Clinical trial NCT04199494: Antibiotic Stewardship Program in Pancreatic Surgery: a Multicenter Time Series Analysis (BIOSTEPS).
Official title: Antibiotic Stewardship Program in Pancreatic Surgery: a Multicenter Time Series Analysis (BIOSTEPS).
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Conditions: Surgical Site Infection
Antibiotic Resistant Infection
Lead sponsor: Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco
First posted: 2019-12-16
Enrollment: 1200
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: OTHER
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: All patients visited at the General and Pancreatic Surgery Department, Pancreas Institute, of Verona, the Oncological and Robotic General Surgery, Careggi Hospital, University of Florence, and the Department of Surgery, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome and scheduled for pancreatic resection will be enrolled. The patients will be submitted to the routinely diagnostic preoperative procedures, including the Rectal Swab culture, two weeks before surgery.

Brief summary: Rationale: Surgical site infection (SSI) is one of the most frequently reported postoperative complication, occurring in up to one-third of patients. Its development causes a substantial increase in the clinical and economic burden of pancreatic surgery. Nowadays, the primary goal of a surgical department is the reduction of the SSI rate, based on a cautious approach to the prescription of the antibiotic prophylaxis (AP) to avoid the spread of multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacteria. An antimicrobial stewardship program and a patient-tailored antibiotic prophylaxis could be an optimal strategy to reduce the impact of infectious complications after pancreatic surgery. However, few data are available regarding this topic.

Objective: To evaluate the useful of an antimicrobial stewardship program and a patient-tailored antibiotic prophylaxis in the reduction of the occurrence of SSI and the inappropriate use of key antibiotics in patients undergoing pancreatic surgery.

Study design: A time series study will be conducted. The antimicrobial stewardship program is shared between three national high-volume centers of pancreatic surgery. Statistical significance and effect size were calculated by segmented regression analysis of interrupted time series of drug use, SSI rate, and costs for 3 years before and after the introduction of the program.

Study population: Patients with an indication for elective pancreatic surgery.

Main study parameters/endpoints: Primary outcome is the reduction of SSI rate. Secondary outcomes are the reduction of the use of the key antibiotics (such as piperacillin/tazobactam and carbapenems), the microbial whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of the carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae, and the reduction of the treatment costs

Detailed description: A multicenter time series with segmented regression analysis will be conducted at three national high-volume centers of pancreatic surgery: The General and Pancreatic Surgery Department, Pancreas Institute, of Verona, the Oncological and Robotic General Surgery, Careggi University of Florence, and the Department of Surgery, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome. All patients visited at the General and Pancreatic Surgery Department, Pancreas Institute, of Verona, the Oncological and Robotic General Surgery, Careggi Hospital, University of Florence, and the Department of Surgery, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome and scheduled for pancreatic resection will be enrolled. The patients will be submitted to the routinely diagnostic preoperative procedures, including the RS culture, two weeks before surgery. All patients enrolled will receive a preoperative clinical visit two weeks before surgery. During the patient's interview, the surgeon will collect the medical history, exposing the clinical and surgical perioperative pathways. The patient is also submitted to the routinely preoperative lab tests, including the RS. The study design is based on evidence collected by previous studies of the group and after a systematic review of the literature. The ASP has been shown to effectively reduce unnecessary antibiotic use and optimize the treatment of infectious diseases. To be successful, multiple aspects should be considered in the ASP. Initially, the infection control specialists will follow the routine activity of each department in order to define what could immediately be improved. Internal antibiotic prophylaxis and therapy guidelines will be defined and shared between groups. The RS, collected at the preoperative testing, is evaluated by the infection control specialist. In case of identification of MDR bacteria, each patient will receive a tailored AP based on the antibiograms of the RS. In any case, the infection control specialist will choose the best solution for the patient avoiding the key antibiotics.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Scheduled for elective pancreatic resection
* Age ≥ 18 years
* American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score \< 4
* The ability of the subject to understand the character and individual consequences of the clinical trial
* Written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

* Under 18 years of age
* ASA score ≥4
* Immune suppressed patients
* Pregnant women
* Participation in another study with interference of study outcomes
* Impaired mental state or language problems

Primary outcomes:
measure: SSI rate after pancreatic surgery
timeFrame: 30th day after surgery
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Antibiotic Stewardship Program in Pancreatic Surgery
timeFrame: 30th day after surgery
measure: Whole genome sequencing of MDR bacteria
timeFrame: 30th day after surgery
measure: Treatment costs
timeFrame: 30th day after surgery
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Verona
country: Italy
facility: AOUI Verona
city: Verona
country: Italy
facility: AOUI Verona
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