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Dalbavancin Versus Standard Antibiotic Therapy for Catheter-related Bloodstream Infections Due to Staphylococcus Aureus

A Phase 3 interventional study of Dalbavancin administration and Standard antibiotic therapy in Catheter Bacteremia and Staphylococcus Aureus Infection, sponsored by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris. Recruiting at 2 sites in France. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-04-06.

Sponsored by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Sep 2025, 1 year 1 month ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Started Jun 2023; still recruiting 3 years 4 months later.
Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
406
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-12

Among 64 studies in Staphylococcal Infections with a site in France — 12 open to participants now, 13 under way, 2 of them phase 3. Staphylococcal Infections · France.

Planned enrollment
6th of 31
406 · median 121
Started
2023
with 2 others
Phase 3
5 of 64
2 open now
Primary completion
2025-09
later than 3 of 12 live
Registered
50th of 64
by date
Lead sponsor
7 of 64
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Among the 64 studies in Staphylococcal Infections with a site in France, this one is the 6th largest by planned enrollment of the 31 interventional ones, is one of 3 that started in 2023, is one of 5 in phase 3, reaches primary completion later than 3 of the 12 other live ones, and was the 50th registered.

By phase

64 studies; the count open now beside each. This study's row is marked.

Observational33 · 3 open
No phase16 · 4 open
Phase 3this study5 · 2 open
Phase 24 · 1 open
Phase 43 · 1 open
Phase 1/22 · 1 open
Phase 11 · 0 open

By the year they started

First in 2006; this study’s year is marked. 3 started in 2023.

Size and results

Median enrollment 121 across the 31 interventional studies, 102 across the 33 observational. Of the 44 that completed or were terminated, 4 (9%) have results posted.

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Study summary

The primary objective of the study is to demonstrate, among patients with non-complicated CR-BSIs due to S. aureus, that a single-dose of intravenous (IV) dalbavancin 1500 mg is non-inferior to standard documented antibiotic therapy for 14 days according to national guidelines at DAY 30 (Long follow up visit).

As the secondary objectives, the study aims to evaluate according to treatment group:

  1. Cure rate at DAY 14 and DAY 90 (EOS);
  2. Mortality rate within 90 days of follow-up;
  3. Time to negativation of blood cultures;
  4. Patient's quality of life;
  5. Hospitalization length of stay;
  6. Cost-utility analyses;
  7. Occurrence of any adverse event (AE and SAE), until Day 90 (EOS).
Read the detailed description

Catheter-related bloodstream infections (CR-BSIs) are the most common nosocomial bloodstream infections, with an incidence as high as 8.5 to 19.8 infections per 1000 catheter-days. Staphylococcus aureus is involved in about 20% of CR-BSIs and associated with significant morbidity, mortality (9.3%), prolonged hospital stay (+ 9 days), and healthcare costs (35 000 € to 65 000 € per case). S. aureus CR-BSIs occurs mainly in frail patients with a port of catheter for chemotherapy or parenteral nutrition.

According to international guidelines, management of CR-BSIs due to S. aureus includes the removal and replacement of the infected catheter and a 14-day intravenous (IV) antibiotic therapy. Therefore, the management of CR-BSIs due to S. aureus requires the insertion of a new intravenous catheter. In turn, the new catheter can also lead to new septic complications and limit the patients' autonomy. Non-adherence to these recommendations leads to over-mortality and costs.

Following of the positive results of the SABATO trial in 2021 to determine whether early switch to oral antibiotic therapy is safe and effective in patients with uncomplicated BSA, oral switch during staphylococcal bacteremia, will likely become the standard of care. It is therefore justified to allow oral switch in the control arm.

The usual practice in some centers is already to switch to oral antibiotics, after a minimum of 7 days of intravenous treatment.

Dalbavancin is a new glycopeptide antibiotic, with an excellent bactericidal activity against Gram-positive bacteria, especially S. aureus, and a prolonged half-life of 14 to 15 days. As a comparison, half-life of antibiotics usually used for CR-BSIs due to S. aureus, i.e. penicillin or glycopeptide, as-per sensitivity to methicillin is much lower: 1.5 to 9 hours. Such prolonged half-life allows one IV injection to be sufficient and effective over 14 days of treatment. This remarkable characteristic should allow patients to be promptly discharged from hospital without monitoring.

The hypothesis of the study is that in patients with CR-BSIs due to S. aureus, after catheter removal, dalbavancin could be administered intravenously in a single administration after catheter removal and be as effective as standard documented antibiotic therapy for 14 days according to national guidelines.

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Conditions studied

  • Catheter Bacteremia
  • Staphylococcus Aureus Infection

Keywords

  • catheter-related bloodstream infections
  • Staphylococcus aureus infection
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Patients aged at least 18 years;
  • Blood cultures positive for S. aureus, obtained within 72 hours before randomization (the date considered is the date of the sampling, not the results);
  • CR-BSI, defined as:

    • One positive blood culture AND Local signs of infection at the catheter site; OR
    • at least one positive blood culture obtained from the catheter and the peripheral vein; AND
    • A differential period between catheter versus peripheral blood culture positivity of at least 2h as recommended; AND
    • Same S. aureus isolate (same phenotype) identified from the catheter and the peripheral vein blood cultures; OR
    • One positive blood culture; AND
    • Strong presumption of catheter-related infection according to clinical opinion.
  • Intravascular catheter - implantable venous access device (port-a-cath and Piccline) - removed before randomization;
  • form date and signed by the patient.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Polymicrobial infection;
  • Dalbavancin resistant strain;
  • More than 72 hours of active antibiotic treatment targeting S. aureus (in-vitro susceptibility) administered prior to randomization;
  • Patient with known valvulopathy, previous history of endocarditis, or suspicion of infective endocarditis by physician in charge;
  • Suspicion of any other deep focus infections, such as arthritis, pneumonia, osteomyelitis, or meningitis, presence of cerebral or peripheral emboli (arterial occlusion);
  • Thrombophlebitis;
  • Failure to remove any intravascular catheter which was present when first positive blood culture;
  • Signs of infection associated with quick SOFA score ≥ 2 at randomization;
  • Patients with foreign bodies such as: prosthetic heart valve, endovascular prosthesis, ventriculo-atrial shunt, pacemaker, or an automated implantable cardioverter defibrillator (AICD) device;
  • Severe liver disease ( C);
  • Severely patients:

    • Neutropenia (\< 500 neutrophils/µL) at randomization;
    • Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation within the past 6 months or planned during treatment period;
    • Solid organ transplant;
  • to dalbavancin and/or glycopeptide;
  • \< 3 months;
  • Active injection drug user;
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding women;
  • For premenopausal women: failure to use highly-effective methods for 1 month after receiving study drug;
  • Participation in other interventional trials ongoing;
  • Persons held in an institution by legal or official order;
  • Patients under legal protection;
  • Patients under guardianship or curators;
  • Patients unable to give a free and ;
  • Patient not affiliated to a social security scheme: obligation of affiliation to a social security scheme or to be a beneficiary.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(6)

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Child-Pugh class

A score of how well the liver works in people with liver disease such as cirrhosis: class A is mild, B moderate and C severe.

Immunosuppression

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Contraindication

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Life expectancy

The study doctor’s estimate of how long someone is likely to live. Criteria use it so that people can stay in the study long enough for it to answer its question.

Contraception

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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
406 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Dalbavancin

    Dalbavancin (Xydalba®) 1500 mg - One unique dose

    Drug: Dalbavancin administration

  • Active comparator
    Standard documented antibiotic therapy for 14 days according to national guidelines.

    As currently recommended, investigators will be encouraged to use the intravenous route for the entire duration of treatment. However, in order to interfere as little as possible with usual practice in each center, the antimicrobial therapy will be let to the choice of the physician in charge of the patient after a minimum of 7 days of intravenous treatment. During all the duration of the study, in case of worsening of the clinical condition requiring the prescription of antistaphylococcal, the clinician will prescribe additional antibiotherapy according to standard good practice.

    Drug: Standard antibiotic therapy

Interventions

  • DrugDalbavancin administration

    A single-dose of intraveneuse (IV) administration of dalbavancin of 1500 mg. In case of patients with chronic renal impairment (creatinin clairance \< 30mL/min), a single-dose of IV administration of reduced dalbavancin of 1000 mg.

    Also known as: Xydalba® administration

  • DrugStandard antibiotic therapy

    Standard Antibiotic therapy according to national recommendations. During the study, the start of treatment is considered to be the day of inclusion/randomization (even if active antiobiotic treatment was started, less than 72 hours ago according to inclusion criteria).

    Also known as: Standard documented antibiotic therapy

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Cure rate

    Clinical cure without relapse, defined by the absence of all the following: * Local and/or general signs of infection: * Relapse of bacteremia to S. aureus - i.e. a bacteremia due to S. aureus occurring after initial negativation of blood cultures (2 vials); * In dalbavancin arm: Any additional antibiotic therapy active on S. aureus received between DAY 0 and DAY 14; * In both arms: Any additional antibiotic therapy active on S. aureus received after DAY 14; i.e. between DAY 14 and DAY 30; * Deep focus infection including endocarditis; * Death from all causes.

    Time frame: DAY 30

Secondary outcomes

  1. Cure rate

    Clinical cure at DAY 14 and DAY 90 (EOS) defined by the absence of all the following: * For DAY 14 and DAY 90: a. Local and/or general signs of infection: i. local: redness, induration, swelling, purulent discharge; ii. general: fever, chills; b. Relapse of bacteremia to S. aureus - i.e. a bacteremia due to S. aureus occurring after initial negativation of blood cultures (2 vials); * Additional criteria at EOS only: c. Any additional antibiotic therapy active on S. aureus received between DAY 14 and DAY 90 (EOS);

    Time frame: DAY 14;DAY 90 (EOS)

  2. Mortality rate

    Death all-cause occurring within 90 days of follow-up.

    Time frame: DAY 90

  3. Bloodstream clearance

    Time from first positive blood culture to first negative blood cultures (in days), limited to DAY 14.

    Time frame: DAY 14

  4. Patient's quality of life

    Autonomy, pain and anxiety using 5-level EQ-5D scale

    Time frame: BASELINE; DAY 14; DAY 30; DAY 90 (EOS)

  5. Hospitalization length of stay

    Hospitalization duration in days

    Time frame: DAY 90

  6. Cost-utility analyses

    Cost per avoided relapse; life-year gained, and per quality-adjusted life year (QALY)

    Time frame: DAY 90

  7. Incidence of any adverse event (AE and SAE)

    Proportion of patients with any adverse event until the end of study. It includes the complications due to venous catheterization.

    Time frame: DAY 90

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Study locations

1 of 2 sites recruiting
  • Infectious Diseases Department, Raymond-Poincaré Hospital - APHP
    Garches, 92380, France
    Not yet recruiting
    • Aurelien DIHN, MD, PhD · Contact
  • Infectious Diseases Department, CH PERIGUEUX
    Périgueux, 24019, France
    Recruiting
    • Bernard CASTAN, MD · Contact
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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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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Started Jun 2023 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Sep 2025, 27 months after the start.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Oct 21, 2021
First posted
Nov 11, 2021
StartActual
Jun 23, 2023
Primary completionEst.
Sep 23, 2025
CompletionEst.
Sep 23, 2026
Last update
Apr 6, 2025
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 6, 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
NCT05117398
Collaborators
Centre Hospitalier de Perigueux, Advanz Pharma, Nantes University Hospital, Centre National de Référence des staphylocoques
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Nov 11, 2021
Start date
Jun 23, 2023
Primary completion
Sep 23, 2025 (estimated)
Completion
Sep 23, 2026 (estimated)
Last update
Apr 6, 2025

Study contacts

Bernard CASTAN, MD
Contact
bernard.castan@ch-perigueux.fr
+33 5 53 45 26 00
Aurélien DINH, MD, PhD
Contact
aurelien.dinh@aphp.fr
+33 1 47 10 44 32
Bernard CASTAN, MD
principal investigator · CH de Perigueux
Aurélien DINH, MD, PhD
study director · APHP - RAYMOND POINCARE

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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