Objective
Antibiotics are a mainstay of public health, but their use has increased exponentially leading to the emergence of antibiotic resistance. The R-GNOSIS (Resistance in Gram-Negative Organisms: Studying Intervention Strategies) project combines 5 international clinical studies, all supported by highly innovative microbiology, mathematical modelling and data-management, to determine - in the most relevant patient populations - the efficacy and effectiveness of cutting-edge interventions to reduce carriage, infection and spread of Multi-Drug Resistant Gram-negative Bacteria (MDR-GNB). All work-packages will progress science beyond the state-of-the-art in generating new and translational clinically relevant knowledge, through hypothesis-driven studies focussed on patient-centred outcomes.
The 5 clinical studies will investigate the following interventions:
•A Point-Of-Care-Testing guided management strategy to improve appropriate antibiotic prescription for uncomplicated UTI in primary care.
•Gut decolonization in outpatients with intestinal carriage of MDR-GNB.
•A “test and prescribe” strategy, based on rapid diagnostic testing of faeces for MDR-GNB to optimize antibiotic prophylaxis in colo-rectal surgery.
•Contact Isolation of patients with ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae in general hospital wards.
•Three Decolonization strategies in ICUs.
Seven laboratories across Europe will perform microbiological analyses, as well as unique quantitative experiments. All information will be integrated by 3 groups of mathematical modellers into highly innovative models to better understand and predict future trends and effects of interventions. The studies and analyses proposed in R-GNOSIS will generate a step-change in identifying evidence-based preventive measures and clinical guidance for primary care and hospital-based physicians and health-care authorities, to combat the spread and impact of infections caused by MDR-GNB in Europe.
Fields of science
- medical and health scienceshealth sciencespublic health
- medical and health sciencesclinical medicinesurgerysurgical specialties
- medical and health sciencesbasic medicinepharmacology and pharmacypharmaceutical drugsantibiotics
- medical and health sciencesbasic medicinepharmacology and pharmacydrug resistancemultidrug resistance
- medical and health sciencesbasic medicinepharmacology and pharmacydrug resistanceantibiotic resistance
Call for proposal
FP7-HEALTH-2011-single-stage
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Funding Scheme
CP-IP - Large-scale integrating projectCoordinator
3584 CX Utrecht
Netherlands
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Participants (23)
1211 Geneve
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2000 Antwerpen
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64239 Tel Aviv
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SW1W 9SZ London
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94010 Creteil
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91405 ORSAY CEDEX
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CF24 0DE Cardiff
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SO17 1BJ Southampton
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08009 BARCELONA
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10117 Berlin
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F-75205 / 13 Paris
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75011 PARIS
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28046 MADRID
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2300 Kobenhavn S
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OX1 2JD Oxford
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75008 Paris
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6709 PD WAGENINGEN
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91000 EVRY
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74036 NESS ZIONA
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75012 Paris
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08025 BARCELONA
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LS2 7UE Leeds
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1700 Fribourg
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