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Phase 4 N=353,323 Randomized Prevention

Mupirocin-Iodophor ICU Decolonization Swap Out Trial

Staphylococcus Aureus

Enrolled (actual)
353,323
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Feb 2024
Primary outcome: Primary: Number of Participants With ICU-attributable Staphylococcus Aureus Clinical Cultures — 2708; 3563 participants

Study Design & Population

Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 4
Interventions
Arm 1. Routine Care (Mupirocin/CHG) (Drug); Arm 2. Iodophor/CHG Decolonization (Drug)
Age
Pediatric, Adult, Older Adult
Sex
All
Sponsor
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Primary completion
Nov 2023

Outcome Measures

OutcomeResultp-value
PRIMARY
Number of Participants With ICU-attributable Staphylococcus Aureus Clinical Cultures
2708; 3563
SECONDARY
Number of Participants With ICU Attributable MRSA Clinical Cultures
1377; 1682
SECONDARY
Number of Participants With ICU-attributable Bloodstream Infections
1766; 1956

Summary

The Swap Out Trial is a cluster randomized controlled trial of HCA hospitals, evaluating the non-inferiority of two decolonization regimens: Arm 1 Routine Care: ICU nasal decolonization with mupirocin twice daily for 5 days in the context of chlorhexidine for daily bathing; Arm 2 Intervention: ICU nasal decolonization with iodophor twice daily for 5 days in the context of chlorhexidine for daily bathing Note: that enrolled "subjects" represents 137 individual HCA Hospitals (representing ~235 ICUs) that have been randomized.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Inclusion criteria includes all U.S. HCA hospitals with an adult ICU;
  • Note: Unit of randomization is the hospital, but the participants are hospital adult ICUs
  • All patients within adult ICUs are included, including rare patients =12 years.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Exclusion criteria includes ICUs with an average length of stay of less than 2 days;
  • HCA hospitals that are not able to transfer or merge data into the centralized data warehouse for the baseline and intervention periods of the study are also excluded.
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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03140423). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.

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