An open-label randomized controlled trial to compare two vancomycin dosage adjustment methods
An open-label randomized controlled trial to compare two vancomycin dosage adjustment methods; a vancomycin trough concentration method and a equation-based method.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
114
Vancomycin dosage will be adjusted according to the equation-based method
Vancomycin dosage will be adjusted according to the trough concentration method
Siriraj Hospital
Bangkok, Thailand
RECRUITINGClinical response
Clinical response will be evaluated at the end of therapy (EOT) by a clinician investigator. Clinical response will be classified as good clinical response, partial clinical response, poor clinical response and undetermined.
Time frame: End of therapy (an average of 2 weeks)
Renal adverse event
Double serum creatinine
Time frame: Day 5 after vancomycin therapy
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