UMIN ID: UMIN000002149
Registered date:01/08/2009
A loading dose of teicoplanin in critically ill patients: effectiveness of dosing determined by data analysis software.
Basic Information
| Recruitment status | |
|---|---|
| Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied | Gram-positive infections |
| Date of first enrollment | 2007/10/01 |
| Target sample size | 20 |
| Countries of recruitment | Japan |
| Study type | Interventional |
| Intervention(s) | initial loading dose of teicoplanin is determined by a data analysis software 400 mg of teicoplanin is administered for loading dose every 12 h three times and following 24 h. |
Outcome(s)
| Primary Outcome | trough concentration of teicoplanin at 24, 48, 72hrs after first administration. |
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| Secondary Outcome | The duration of ICU stay and mortality rate |
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
| Age minimum | 18years-old |
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| Age maximum | Not applicable |
| Gender | Male and Female |
| Include criteria | |
| Exclude criteria | hemodialysis therapy, infective endocarditis and purulent osteomyelitis. |
Related Information
| Primary Sponsor | Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, the University of Tokushima graduate school |
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| Secondary Sponsor | |
| Source(s) of Monetary Support | none |
| Secondary ID(s) |
Contact
| public contact | |
| Name | Hideaki Imanaka |
| Address | 3-18-15 Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima, 770-8503 Japan Japan |
| Telephone | 0886339347 |
| imanakah@clin.med.tokushima-u.ac.jp | |
| Affiliation | Tokushima University Hospital Emergency and Critical Care Medicine |
| scientific contact | |
| Name | Masaji Nishimura |
| Address | 3-18-15 Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima, 770-8503 Japan Japan |
| Telephone | 0886339347 |
| Affiliation | Tokushima University Hospital Emergency and Critical Care Medicine |