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  • Patient management involves dynamic, sequential decisions with personalized therapeutic adjustments based on new information.
  • Current antibiotic trials often lack pragmatism, failing to reflect real-world clinical decision-making.
  • Strategies for adaptive, personalized antibiotic therapy are understudied.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce and validate the Sequential, Multiple-Assignment, Randomized (SMART) COMparing Personalized Antibiotic StrategieS (COMPASS) trial design.
  • To evaluate patient-management strategies that optimize ultimate patient outcomes in antibiotic therapy.
  • To address the need for pragmatic trial designs in the context of antibiotic resistance.

Main Methods:

  • The SMART COMPASS design allows for the evaluation of multiple treatment options and adaptive strategies.
  • It compares predefined decision rules (strategies) for guiding empiric and definitive antibiotic therapy.
  • This pragmatic approach mirrors actual clinical antibiotic-treatment decision-making.

Main Results:

  • The SMART COMPASS design is suitable for evaluating personalized treatment adjustments over time.
  • It enables the assessment of strategies that optimize patient outcomes in complex treatment scenarios.
  • The design is particularly valuable for managing antibiotic resistance.

Conclusions:

  • The SMART COMPASS trial design offers a pragmatic and effective method for studying personalized antibiotic management strategies.
  • This approach is essential for optimizing patient outcomes in the face of evolving antibiotic resistance.
  • SMART COMPASS directly addresses the need for adaptive treatment decision-making in clinical practice.