Does how you get vancomycin affect your kidneys?
NCT ID NCT05823116
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looked at hospitalized adults who needed the antibiotic vancomycin. Participants were randomly assigned to receive it as a continuous drip or as intermittent doses. Researchers measured kidney function and injury markers to see if one method is gentler on the kidneys.
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 it works, this could help doctors choose the safer way to give vancomycin to protect patients' kidneys.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study with only 37 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. It looks at kidney markers, not long-term outcomes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 4
Runs after approval, following long-term safety and how well the treatment works in everyday use.
- Participants
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37 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2023
- Finished
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Jun 2025
- 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: * ≥ 18 years of age * Hospitalized at University of Kentucky on a medical service (internal medicine or medical intensive care) * Prescribed ≥ 2 doses of vancomycin per treating physician * Be able to provide written, informed consent, or have a legally authorized representative (LAR) responsible for their care able to provide written, informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Chronic kidney disease (documented or prior to admission estimated GFR (eGFR) \<60 ml/min/1.73m2 using non-race-based creatinine GFR equation) * End stage kidney disease * Stage 1 or higher AKI per Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) classification (serum creatinine increase ≥ 0.3 mg/dl or 1.5-1.9 times baseline; urine output \< 0.5 ml/kg/hr for 6-12 hours) * Greater than 2 doses of vancomycin within the last 72 hours * Allergy to iohexol * Uroepithelial tumors * Pregnancy * Prisoner
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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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University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky, 40506, United States
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