Predictive Value of Procalcitonin for Bacteremia in the ICU

NCT ID: NCT03497741

Last Updated: 2024-06-21

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

170 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-10-01

Study Completion Date

2019-03-01

Brief Summary

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Association between plasma procalcitonin levels and positive blood cultures in critical illness patients in the ICU.

Detailed Description

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Rationale: Association of procalcitonin levels and blood cultures in critical illness patients on the ICU.

Objective: Procalcitonin is an acute phase protein. As part of the acute phase response, procalcitonin is produced during sepsis. Previous research shows that procalcitonin is a biomarker for bloodstream infection. However, there is still little known about the value of procalcitonin in diagnostics for micro-organism underlying a sepsis in ICU patients. In modern practice, blood cultures are taken when a patient is septic to determine the responsible micro-organism. When procalcitonin is a predictive value for bacteremia in the ICU, the number of blood cultures can be reduced.

Study design: An observational cohort study intervention: for each patient in the ICU blood cultures were taken, the procalcitonin level was determined. During 6 months 150 patients will be included.

Main study parameters/endpoints: this study will examine the predictive value of procalcitonin in blood cultures on the ICU.

Conditions

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Sepsis Procalcitonin

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Interventions

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procalcitonin measurement

For each patient were blood cultures were taken, a procalcitonin level was determined

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients admitted to the ICU
* Age \> 18 years

Exclusion Criteria

* Hemodialysis/ Continuous Veno-Venous Hemofiltration
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Rijnstate Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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H.J. van Leeuwen

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Rijnstate Hospital

Locations

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Rijnstate hospital

Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands

Site Status

Countries

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Netherlands

Other Identifiers

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2016-0877

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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