NCT03382470

Impact of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs in the Global Setting

Partnership to Enhance Antimicrobial Use in Resource-Limited Settings (PEARL): An Assessment of Need and Feasibility of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 3,115 (actual)
• Sponsor: Duke University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Antimicrobial resistance is one of the greatest threats to human health, and is driven by inappropriate antimicrobial use. Antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) improve the use of antimicrobials in hospitals. The purpose of this study is to identify the need for and barriers to implementation of ASPs in three hospitals in Sri Lanka, Kenya, and Tanzania.

Detailed description

Antimicrobial resistance is one of the greatest threats to human health, and is driven by the inappropriate antimicrobial use. Antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) improve the use of antimicrobials. The purpose of this study is to identify the need for and barriers to implementation of ASPs in three hospitals in Sri Lanka, Kenya, and Tanzania. The impact of creating a basic ASP will be assessed at each hospital.

Conditions

• Resistance Bacterial

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Antimicrobial stewardship advice	A basic antimicrobial stewardship team will be created at each site. The team will provide advice on the treatment of urinary tract infections and asymptomatic bacteriuria during the second half of the study.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-03-12
• Primary completion: 2019-03-08
• Completion: 2019-03-08
• First posted: 2017-12-26
• Last updated: 2019-07-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Sri Lanka