Ventilator pneumonia in COVID-19: antibiotics failing to reach the lungs?
NCT ID NCT05464680
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at why antibiotics often fail to treat pneumonia in COVID-19 patients on ventilators. Researchers measured how much of the antibiotic piperacillin reaches the lungs in 34 adults with severe COVID-19 pneumonia. The goal was to understand if poor lung penetration explains the high rate of repeat infections, which could lead to better dosing strategies.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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34 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2022
- Finished
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May 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * 1\. Patient over 18 years of age 2. Patient has given consent or consent obtained from the trusted person if the patient is not capable of consenting, after informed consent. 3\. Patient with ARDS 4. Patient requiring MV for ARDS (as defined by Berlin (15)), regardless of etiology (COVID-19 or other cause of ARDS) 5. Patient with suspected 1st episode of ARDS for which microbiological sampling is performed (bronchial aspiration, protected distal sampling (PDS), bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL)) 6. Patients who have received probabilistic antibiotic therapy within 24 hours of the microbiological sample, including piperacillin-tazobactam (PIP-TAZ) administered according to current recommendations. 7\. Patient who is a beneficiary of or affiliated to a social security system Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients for whom PIP-TAZ is administered as a discontinuous infusion. 2. Contraindication to the realization of a mini-LBA: patient whose respiratory state is too precarious for the realization of a mini-LBA for intra pulmonary antibiotics dosage (SpO2\<94% under FiO2 100% under VM), presence of a non drained pneumothorax, bronchial prosthesis, recent bronchial suture 3. Patient with a second episode of PAVM. 4. Patients with KDIGO stage ≥ 3 renal failure or extra-renal replacement therapy (creatinine measurement on the day of inclusion, performed as part of routine care). 5. Patient on ExtraCorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) or ExtraCorporeal CO2 Removal (ECCO2R). 6. Pregnant or breastfeeding women, patients under guardianship or trusteeship, deprived of liberty 7. Patients who are moribund or for whom limitations of active therapies have been decided. 8. Any condition, which in the opinion of the investigator, would not allow the implementation of the study procedures.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Service Médecine Intensive Réanimation
Marseille, 13015, France
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