Aerosolized Vancomycin in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Pneumonia Under Mechanical … (NCT01925066) | Clinical Trial Compass
CompletedPhase 2
Aerosolized Vancomycin in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Pneumonia Under Mechanical Ventilation
South Korea20 participantsStarted 2013-08
Plain-language summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether aerosolized vancomycin is effective in the treatment of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus pneumonia under mechanical ventilation.
Who can participate
Age range19 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Nosocomial or severe community-acquired pneumonia due to Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
* Must be mechanically ventilated in intensive care unit
Exclusion Criteria:
* Non-bacterial pneumonia, such as viral, fungal, tuberculosis infections
* Underlying respiratory condition: bronchiectasis, post-tuberculosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma
* Complicated pneumonia, such as empyema, parapneumonic effusion requiring chest tube or drainage
* Already or previous treated with intravenous vancomycin (Not pneumonia)
* Adverse reaction due to inhaled ventolin before treatment of aerosolized vancomycin
* Hypersensitivity of vancomycin or glycopeptide antibiotics
* Positive culture of Enterococcus in respiratory specimen
* Pregnant or Breast-feeding patient
* Immunocompromised hosts: more than 1mg/kg of corticosteroid users for more than 3 months, transplantation recipients, AIDS patients
* Another aerosolized antibiotics within 48 hours of study enrollment
* Not adherent to mechanical ventilation protocol of this study
* Not arterial line monitoring
* Vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentration \>= 2㎍/㎖ of cultured Staphylococcus aureus
What they're measuring
1
clinical cure rate
Timeframe: within the first 30 days after treatment