Blood cancer patients with drug allergies may get safer antibiotics thanks to new study
NCT ID NCT06967467
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at how doctors and patients feel about a new approach to picking antibiotics for people with blood cancers who have a reported penicillin allergy. The goal is to understand what might make it easier or harder to use this approach in everyday hospital care. About 80 patients and their doctors will fill out questionnaires to share their views.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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About 80 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2025
- Expected to finish
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Oct 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.
Who is studied
The study population includes patient participants who are admitted to an inpatient oncology service at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and clinician participants who provide clinical care during the admission. By definition, the Clinical Pharmacist who enrolls patient participants will also be part of the study population.
- 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 participants: * a diagnosis of a hematologic malignancy (lymphoma, leukemia, myeloma) * a prior label applied to their medical record to indicate a beta lactam allergy * hospitalized as an inpatient to an oncology service at the time the study is conducted Clinician participants: * member of the primary inpatient care team Exclusion Criteria: Patient participants: * meet one of the exclusionary criteria for the RENEW clinical intervention Clinician participants: * no exclusions
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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