Project: Consensus group on the design, analysis and reporting of antibiotic stewardship trials

Acronym	CONSENSUS (Reference Number: JPIAMR_2016_N004)
Duration	01/01/2017 - 31/12/2017
Project Topic	Overuse of antibiotic is a major contributor to increasing resistance to antibiotics. One of the tools to reduce the inappropriate use of antibiotics is by antibiotic stewardship. Antibiotic stewardship interventions prevent antibiotic misuse by influencing the prescription behaviour of doctors. Research of antibiotic stewardship interventions are often of insufficient quality to demonstrate the safety of antibiotic stewardship. This is partly because it is unknown what are the best methods to design and analyse these interventions. We will establish a working group of experts on antibiotic stewardship and research design to determine the best way to design, analyse, and report antibiotic stewardship interventions. The goal of the working group is to formulate recommendations in a research guideline on antibiotic stewardship studies. The guideline aims to improve the quality of antibiotic stewardship research, which will lead to more effective use of recourses of safe and effective antibiotic stewardship interventions.
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Network	JPI AMR
Call	4th Joint Call: Research Networking Programmes

Project partner

Number	Name	Role	Country
1	Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena	Observer	Spain
1	University Medical Center Utrecht	Coordinator	Netherlands
2	University Hospitals Geneva	Observer	Switzerland
2	University of Sussex	Observer	United Kingdom
3	Universitätsklinikum Tübingen	Observer	Germany
3	University Medical Center Utrecht	Observer	Netherlands
4	Inserm Université Paris Diderot	Observer	France
4	University Medical Center Utrecht	Observer	Netherlands
5	Freiburg Center for Data Analysis and Modelling	Observer	Germany
6	University College London	Observer	United Kingdom