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RecruitingNCT02998411OptiPOPUpdated Nov 20, 2025

Population Pharmacokinetics of Anti-infectives in Hospitalized Patients

An observational study in Patient Receiving Anti-infectives Whatever Disease, sponsored by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris. Recruiting at 1 site in France. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-11-20.

Sponsored by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris · Observational

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Dec 2016; still recruiting 9 years 10 months later.
Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
60
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

In case of sepsis, the therapeutic success is strongly influenced by the choice of anti-infectives (AI) in terms of spectrum, dosage and administration schedule. It is therefore critical to achieve adequate AI concentration as quickly as possible.

This protocol aims to define a common framework to studies conducted jointly by the Antimicrobial Stewardship Tea, the Pharmacology department of Cochin hospital and within the APHP Centre hospital group for various AI in a range of specific study populations (intensive care unit patients, neutropenic patients…).

These studies will use mathematical modeling methodologies to investigate the pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD) of different AI including PK/PD targets or any other biological compartment. The effects of covariates on PK and PD parameters will be investigated to better explain the between-subject variability (BSV) and to ultimately suggest individualized dosage regimens.

Read the detailed description

Patients with sepsis who receive inadequate AI regimen have a high risk of poor clinical outcomes. It is therefore critical to achieve adequate concentration of the AI as quickly as possible in these patients.

Pharmacokinetics (PK) describes the drug concentration-time courses in body fluids resulting from administration of a certain drug dose, pharmacodynamics (PD) the observed effect resulting from a certain drug concentration. The three PK/PD indices most commonly evaluated for AI are: the ratio of the maximal unbound drug concentration to the MIC (fCmax/MIC), the ratio of the area under the unbound drug concentration-time curve to the MIC (fAUC/MIC) or the percentage of a 24 h time period where the unbound drug concentration exceeds the MIC (fT.MIC). Dosing regimens are chosen to reach a target value of the main PK/PD index.

In hospitalized patients, a high between-subject variability is expected on PK parameters, related to the severity of the disease (sepsis, neutropenia, organ failure...), weight, age (geriatric patients, neonates...) and the co-administration of other medications leading to potential drug interactions. The PD variability is strongly influenced by the immune status, type of infection, inoculum size, comorbidities.

The optiPOP protocol aims to define a common framework to PK/PD studies conducted jointly by the Antimicrobial Stewardship Team, the Pharmacology department of Cochin hospital and within the APHP Centre hospital group.

These studies will use mathematical population pharmacokinetic modeling methodologies to investigate PK/PD parameters of various AI in a range of specific study populations (ICU, neutropenic patients…). The effects of covariates on PK and PD parameters will be investigated in order to better explain the between-subject variability and to ultimately suggest individualized dosage regimens.

OptiPOP is a prospective, non-interventional, single center study, based on data regularly collected during the therapeutic drug monitoring of AI.

The antimicrobial stewardship team (AST) has a role in advising clinicians for the diagnostic and treatment of infectious diseases. It is closely involved in daily therapeutic drug monitoring of AI, in collaboration with the department of pharmacology and within the APHP Centre hospital group. Patient selection will take place in all medical and surgical wards of the hospital. The AST senior physician will check the eligibility criteria and propose the study to the patient, in accordance with the referring physician. Any adult patient requiring the administration of an AI with at least one plasma concentration measurement or any other biological compartment conducted in Cochin department of pharmacology and within the APHP Centre hospital group will be eligible. The AST physician will give a briefing note to the patient, and the non-oral opposition for the retrieval and analysis of data will be collected.

No intervention or no charge will be made for this study. It is planned to include 60 patients per molecule.

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Conditions studied

  • Patient Receiving Anti-infectives Whatever Disease

Keywords

  • anti-infectives
  • adults
  • pharmacokinetic
  • pharmacodynamic end-points
  • clinical cure
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In context

Lead sponsor

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris is the lead sponsor of 3,505 studies on the registry; 1,006 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Adults patients hospitalized in Cochin hospital receiving an AI agent and who require at least one AI concentration measurement or any other biological compartment.

Inclusion criteria

  • Every adult hospitalized in Cochin hospital, receiving an AI and who require at least one AI concentration measurement or any other biological compartment in the Cochin department of pharmacology

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patient having notified to the physician the refusal for data recovery
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
60 participants (estimated)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • AI treatment and dosage

    Other: Titration

Interventions

  • OtherTitration
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Anti-infectives concentration

    Time frame: 28 days

Secondary outcomes

  1. Composite measure of the health condition

    Clinical and laboratory data : anthropometric characteristics; organs function, severity score, type of infection, micro-organsim and sensitivity, infectious biological parameters

    Time frame: 28 days

  2. Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) of the suspected or documented pathogen

    Pharmacodynamic characteristics of the molecule

    Time frame: 28 days

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Cochin Hospital
    Paris, Paris 75014, France
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Nov 20, 2025, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02998411
Lead sponsor
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Collaborators
URC-CIC Paris Descartes Necker Cochin
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Dec 20, 2016
Start date
Dec 1, 2016
Primary completion
Dec 2028 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 2028 (estimated)
Last update
Nov 20, 2025

Study contacts

Etienne CANOUI, MD
Contact
etienne.canoui@aphp.fr
01 58 41 42 67 ext. +33
Laure CHOUPEAUX, Master
Contact
laure.choupeaux@aphp.fr
01 44 38 17 11 ext. +33
Etienne CANOUI, MD
principal investigator · Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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