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Opportunistic PK/PD Trial in Critically Ill Children (OPTIC)

Description

OPTIC is a prospective, open-label, non-randomized study of multiple medications administered to approximately 2000 children in the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit (PCICU) per routine clinical car by their treating provider. The purpose of this study is to characterize the PK of drugs routinely administered to children per standard of care using opportunistic and scavenged samples. The prescribing of drugs to children will not be part of this protocol. After the child/adult (\<21 years of age) is consented/enrolled, demographic and clinical data will be extracted from the EHR. Biospecimen information (including date and time of sample collection) will be collected. Data analysis will be conducted on all participants with at least 2 evaluable samples. The protocol represents minimal risk to the children/adults who provide body fluid for this study, including potential loss of confidentiality (samples will be assigned a unique accession number) and risks associated with blood draws. Adverse Events (AEs)/Serious Adverse Events (SAEs) caused by the study specimen collections will be monitored and recorded in the Electronic Data Capture (EDC) system.

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

OPTIC is a prospective, open-label, non-randomized study of multiple medications administered to approximately 2000 children in the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit (PCICU) per routine clinical car by their treating provider. The purpose of this study is to characterize the PK of drugs routinely administered to children per standard of care using opportunistic and scavenged samples. The prescribing of drugs to children will not be part of this protocol. After the child/adult (\<21 years of age) is consented/enrolled, demographic and clinical data will be extracted from the EHR. Biospecimen information (including date and time of sample collection) will be collected. Data analysis will be conducted on all participants with at least 2 evaluable samples. The protocol represents minimal risk to the children/adults who provide body fluid for this study, including potential loss of confidentiality (samples will be assigned a unique accession number) and risks associated with blood draws. Adverse Events (AEs)/Serious Adverse Events (SAEs) caused by the study specimen collections will be monitored and recorded in the Electronic Data Capture (EDC) system.

Clinically Integrated Opportunistic PK/PD Trial in Critically Ill Children

Opportunistic PK/PD Trial in Critically Ill Children (OPTIC)

Condition
Cardiac Disease
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Durham

Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27705

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • 1. Participant is \<21 years old on admission
  • 2. Participant is admitted to the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
  • 3. Parent/legal guardian/adult participant can understand the consent process and is willing to provide informed consent/assent
  • 4. Participant is receiving one or more of the study drugs of interest at the time of enrollment
  • 1. Any condition which would make the participant, in the opinion of the investigator, unsuitable for the study

Ages Eligible for Study

0 Months to 20 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Duke University,

Christoph P Hornik, MD, PhD, MPH, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Duke UMC

Study Record Dates

2026-09-30