New strategy could slash antibiotic overuse in sick kids
NCT ID NCT05975671
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a combination of clinical guidelines, feedback, and education can reduce the overuse of vancomycin in children with suspected sepsis in intensive care units. Over 52,000 patients and many clinicians across five hospitals will take part. The goal is to lower side effects like kidney damage and fight antibiotic resistance.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- behavioral intervention (clinical guidelines, feedback, and education)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a proven way to reduce antibiotic overuse in pediatric ICUs, lowering the risk of kidney damage and antibiotic resistance.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage behavioral study, not a drug trial. Results may vary across hospitals, and the intervention might not change prescribing habits as hoped.
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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 52,500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2023
- Expected to finish
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May 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.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- 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.
Patient Inclusion Criteria: * Admitted to one of the participating PICUs during the study period Patient Exclusion Criteria: * None Clinician Inclusion Criteria: 1. PICU prescribing clinician (including attending physicians, fellows, residents, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants) OR sepsis stakeholder (leader of sepsis quality improvement work, medical director) at one of the participating sites at the time the survey is deployed 2. Age ≥ 18 years old 3. Employed by one of the participating sites Clinician Exclusion Criteria: 1. Volunteers or other non-employee hospital staff 2. Limited English proficiency
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
4 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
RECRUITINGAtlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
RECRUITINGPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, 19146, United States
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Johns Hopkins Children's Center
RECRUITINGBaltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States
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St. Louis Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGSt Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States
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