For more than fifty years, vancomycin has been cited as a nephrotoxic agent. Reports of vancomycin induced kidney injury (a.k.a vancomycin induced nephrotoxicity or VIN), have waxed and waned throughout the years for various reasons. Recently, VIN has reemerged as a clinical concern. This may be due to various reasons, including new dosing recommendations as well as an increased prevalence of risk factors associated with vancomycin induced nephrotoxicity. This study aims to evaluate a strategy which attempts to reduce kidney damage from vancomycin use.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
100
Dose optimized vancomycin. Target trough: 15 - 20 mg/L for Health Care Associated Pneumonia, Osteomyelitis, Septic Arthritis, Endocarditis and Bacteremia; Target trough: 10 - 20 mg/L for Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infections;
Dose based on package insert labeling CrCL \> 50 mL/min: 600 mg IV q12h CrCL 31-50 mL/min: 400 mg q12h CrCL 15-30 mL/min: 300 mg q12h CrCL \< 15mL/min: 200 mg q12h;
Dose based on renal function and literature dosing recommendations CrCL ≥ 30 mL/min: 6 - 10 mg/kg IV q24h CrCL \< 30 mL/min: 6 - 10 mg/kg IV q48h
600 mg IV/PO q12h
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Proportion of Individuals With Nephrotoxicity
Increase in SCr of 0.5 mg/dL or 50% above baseline for at least two consecutive days while on the study drug and through discharge from hospital. This measure will be reported as proportion of patients with nephrotoxicity within each group in relation to the number of patients in each group.
Time frame: Day 1 and daily serum creatinine assessment up to date of discharge from hospital, and a median of 7 days.
Proportion of Individuals With Acute Kidney Injury Network Modified Definition of Nephrotoxicity
An abrupt (within 48 hour) reduction in kidney function with one or more of the following 1) Increase in SCr ≥ 0.3 mg/dL 2) Increase SCr ≥ 50% or 3) Decreased urine output (\< 0.5 ml/kg/hr x 6 hrs) while on the study drug. This measure will be reported as proportion of patients with acute kidney injury within each group in relation to the number of patients in each group.
Time frame: Day 1 and daily serum creatinine assessment up to date of discharge, and a median of 7 days.
Proportion of Individuals With Clinical Success
Clinical success is a composite endpoint of those patients with clinical cure or improvement in clinical signs and symptoms of infection (i.e. SIRS criteria, and microbiology) while on the study drug. This measure will be reported as the proportion of patients with clinical success in each group compared to the the total number of patients in the group.
Time frame: Daily assessment of signs and symptoms of infection, and a median of 7 days.
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