-89. doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2012.03.007. Epub 2012 Apr 5.
Dellit TH, Owens RC, McGowan JE Jr, Gerding DN, Weinstein RA, Burke JP, Huskins WC, Paterson DL, Fishman NO, Carpenter CF, Brennan PJ, Billeter M, Hooton TM; Infectious Diseases Society of America; Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America guidelines for developing an institutional program to enhance antimicrobial stewardship. Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Jan 15;44(2):159-77. doi: 10.1086/510393. Epub 2006 Dec 13. No abstract available.
Chung GW, Wu JE, Yeo CL, Chan D, Hsu LY. Antimicrobial stewardship: a review of prospective audit and feedback systems and an objective evaluation of outcomes. Virulence. 2013 Feb 15;4(2):151-7. doi: 10.4161/viru.21626. Epub 2013 Jan 9.
Lin YS, Lin IF, Yen YF, Lin PC, Shiu YC, Hu HY, Yang YP. Impact of an antimicrobial stewardship program with multidisciplinary cooperation in a community public teaching hospital in Taiwan. Am J Infect Control. 2013 Nov;41(11):1069-72. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.04.004. Epub 2013 Jul 17.
Teng CB, Ng TM, Tan MW, Tan SH, Tay M, Lim SF, Ling LM, Ang BS, Lye DC. Safety and effectiveness of improving carbapenem use via prospective review and feedback in a multidisciplinary antimicrobial stewardship programme. Ann Acad Med Singap. 2015 Jan;44(1):19-25.
Reed EE, Stevenson KB, West JE, Bauer KA, Goff DA. Impact of formulary restriction with prior authorization by an antimicrobial stewardship program. Virulence. 2013 Feb 15;4(2):158-62. doi: 10.4161/viru.21657. Epub 2012 Nov 15.
Mehta JM, Haynes K, Wileyto EP, Gerber JS, Timko DR, Morgan SC, Binkley S, Fishman NO, Lautenbach E, Zaoutis T; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Epicenter Program. Comparison of prior authorization and prospective audit with feedback for antimicrobial stewardship. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Sep;35(9):1092-9. doi: 10.1086/677624. Epub 2014 Jul 23.
Charlson ME, Pompei P, Ales KL, MacKenzie CR. A new method of classifying prognostic comorbidity in longitudinal studies: development and validation. J Chronic Dis. 1987;40(5):373-83. doi: 10.1016/0021-9681(87)90171-8.
W.H.O. Defined Daily Dose (DDD). 2015 [cited 2015 May 24]; Available from: http://www.whocc.no/ddd/definition_and_general_considera/.
van den Bosch CM, Geerlings SE, Natsch S, Prins JM, Hulscher ME. Quality indicators to measure appropriate antibiotic use in hospitalized adults. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Jan 15;60(2):281-91. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu747. Epub 2014 Sep 28.
Other Identifiers
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VGHKS15-CT12-05
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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