SKin and Soft Tissue Necrotizing INfections in the Intensive Care Unit: a Prospective Multi-national Cohort Study

NCT ID: NCT05116956

Last Updated: 2021-11-23

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

1033 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-11-08

Study Completion Date

2023-07-22

Brief Summary

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Necrotizing soft-tissue infections (NSTI) are rare and life-threatening bacterial infections characterized by subcutaneous tissue, fascia or muscle necrosis. Few prospective studies have been performed and our current knowledge on NSTI is mostly derived from retrospective single center studies. The "SKin and soft tissue necrotizing INfections in the ICU" (SKIN-ICU) study is a multinational prospective non-interventional cohort study that will include patients admitted to the ICU/intermediate care unit for NSTI or not.

The objectives of the study are :

1. To assess hospital (i.e., ICU and hospital mortality) and medium-term (day-90 mortality, functional outcomes and health-related quality of life scores, HR-QoL) outcomes
2. To report the clinical presentation and microbiological epidemiology of NSTI and identify independent prognostic factors of mortality and altered quality of life

Detailed Description

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Necrotizing soft-tissue infections (NSTI) are rare and life-threatening bacterial infections characterized by subcutaneous tissue, fascia or muscle necrosis. The mortality of NSTIs is high, ranging from 9% in non-selected patients to up to 30% in the most severe forms requiring intensive care unit (ICU) admission .

With an incidence of 4/100 000 persons per year, initial misdiagnosis is frequent, with no reliable diagnostic test available, frequently leading to a delayed surgical debridement of infected tissues, one of the main modifiable prognostic factors. According to international recommendations, any cutaneous infection associated with the failure of one or more organs or showing a dramatic deterioration must include the diagnosis of NSTI for consideration, even if there is no local sign of the condition being severe. The diagnosis is confirmed by identifying during surgery deficient tissue, sometimes necrotic, which comes away easily in the fingers and by the presence of the typical, foul-smelling "dishwasher" exudate.

The early management of NSTIs is challenging and requires a coordinated and multidisciplinary approach. Treatment of NSTIs consists of early broad-spectrum antimicrobial therapy together with emergency and aggressive surgical debridement including excision of all necrotic and infected tissues. Few prospective studies have been performed and our current knowledge on NSTI is mostly derived from retrospective single center studies.The few randomized therapeutic trials testing interventions in this setting have been disappointing, in part because of the difficulty to identify subgroups for individualized treatments. A large international study aimed at collecting granular data on the clinical presentation, microbiology, management and outcomes of patients with NSTI admitted in the ICU and involving a large number of centers and countries is thus desirable to improve our knowledge on this devastating condition.

The "SKin and soft tissue INfections in the ICU" (SKIN-ICU) study is a multinational prospective non-interventional cohort study that will include patients with NSTI admitted or not to the ICU/intermediate care unit and aim at addressing the following points: 1) Hospital (i.e., ICU and hospital mortality) and medium-term outcomes (three- and six-month survival, functional outcomes and health-related quality of life scores, HR-QoL); and 2) Clinical presentation and microbiological epidemiology of NSTI.

Conditions

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Necrotizing Fasciitis Fournier Gangrene Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection

Keywords

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necrotizing soft tissue infection Necrotizing Fasciitis Fournier Gangrene

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Interventions

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non interventional

Multinational prospective, standard care data collection, non-interventional, study not involving human subjects

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age \> 18 years
* Patient with surgically-confirmed NSTI (i.e., macroscopic appearance of tissue during surgery revealing swollen, dull gray tissues with a thin, brownish exudate with or without necrosis)

Exclusion Criteria

* Patient deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision or patient under guardianship
* Expressed opposition to project's participation at the project
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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European Society of Intensive Care Medicine

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Henri Mondor University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Nicolas de Prost

Professor Nicolas de Prost

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Nicolas de Prost, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Service MIR, Hôpital Henri Mondor

Locations

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Hopital Henri Mondor

Créteil, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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France

Central Contacts

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Nicolas de Prost, MD, PhD

Role: CONTACT

Phone: +33145178617

Email: [email protected]

Narimane Zeghbib

Role: CONTACT

Phone: +33149814536

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Nicolas De Prost, Pr

Role: primary

References

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Stevens DL, Bryant AE. Necrotizing Soft-Tissue Infections. N Engl J Med. 2017 Dec 7;377(23):2253-2265. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra1600673. No abstract available.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 29211672 (View on PubMed)

Urbina T, Canoui-Poitrine F, Hua C, Layese R, Alves A, Ouedraogo R, Bosc R, Sbidian E, Chosidow O, Dessap AM, de Prost N; Henri Mondor Hospital Necrotizing Fasciitis Group. Long-term quality of life in necrotizing soft-tissue infection survivors: a monocentric prospective cohort study. Ann Intensive Care. 2021 Jul 2;11(1):102. doi: 10.1186/s13613-021-00891-9.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 34213694 (View on PubMed)

Stevens DL, Bisno AL, Chambers HF, Dellinger EP, Goldstein EJ, Gorbach SL, Hirschmann JV, Kaplan SL, Montoya JG, Wade JC. Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of skin and soft tissue infections: 2014 update by the infectious diseases society of America. Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Jul 15;59(2):147-59. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu296. Epub 2014 Jun 18.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 24947530 (View on PubMed)

Peetermans M, de Prost N, Eckmann C, Norrby-Teglund A, Skrede S, De Waele JJ. Necrotizing skin and soft-tissue infections in the intensive care unit. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2020 Jan;26(1):8-17. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2019.06.031. Epub 2019 Jul 5.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 31284035 (View on PubMed)

Madsen MB, Skrede S, Bruun T, Arnell P, Rosen A, Nekludov M, Karlsson Y, Bergey F, Saccenti E, Martins Dos Santos VAP, Perner A, Norrby-Teglund A, Hyldegaard O. Necrotizing soft tissue infections - a multicentre, prospective observational study (INFECT): protocol and statistical analysis plan. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2018 Feb;62(2):272-279. doi: 10.1111/aas.13024. Epub 2017 Oct 29.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 29082520 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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1-0_30042021

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id