Individualizing duration of antibiotic therapy in community-acquired pneumonia

Publication date: Available online 27 June 2017 Source:Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics Author(s): Stefano Aliberti, Julio Ramirez, Fabio Giuliani, Timothy Wiemken, Giovanni Sotgiu, Sara Tedeschi, Manuela Carugati, Vincenzo Valenti, Marco Marchioni, Marco Camera, Roberto Piro, Manuela Del Forno, Giuseppe Milani, Paola Faverio, Luca Richeldi, Martina Deotto, Massimiliano Villani, Antonio Voza, Eleonora Tobaldini, Mauro Bernardi, Andrea Bellone, Matteo Bassetti, Francesco Blasi International experts suggest tailoring antibiotic duration in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) according to patients' characteristics. We aimed to assess the effectiveness of an individualized approach to antibiotic duration based on time in which CAP patients reach clinical stability during hospitalization. In a multicenter, non-inferiority, randomized, controlled trial hospitalized adult patients with CAP reaching clinical stability within 5 days after hospitalization were randomized to a standard vs. individualized antibiotic duration. In the Individualized group, antibiotics were discontinued 48 h after the patient reached clinical stability, with at least five days of total antibiotic treatment. Early failure within 30 days was the primary composite outcome. 135 patients were randomized to the Standard group and 125 to the Individualized group. The trial was interrupted by the safety committee because of an apparent inferiority of the Individualized group ov...
Source: Pulmonary Pharmacology and Therapeutics - Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research