NCT03720132

Optimization of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Vancomycin in Pediatric Patients With an Implanted Port Catheter

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 10 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this study is to verify whether extensive flushing of the port catheter in patients with catheter related blood stream infection will lead to correct vancomycin trough levels, taken via the port catheter and compared with simultaneously taken peripheral samples.

Detailed description

In this study, extensive flushing of the port catheter prior to blood sampling to determine vancomycin trough levels, will be compared with normal flushing. To ascertain correctness of the trough levels taken via the central catheter, sampling will occur through a peripheral catheter simultaneously. Flushing will be done with sodium chloride 0.9 % solution.

Conditions

• Catheter Related Blood Stream Infections

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Extensive flushing of the port catheter	The port catheter will be flushed extensively with sodium chloride 0.9% before blood sampling. Blood sampling will occur through the central catheter and peripherally simultaneously.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-06-01
• Primary completion: 2015-10-01
• Completion: 2018-09-30
• First posted: 2018-10-25
• Last updated: 2018-10-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium