ECMO Patients' hidden infection risk under the microscope
NCT ID NCT05566665
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study follows 200 adults on ECMO (a heart-lung machine) for severe breathing problems. Researchers track how many get hospital-acquired infections and measure antibiotic levels in their blood and lungs. The goal is to learn more about infections and drug dosing in these critically ill patients, not to test a new treatment.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this study could help doctors choose the right antibiotic doses for ECMO patients, potentially reducing infection-related deaths.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It only collects data, so it cannot directly improve patient outcomes. Results may not apply to all hospitals.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2023
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
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
The study population for the Aim 1 study will comprise adult patients admitted to the aforementioned ICUs suffering from ARDS (as defined by the Berlin criteria) and treated with ECMO. The study population for the Aim 2 study will comprise the subgroup of patients as per Aim 1, whose clinical course is complicated by VAP necessitating antibiotic treatment with ceftazidime/avibactam, meropenem/vaborbactam, ceftolozane/tazobactam, or cefiderocol
- Ages
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18 to 100 years
- 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: * Age \> 18 years * Ongoing ECMO Adjunctive Inclusion Criterium for the sole Secondary Objective: \- Antibiotic treatment with ceftazidime/avibactam, meropenem/vaborbactam, ceftolozane/tazobactam, or cefiderocol. Exclusion Criteria: * ECPR * ECMO as a bridge to Lung Transplantation * Pregnancy * Expected survival \< 24 hours.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
Milan, MI, 20122, Italy
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Fondazione IRCCS Ca'Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
Milan, Milan, 20100, Italy
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