RECRUITING

Pre-emptive Prevention for Patients at High Risk for Hospital-onset Clostridioides Difficile

Study Overview

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Description

Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) is the most common healthcare-associated pathogen, causing \>500,000 infections and \>29,000 deaths per year in the US. Traditional approaches to reduce hospital-onset CDI focus on identifying, isolating, and treating symptomatic patients to prevent transmission to other patients. Recent genomic epidemiology studies, however, suggest that most hospital-onset CDI cases are attributable to asymptomatic carriers who either progress from colonization to active infection themselves or transmit C. difficile to other patients while asymptomatic. This trial will evaluate an intervention to pre-emptively identify asymptomatic C. difficile carriers and then implement a patient-tailored prevention package to protect the carrier from progression to active infection and to prevent transmission from the carrier to other patients.

Official Title

A Pre-emptive Prevention Bundle for Patients at High Risk for Hospital-onset Clostridioides Difficile

Quick Facts

Study Start:2022-07-25
Study Completion:2026-08
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT05389904

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:18 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:No
Standard Ages:ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * Patients admitted to ICU or Oncology units and identified to carry C. Difficile via VRE swab
  1. * Patients not identified as carriers of C. difficile and patients not admitted to ICU or oncology units

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

Meghan A Baker, MD, SCD
CONTACT
617-732-8881
mbaker1@bwh.harvard.edu
Sanjat Kanjilal, MD, MPH
CONTACT
skanjilal@bwh.harvar.edu

Principal Investigator

Meghan A Baker, MD, SCD
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Study Locations (Sites)

Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02115
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: Brigham and Women's Hospital

  • Meghan A Baker, MD, SCD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2022-07-25
Study Completion Date2026-08

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2022-07-25
Study Completion Date2026-08

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

  • Prevention
  • Hospital-acquired infection

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • C. Difficile