FOUR-SIX TRIAL for the Treatment of Enterococcal Endocarditis

NCT ID: NCT05398289

Last Updated: 2023-05-10

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

130 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-01-01

Study Completion Date

2026-09-01

Brief Summary

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Duration of therapy in severe infections has a high impact in term of compliance, adverse events, and costs but also in term of antibiotic pressure on selection of multidrug-resistant pathogens. In this context, many advancements have been obtained for an early diagnosis of IE with a strict selection of criteria for surgery. Moreover, the use in antibiotic regimen of new drugs with peculiar PK/PD characteristics, as a quick bactericidal action, also for IE was not accompanied to a revaluation of duration of antibiotic treatment. On this basis, US and European guidelines recommend a 6-week duration of antibiotic treatment for IE due to enterococcal species.

AIM 1: To evaluate a 4-week duration of antibiotic therapy versus a 6-week duration according to international guidelines.

AIM 2: Second aim is to evaluate the PK/PD of antimicrobials in relation to the probability of target attainment (PTA) of optimal exposure against enterococci.

AIM 3: Finally, we will analyze the bactericidal activities of antibiotic combinations used in patients with IE and the survival of the subgroup of patients who underwent surgery.

Open-label, multicenter, randomized, non-inferiority trial to be conducted in a 3-year period. The institutional review board at each site will approve the protocol, and all patients or their authorized representatives will provide written informed consent. Eligible patients will be 18 years of age or older with a documented IE due to enterococcal strains, according to the modified Duke criteria.

63 patients in each of the two arms. The study will be conducted at Italian sites. Data on demographic characteristics, comorbidities, antibiotic and concomitant therapies will be collected. Baseline treatments will be defined according to the patients' pharmacological history. IE will be defined according to modified Duke criteria. Antibiotic treatment, indications and timing of surgery will be based on the 2015 American Heart Association and European Society of Cardiology guidelines.

Blood samples for determining antibiotic concentrations of ampicillin, gentamicin, vancomycin, daptomycin and linezolid will be collected at predetermined times in order to allow estimation of PK/PD.

Randomization:

1. 4-week duration of antibiotic therapy
2. standard 6-week duration of antibiotic therapy The intention-to-treat population (ITT) will include all randomized patients. The modified intention-to-treat population (mITT) will include all randomized patients receiving at least one dose of study medication. The clinically evaluable (CE) population will include ITT patients demonstrating sufficient adherence to study protocol.

Primary endpoint: non-inferiority of a 4-week course in terms of outcome at 60 days.

Secondary endpoints: microbiological eradication, pharmacological concentrations of antibiotic regimens, patients undergoing surgery, duration of therapy according with resistance profile of enterococcal species.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Enterococcal Endocarditis

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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4-week duration of antibiotic therapy

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

4-week duration of antibiotic therapy

Intervention Type DRUG

The aim is to show non-inferiority of a 4-week duration of antibiotic therapy versus a standard 6-week duration according to international guidelines

standard 6-week duration of antibiotic therapy

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

6-week duration of antibiotic therapy

Intervention Type DRUG

The aim is to show non-inferiority of a 4-week duration of antibiotic therapy versus a standard 6-week duration according to international guidelines

Interventions

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4-week duration of antibiotic therapy

The aim is to show non-inferiority of a 4-week duration of antibiotic therapy versus a standard 6-week duration according to international guidelines

Intervention Type DRUG

6-week duration of antibiotic therapy

The aim is to show non-inferiority of a 4-week duration of antibiotic therapy versus a standard 6-week duration according to international guidelines

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* documented infective endocarditis due to enterococcal strains, according to the modified Duke criteria.

Exclusion Criteria

* patients candidate for chronic suppressive antibiotic treatment
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University Magna Graecia

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Alessandro Russo

Associate Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Central Contacts

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Alessandro Russo, Prof.

Role: CONTACT

+39 09613647552

Other Identifiers

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FST_2022

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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