ANZICS CTG Endorsed Study
A phase III randomised controlled trial of continuous beta-lactam infusion compared with intermittent beta-lactam dosing in critically ill patients
Study Description
A phase III randomised controlled trial of continuous beta-lactam infusion compared with intermittent beta-lactam dosing in critically ill patients. This is a prospective, multicentre study with 7000 patients recruited from 100 sites worldwide, open label randomised controlled trial with blinded outcome assessment.
Management Committee
Jeffrey Lipman (Chair), Stephen Brett, Menino Cotta, Joshua Davis, Jan De Waele, Joel Dulhunty, Simon Finfer, Naomi Hammond, Serena Knowles, Shay McGuinness, John Myburgh, David Paterson, Dorrilyn Rajbhandari (Project Manager), Sandra Peake, Andrew Rhodes, Jason Roberts, Claire Roger, Charudatt Shirwadkar, Therese Starr, Colman Taylor.
Administering Institution
The George Institute for Global Health
Collaborators
University of Queensland
Sample Size
7000 patients
Funding
NHMRC – Project Grant – $3,269,942
HRC NZ– Project Grant – NZ$1,195,807
UK – NIHR Portfolio
Belgium – KCA (government funding)
Project Status as of June 2019
The study is in the recruitment phase with 73 of 95 sites now recruiting. A total of 1650 patients recruited of 7000.
Collaborations have been organized with: UK (Imperial College; Dr Stephen Brett, PI Coordinator); Belgikum (The University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium; Dr Jan De Waele, European Collaborator); France (University Hospital Nimes; Dr Claire Roger, coordinating); and Sweden.
There is funding for 3 sites in Malaysia which will be initiated soon.
Reference
CTG1516-04
NCT03212990 (ClinicalTrials.gov)
Contact
Dorrilyn Rajbhandari (email)
Jeff Lipman (email)
Joel Dulhunty (email)