Clindamycin as an Alternative to Vancomycin in Patients Undergoing Aortic Cardiac Surgery With Extracorporeal Circulation (ECC)

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 2
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorNantes University Hospital

About this trial

Antibiotic prophylaxis is essential for all types of cardiac surgery under Extracorporeal Circulation (ECC), in order to reduce the incidence of surgical site infection (SSI). However, many patients are allergic to beta-lactam antibiotics. All the more, vancomycin antibiotic recommended as replacement is not without adverse effects and frequently administered in an inappropriate manner in terms of pre-intervention timing, linked to its complex use on peripheral venous lines complicated by venotoxicity. Non-compliance with the correct use of antibiotic prophylaxis in surgery is responsible for nosocomial infections, which have an impact on both the patient and the healthcare establishment in terms of costs, particularly in cardiac surgery.

Drug pharmacokinetics are more complex under bypass surgery (high volume of distribution), and studies are needed to determine the correct administration and diffusion of drugs.

In this respect, clindamycin is an antibiotic already used in antibiotic prophylaxis for other surgeries (thoracic, orthopedic...) in cases of allergy to beta-lactam antibiotics, but to date there are no studies examining the pharmacokinetics of this molecule in the context of cardiac surgery under ECC.

The aim of this protocol is to demonstrate the feasibility of using clindamycin in patients undergoing ECC surgery, by verifying that the plasma concentration of clindamycin exceeds the minimum inhibition concentration (MIC) of the main bacteria involved in mediastinitis throughout the surgical procedure.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Adult ≥ 18 years of age,

Cardiac surgery under ECC

Surgery scheduled in the morning (added to the schedule at least 24 hours before the operation and starting at 8 a.m. in order to send blood tests during working hours).

Written, informed consent from the patient before the start of the protocol.

Disqualifiers

Known hypersensitivity/allergy to clindamycin, lincomycin, and any other excipient listed in the SmPC

Known hypersensitivity/allergy to penicillins/drugs of the beta-lactam family

Patient on antibiotics other than cefazolin prior to surgery

Patient already on clindamycin at inclusion,

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Clindamycin

    Drug

    Clindamycin used in the study corresponds to commercial forms of injectable clindamycin : KBI 600 mg/4 mL injectable solution, ampoule. * 1 ampoule contains 600 mg Clindamycin phosphate (expressed as Clindamycin base). * Excipients: edetate disodium, benzyl alcohol, sodium hydroxide, water for injection. * Dosage form: injectable solution 10minutes after injecting the first bolus of cefuroxime, clindamycin is reconstituted in 50 mL of 0.9% NaCl, then 900 mg of clindamycin is administered as a slow IV over 30 minutes. At H+4 from the end of the clindamycin injection, if skin closure is not effective, clindamycin at a dose of 600 mg in 50 mL 0.9% NaCl is re-injected over 20 minutes.

Treatment groups

25 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: ClindamycinExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Plasma clindamycin concentrations

To demonstrate the feasibility of using clindamycin in patients undergoing ECC and to assure that plasma clindamycin concentrations remain above the minimum inhibition concentration (MIC) of the main bacteria involved in mediastinitis, estimated free plasma clindamycin concentration will be verify throughout surgery. The free plasma concentration of clindamycin is estimated by measuring the total plasma concentration of clindamycin, based on a bound fraction of 80 to 94%.The epidemiological threshold MIC for S. aureus (ECOFF = 0.25 mg/L for clindamycin) was chosen for comparison with clindamycin concentrations, given that this bacterium is the main one implicated in mediastinitis.

Time frame
H0 (at incision), then every hour, and at the end of surgery (defined as sternal closure)

Secondary outcomes

1

Determine the pharmacokinetic parameters of clindamycin under ECC

Volume of distribution, clearance, elimination half-life, quantity of intra-operative vascular filling (in ml) including blood transfusions: number and type of intra-operative LBS (labile blood products)

Time frame
At H0 (at incision), then every hour, and at the end of surgery (defined as sternal closure)
2

Determine the factors of variability in clindamycin pharmacokinetics for patients under ECC surgery

Collection of weight, height (calculation of BMI), collection of usual post-CEC biological data (creatinemia with calculation of GFR, ASAT/ALAT, total and conjugated bilirubinemia, PAL, γ-GT, protidemia with addition of α-1 acid glycoprotein at induction), qualitative record of CYP3A4/5 inducer/inhibitor drugs, CEC modalities (duration, type and quantity of priming solution, type of cardioplegia, body temperature), blood transfusion and volume reprocessed by Cell-Saver©.

Time frame
Post-ECC at H+6 and H+24
3

Determining the diffusion of clindamycin in pericardial fatty tissue

Tissue determination of clindamycin in pericardial fat and correlation with plasma levels (biocollection, ancillary study

Time frame
At the start of the operation (sternotomy) and when the pericardium is closed
4

Description of adverse events according to NCI CTCAE V5 criteria

Recording of AEs and SAEs, collection of all clinical signs indicative of anaphylaxis on medical examination

Time frame
From first injection of clindamycin to end of hospitalization

Other outcomes

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