Blood level monitoring could speed sepsis recovery
NCT ID NCT07270523
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether adjusting beta-lactam antibiotics based on blood levels helps critically ill sepsis patients recover faster. 198 adults in the ICU will be randomly assigned to either standard dosing or dosing guided by regular blood tests. The goal is to see if personalized dosing reduces time to full clinical recovery.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- beta-lactam antibiotics
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that personalized antibiotic dosing helps sepsis patients recover faster and reduces hospital stays.
- What could go wrong
- This is a single-center trial with 198 patients, so results may not apply broadly. The intervention is monitoring, not a new drug, so the impact may be modest.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 198 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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Jan 2029
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.
- 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: * Age ≥18 years. * Diagnosis of sepsis according to Sepsis-3 (SOFA ≥2). * Initiation of treatment with beta-lactam antibiotics. * Informed consent signed by the patient or their legal representative within the first 48 hours after the start of antibiotic therapy. Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy or breastfeeding. * Known hypersensitivity to beta-lactams. * Discontinuation of antibiotic treatment before the first TDM determination. * Simultaneous participation in another clinical trial.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Clinical Hospital of Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, 15705, Spain
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