Investigators propose to conduct a multicenter, prospective, randomized, controlled, assessing the interests of an antibiotic protocol guided by the combined use of serum procalcitonin (PCT) and a broad-panel respiratory multiplex PCR (mPCR) to reduce duration of antibiotics exposure in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) hospitalized in intensive care unit (ICU) with pneumonia. The primary endpoint is the number of antibiotic-days for the treatment of pneumonia.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
64
At day 3, clinicians have to consider all the early microbiological results (including the respiratory broad-panel mPCR (Biofire FilmArray Pneumonia plus Panel de Biomérieux) and procalcitonin, and subsequently to apply an algorithm of early antibiotics discontinuation or de-escalation. Discontinuation is encouraged in case of no bacteria documentation and a procalcitonin \< 1 ng/L; discontinuation is even encouraged if a viral documentation is concurrently obtained. In case of no bacteria documentation and a procalcitonin \> 1 nd/L, antibiotic continuation is encouraged for additional two days. In case of bacteria documentation, antibiotic continuation is encouraged, but with narrowing the spectrum as much as possible. The duration of antibiotics is based on a procalcitonin algorithm: procalcitonin \< 0.1 nd/l: discontinuation; 0.1 ng/l \< procalcitonin \< 0.25 ng/l: additional 1 day; procalcitonin \> 0.25 ng/l: additional 2 days.
Medical Intensive Care Unit, CHU Caen
Caen, France
RECRUITINGDuration of antibiotic therapy
The number of antibiotic-days for the treatment of pneumonia
Time frame: from ICU admission to day 28 or hospital discharge
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