Hospital study probes why some IV lines get infected
NCT ID NCT07258862
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at why some IV catheters cause infections while others don't. Researchers will collect catheters from 250 hospitalized patients and analyze the bacteria living on them. The goal is to understand what makes harmless colonization turn into a dangerous infection, which could help hospitals prevent these common complications.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 250 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jan 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patient hospitalized in a care unit of the NOVO hospital
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * Patient hospitalized in a care unit of the NOVO hospital (Pontoise site) * Major patient for whom a peripheral venous catheter has been in place for at least 2 days and at most 7 days, with or without signs of inflammation Exclusion Criteria: * Antibiotic treatment by any route * Patient with viral hepatitis, or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or suspected epidemic and biological risk (EBR) * Patient unable to understand and give non-opposition to study participation * Patient under guardianship
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CY Cergy Paris Université
Neuville-sur-Oise, France
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Hopital Novo
Cergy-Pontoise, Hopital NOVO, 95303, France
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