Pulsed UV Xenon Disinfection to Prevent Resistant Healthcare Associated Infection

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

25732 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-07-07

Study Completion Date

2020-04-15

Brief Summary

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The objective is to conduct a prospective, sham controlled, double-blinded, interventional crossover trial to compare standard terminal cleaning plus PX-UV (intervention) with standard terminal cleaning plus sham PX-UV (control) with crossover at 12 months, following a 6-month washout period. Outcome measures include the rates of HAIs, as well as the recurrence of genetically identical clinical strains of HAIs among patients on study units. The study will be conducted in 2 hospitals covering 16 total hospital units at Detroit Medical Center. Our central hypothesis is that the addition of PX-UV to standard terminal cleaning will be associated with a significant reduction in the rate of HAIs, as well as a reduction in the recovery of genetically identical strains of MDROs. The impact of PX-UV disinfection on rates of HAIs on study units will be determined by comparing rates of HAIs on a) study units where PX-UV is added to standard terminal cleaning practices to b) units where a sham UV disinfection system is added to standard terminal cleaning; and by comparing rates of HAIs on the same medical ward during each of two 12-month phases of a crossover study (one phase when a PX-UV device is added and one when a sham device is added to standard terminal cleaning).

The long-term goal of this project is to establish the efficacy of terminal cleaning plus PX-UV in reducing rates of HAIs due to the following multi-drug resistant organisms (MDROs): C. difficile, vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs), methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Acinetobacter baumannii.

At the conclusion of the proposed project, novel data will be generated from this rigorously controlled study regarding the effectiveness of PX-UV in reducing HAIs in a representative, real-world healthcare setting.

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Detailed Description

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In 2011, 721,800 healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) were reported in the United States. The hospital environment has been increasingly recognized as an important determinant of HAI acquisition and prevention of HAIs has become a top priority for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Terminal cleaning of a patient room is recognized as a critically important process to help prevent HAIs and involves extensive cleaning and disinfection of the room after a patient has been discharged from the room and before the subsequent patient has been admitted to the room. Pulsed xenon ultraviolet light (PX-UV) has been shown to be effective in killing a variety of pathogens including endospores of Clostridium difficile. PX-UV works quickly - the entire cycle time for use in a hospital room is 15 minutes. To date, the clinical impact of adding PX-UV to terminal cleaning has not been demonstrated in clinical trials with sham controls or in a crossover design. The long-term goal of this project is to establish the efficacy of terminal cleaning plus PX-UV in reducing rates of HAIs due to the following multi-drug resistant organisms (MDROs): C. difficile, vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs), methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Acinetobacter baumannii. The objective of this application is to conduct a prospective, sham controlled, double-blinded, interventional crossover trial to compare standard terminal cleaning plus PX-UV (intervention) with standard terminal cleaning plus sham PX-UV (control) with crossover at 12 months, following a 6-month washout period. Outcome measures include the rates of HAIs, as well as the recurrence of genetically identical clinical strains of HAIs among patients on study units. The study will be conducted in 2 hospitals covering 16 total hospital units at Detroit Medical Center. Our central hypothesis is that the addition of PX-UV to standard terminal cleaning will be associated with a significant reduction in the rate of HAIs, as well as a reduction in the recovery of genetically identical strains of MDROs. The impact of PX-UV disinfection on rates of HAIs on study units will be determined by comparing rates of HAIs on a) study units where PX-UV is added to standard terminal cleaning practices to b) units where a sham UV disinfection system is added to standard terminal cleaning; and by comparing rates of HAIs on the same medical ward during each of two 12-month phases of a crossover study (one phase when a PX-UV device is added and one when a sham device is added to standard terminal cleaning). At the conclusion of the proposed project, novel data will be generated from this rigorously controlled study regarding the effectiveness of PX-UV in reducing HAIs in a representative, real-world healthcare setting.

Conditions

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Healthcare Associated Infection Clostridium Difficile Infection Infection Due to Multidrug Resistant Bacteria

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Two-armed crossover with an initial intervention period of 12 months, followed by a 6 month washout period and a second intervention period of 12 months. The 6 month washout period will be necessary because of the long-term survivability of eiHAIs, such as C. difficile, on environmental services.

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

All healthcare personnel (including device operators and environmental services staff) will be blinded to the intervention/sham status of the devices. In addition, the study personel including the PI and individuals performing data analysis, will be blinded to the intervention/sham status of the devices. The device status will be written on a piece of paper by the manufacturer with the serial numbers of each device indicated, sealed in an envelope and kept in a secure location by the study statistician for later retrieval when trial data analysis has been completed.

Study Groups

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Pulsed xenon ultraviolet light (PX-UV) Device Emitting Germicidal UV

Pulsed xenon ultraviolet light (PX-UV) Device to be used to disinfect rooms following post-discharge terminal cleaning

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Pulsed xenon ultraviolet (PX-UV) Device

Intervention Type DEVICE

Two Detroit Medical Center (DMC) acute-care hospitals are being proposed for this project, Sinai-Grace Hospital (SGH) and Detroit Receiving Hospital (DRH). SGH is a 383-bed hospital, and DRH is a 248-bed hospital. The study will be conducted in eight hospital units in SGH and eight hospital units in DRH, including two medical intensive care units (ICUs), two surgical ICUs and 12 non-ICU medical-surgical wards. The 16 study units include a total of 379 beds.

Devices will be deployed on these study units with the sham and intervention devices split evenly between SGH and DRH. Within each study site, the types of devices (PX-UV vs sham) will be assigned randomly to the units in Phase 1 and then switched in Phase 2.

Sham Device

Intervention Type DEVICE

Two Detroit Medical Center (DMC) acute-care hospitals are being proposed for this project, Sinai-Grace Hospital (SGH) and Detroit Receiving Hospital (DRH). SGH is a 383-bed hospital, and DRH is a 248-bed hospital. The study will be conducted in eight hospital units in SGH and eight hospital units in DRH, including two medical intensive care units (ICUs), two surgical ICUs and 12 non-ICU medical-surgical wards. The 16 study units include a total of 379 beds.

Devices will be deployed on these study units with the sham and intervention devices split evenly between SGH and DRH. Within each study site, the types of devices (PX-UV vs sham) will be assigned randomly to the units in Phase 1 and then switched in Phase 2.

Sham Device - Non Emitting Germicidal UV

Sham Device to be run in rooms following post-discharge terminal cleaning. No Germicidal UV is emitted.

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

Pulsed xenon ultraviolet (PX-UV) Device

Intervention Type DEVICE

Two Detroit Medical Center (DMC) acute-care hospitals are being proposed for this project, Sinai-Grace Hospital (SGH) and Detroit Receiving Hospital (DRH). SGH is a 383-bed hospital, and DRH is a 248-bed hospital. The study will be conducted in eight hospital units in SGH and eight hospital units in DRH, including two medical intensive care units (ICUs), two surgical ICUs and 12 non-ICU medical-surgical wards. The 16 study units include a total of 379 beds.

Devices will be deployed on these study units with the sham and intervention devices split evenly between SGH and DRH. Within each study site, the types of devices (PX-UV vs sham) will be assigned randomly to the units in Phase 1 and then switched in Phase 2.

Sham Device

Intervention Type DEVICE

Two Detroit Medical Center (DMC) acute-care hospitals are being proposed for this project, Sinai-Grace Hospital (SGH) and Detroit Receiving Hospital (DRH). SGH is a 383-bed hospital, and DRH is a 248-bed hospital. The study will be conducted in eight hospital units in SGH and eight hospital units in DRH, including two medical intensive care units (ICUs), two surgical ICUs and 12 non-ICU medical-surgical wards. The 16 study units include a total of 379 beds.

Devices will be deployed on these study units with the sham and intervention devices split evenly between SGH and DRH. Within each study site, the types of devices (PX-UV vs sham) will be assigned randomly to the units in Phase 1 and then switched in Phase 2.

Interventions

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Pulsed xenon ultraviolet (PX-UV) Device

Two Detroit Medical Center (DMC) acute-care hospitals are being proposed for this project, Sinai-Grace Hospital (SGH) and Detroit Receiving Hospital (DRH). SGH is a 383-bed hospital, and DRH is a 248-bed hospital. The study will be conducted in eight hospital units in SGH and eight hospital units in DRH, including two medical intensive care units (ICUs), two surgical ICUs and 12 non-ICU medical-surgical wards. The 16 study units include a total of 379 beds.

Devices will be deployed on these study units with the sham and intervention devices split evenly between SGH and DRH. Within each study site, the types of devices (PX-UV vs sham) will be assigned randomly to the units in Phase 1 and then switched in Phase 2.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Sham Device

Two Detroit Medical Center (DMC) acute-care hospitals are being proposed for this project, Sinai-Grace Hospital (SGH) and Detroit Receiving Hospital (DRH). SGH is a 383-bed hospital, and DRH is a 248-bed hospital. The study will be conducted in eight hospital units in SGH and eight hospital units in DRH, including two medical intensive care units (ICUs), two surgical ICUs and 12 non-ICU medical-surgical wards. The 16 study units include a total of 379 beds.

Devices will be deployed on these study units with the sham and intervention devices split evenly between SGH and DRH. Within each study site, the types of devices (PX-UV vs sham) will be assigned randomly to the units in Phase 1 and then switched in Phase 2.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* All patients admitted to the study units will be eligible
* Only patients who remain in the hospital for four calendar days or longer will be eligible for evaluation of eiHAI outcomes (the day of admission counts as calendar day one).
* Patients who do not develop an eiHAI at the time of unit discharge will be eligible for eiHAI outcomes for up to calendar 3 days following unit discharge.