Project CLEAR - Changing Lives by Eradicating Antibiotic Resistance

Summary

This randomized controlled trial will compare strategies to reduce the risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection and re-hospitalization in MRSA carriers. This trial will provide critical answers about the role of decolonization versus standard-of-care education in preventing MRSA infections in the large group of high risk MRSA-positive patients being discharged from hospitals. Findings could potentially impact best practice for the 1.8 million MRSA carriers who are discharged from US hospitals each year.

Timeline

Start

2011-01

Primary completion

2019-01

Completion

2019-01

Publications

• Background Klein E, Smith DL, Laxminarayan R. Hospitalizations and deaths caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, United States, 1999-2005. Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Dec;13(12):1840-6. doi: 10.3201/eid1312.070629.
• Background Huang SS, Platt R. Risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection after previous infection or colonization. Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Feb 1;36(3):281-5. doi: 10.1086/345955. Epub 2003 Jan 17.
• Background Huang SS, Hinrichsen VH, Stulgis L, Miroshnik I, Datta R, Watson K, Platt R. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection in the Year Following Detection of Carriage (oral presentation). Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America Annual Meeting (Chicago, IL), March 18-21, 2006.
• Background Klevens RM, Morrison MA, Nadle J, Petit S, Gershman K, Ray S, Harrison LH, Lynfield R, Dumyati G, Townes JM, Craig AS, Zell ER, Fosheim GE, McDougal LK, Carey RB, Fridkin SK; Active Bacterial Core surveillance (ABCs) MRSA Investigators. Invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in the United States. JAMA. 2007 Oct 17;298(15):1763-71. doi: 10.1001/jama.298.15.1763.
• Huang SS, Singh R, McKinnell JA, Park S, Gombosev A, Eells SJ, Gillen DL, Kim D, Rashid S, Macias-Gil R, Bolaris MA, Tjoa T, Cao C, Hong SS, Lequieu J, Cui E, Chang J, He J, Evans K, Peterson E, Simpson G, Robinson P, Choi C, Bailey CC Jr, Leo JD, Amin A, Goldmann D, Jernigan JA, Platt R, Septimus E, Weinstein RA, Hayden MK, Miller LG; Project CLEAR Trial. Decolonization to Reduce Postdischarge Infection Risk among MRSA Carriers. N Engl J Med. 2019 Feb 14;380(7):638-650. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1716771.

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