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| Name | Class |
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| Cubist Pharmaceuticals LLC, a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc. (Rahway, New Jersey USA) | INDUSTRY |
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The primary goal of this study is to determine if there is an association between greater exposure to vancomycin and the development of nephrotoxicity. The secondary goal is to estimate the costs to the hospital associated with these nephrotoxic events.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Patients receiving vancomycin |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Time to nephrotoxicity | within 72 hours post completion of vancomycin therapy |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Hospital costs | until discharge | |
| Length of stay | until discharge |
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A simple random sample of 400 patients treated with greater than 48 hours of intravenous vancomycin exposure during hospitalization during the time period from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Jack Brown, PharmD | State University of New York at Buffalo | Principal Investigator |
| Vanessa Stevens, PhD | Internal Medicine, Division of Epidemiology, University of Utah School of Medicine | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| University of Rochester Medical Center | Rochester | New York | 14642 | United States |
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