Local Antibiotic Therapy to Reduce Infection After Operative Treatment of Fractures at High Risk of Infection: A Multicenter Randomized, Controlled Trial (VANCO)

NCT02227446 | Completed Phase 3 Results DMC

• 1 other identifier: W81XWH-10-2-0134
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 1,036
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The Vancomycin Study is a multi-center, prospective randomized controlled trial that will compare the proportion of deep surgical site infections within 6 months in patients treated with local Vancomycin powder compared to those treated without local Vancomycin powder at the time of fracture fixation.

Conditions

Post Operative Surgical Site Infection

Keywords

Surgical site infection risk prevention; Bacterial species type and antibacterial sensitives

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Number of Clinically Significant Deep Surgical Site Infection (SSI)

  The main outcome will be the presence of clinically significant surgical site infection (SSI) in the first 26 weeks after surgery, as determined by CDC guidelines. The CDC criteria is currently 3 months for surgical site infection. To help capture more infections the study investigators have moved the time frame back to 6 months. Wound characteristics will also be evaluated using the ASEPSIS score. In this system wounds are scored using the weighted sum of points assigned for predetermined criteria including the need for Additional treatment, presence of Serous drainage, Erythema, Purulent exudates, Separation of deep tissues, the Isolation of bacteria, and the duration of patients Stay (ASEPSIS). The study investigators will define deep infections as those that require operative treatment, and superficial infections as those that are treated without operative intervention.

  26 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Bacterial Antibiotic Resistance Rate of Infected Participants

  26 weeks

• Identify Risk Factors for Infection

  26 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Vancomycin Antibotic Powder

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in the treatment group will receive the study intervention of a maximum dose of 1000mg of Vancomycin antibiotic powder in their wound bed, which is placed right before wound closure. Vancomycin antibiotic powder may be combined with normal saline as per clinical practice at the participating institution. In addition, participants in this group will receive standard of care treatment for their injury, to include all institution specific standard treatment (prophylactic and otherwise) for preventing and treating infection.

Drug: Vancomycin antibiotic powder

Standard of Care

NO INTERVENTION

Participants in this group will receive standard of care treatment for their injury, to include all institution specific standard treatment (prophylactic and otherwise) for preventing and treating infection. Participants in this group will not receive local Vancomycin antibiotic powder.

Interventions

Vancomycin antibiotic powder DRUG

At the time of fracture fixation 1000 mg of Vancomycin powder placed into the wound during wound closure.

Vancomycin Antibotic Powder

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 80 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• All "high energy" tibial plateau fractures treated operatively with plate and screw fixation.
• We define "high energy" tibial plateau fractures as patients who are either:
• Initially treated with an external fixation (with or without limited internal fixation) and treated definitively more than 3 days later after swelling has resolved.
• Any open type I, II, or IIIA fracture, regardless of timing of definitive treatment.
• Any tibial plateau fracture associated with ipsilateral leg compartment syndrome fasciotomy wounds.
• All "high energy" pilon (distal tibial plafond) fractures treated operatively with plate and screw fixation. We define "high energy" pilon fractures as patients who are either:
• Initially treated with an external fixation (with or without fibula fixation or limited internal fixation) and treated definitively more than 3 days later after swelling has resolved.
• Any open type I, II, or IIIA fracture, regardless of timing of definitive treatment.
• Any tibial pilon fracture associated with ipsilateral leg compartment syndrome fasciotomy wounds.
• Ages 18 to 80 years
• Patients may have co-existing non-tibial infection, with or without antibiotic treatment.
• Patients may have risk factors for infection including diabetes, immunosuppression from steroids or other medications, HIV, or other infections.
• Patients may have a head injury
• Patients may have a portion of the fixation (e.g. fibula fixation in pilon or percutaneous screws across a tibial plateau fracture) prior to definitive plate fixation, at the initial surgery before randomization.
• Patients may have other orthopedic and non-orthopaedic injuries.

You may not qualify if:

• The study injury: tibial plateau, pilon, is already infected at time of study enrollment.
• Patient speaks neither English nor Spanish.
• Patients who have already had definitive fixation prior to enrollment in the study.
• Severe problems with maintaining follow-up (e.g. patients who are homeless at the time of injury or those how are intellectually challenged without adequate family support).
• Patients with allergies, drug administration reactions, or other sensitivities to Vancomycin (such as a history of Redman's Syndrome).
• Pregnancy.
• The study injury is a type IIIB or IIIC open fracture.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center

Baltimore, Maryland, 21201, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium (METRC); O'Toole RV, Joshi M, Carlini AR, Murray CK, Allen LE, Huang Y, Scharfstein DO, O'Hara NN, Gary JL, Bosse MJ, Castillo RC, Bishop JA, Weaver MJ, Firoozabadi R, Hsu JR, Karunakar MA, Seymour RB, Sims SH, Churchill C, Brennan ML, Gonzales G, Reilly RM, Zura RD, Howes CR, Mir HR, Wagstrom EA, Westberg J, Gaski GE, Kempton LB, Natoli RM, Sorkin AT, Virkus WW, Hill LC, Hymes RA, Holzman M, Malekzadeh AS, Schulman JE, Ramsey L, Cuff JAN, Haaser S, Osgood GM, Shafiq B, Laljani V, Lee OC, Krause PC, Rowe CJ, Hilliard CL, Morandi MM, Mullins A, Achor TS, Choo AM, Munz JW, Boutte SJ, Vallier HA, Breslin MA, Frisch HM, Kaufman AM, Large TM, LeCroy CM, Riggsbee C, Smith CS, Crickard CV, Phieffer LS, Sheridan E, Jones CB, Sietsema DL, Reid JS, Ringenbach K, Hayda R, Evans AR, Crisco MJ, Rivera JC, Osborn PM, Kimmel J, Stawicki SP, Nwachuku CO, Wojda TR, Rehman S, Donnelly JM, Caroom C, Jenkins MD, Boulton CL, Costales TG, LeBrun CT, Manson TT, Mascarenhas DC, Nascone JW, Pollak AN, Sciadini MF, Slobogean GP, Berger PZ, Connelly DW, Degani Y, Howe AL, Marinos DP, Montalvo RN, Reahl GB, Schoonover CD, Schroder LK, Vang S, Bergin PF, Graves ML, Russell GV, Spitler CA, Hydrick JM, Teague D, Ertl W, Hickerson LE, Moloney GB, Weinlein JC, Zelle BA, Agarwal A, Karia RA, Sathy AK, Au B, Maroto M, Sanders D, Higgins TF, Haller JM, Rothberg DL, Weiss DB, Yarboro SR, McVey ED, Lester-Ballard V, Goodspeed D, Lang GJ, Whiting PS, Siy AB, Obremskey WT, Jahangir AA, Attum B, Burgos EJ, Molina CS, Rodriguez-Buitrago A, Gajari V, Trochez KM, Halvorson JJ, Miller AN, Goodman JB, Holden MB, McAndrew CM, Gardner MJ, Ricci WM, Spraggs-Hughes A, Collins SC, Taylor TJ, Zadnik M. Effect of Intrawound Vancomycin Powder in Operatively Treated High-risk Tibia Fractures: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Surg. 2021 May 1;156(5):e207259. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2020.7259. Epub 2021 May 12.

  PMID: 33760010 DERIVED

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• Related Info

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Susan Collins
• Organization: METRC

scolli21@jhu.edu

4105028966

Study Officials

• Renan Castillo, PhD

  Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Robert O'Toole, MD

  University of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Anthony Carlini, MS

  Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: No
• Restrictive Agreement: Yes

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 3
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 21, 2014
• First Posted: August 28, 2014
• Study Start: October 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2018
• Study Completion: November 1, 2019
• Last Updated: June 1, 2021
• Results First Posted: June 1, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-05

Locations

US (1)