Can smarter dosing of a common antibiotic prevent kidney damage in kids with sepsis?
NCT ID NCT07084129
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This early-phase trial tests whether using personalized dosing models for the antibiotic vancomycin can improve treatment in children with sepsis. The standard dosing approach may lead to blood levels that are too high (risking kidney injury) or too low (risking ineffective treatment). The study will enroll 20 children in intensive care and use new markers of kidney function to adjust each child's dose. The main goal is to see if this personalized approach is feasible and can keep vancomycin levels in the target range.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- vancomycin
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to safer, more effective vancomycin dosing for children with sepsis, reducing the risk of kidney injury.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early-phase feasibility study with only 20 participants. It is not designed to prove that personalized dosing prevents kidney injury, only that the approach is possible.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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About 20 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2026
- Expected to finish
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May 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.
- Ages
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1 month to 17 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: 1. Age \>1 month and \<18 years 2. Weight \>5kg and \<50kg 3. Vancomycin intended duration of therapy ≥48 hours 4. Admitted to intensive care unit with suspected or confirmed sepsis 5. Either sepsis-induced respiratory (invasive mechanical ventilation) or cardiovascular (vasoactive infusion) dysfunction as part of sepsis-associated organ dysfunction (these organ dysfunctions may be improving or resolved at the time of enrollment) Exclusion Criteria: 1. Serum creatinine elevated and meets criteria for trough-based dosing by local Clinical Pharmacy 2. Methicillin resistant Staph aureus minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC)\>1 3. Central nervous system infection 4. Extracorporeal support (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, continuous renal replacement therapy) 5. Pregnancy 6. Patients on chronic dialysis therapy 7. Patients with known history of delayed vancomycin clearance based on local pharmacy records
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
RECRUITINGPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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