AMR-DetecTool for the Diagnostic of MDR Bacterial Infections (AMR DetecTool)

February 3, 2023 updated by: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Clinical Evaluation of the Accuracy of AMR-DetecTool for the Diagnostic of Infections With Multi Drug Resistant (MDR) Bacteria

The fight against bacteria is one of the greatest challenges faced by societies, especially with the spread of multi drug resistant (MDR) bacteria. The failure to stop the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is due to a lack of fast detection methods and proper strategies.

Novel, rapid and reliable detection and characterization tests are an urgent need for differentiating between bacterial and viral infections and identifying AMR, so that the most appropriate treatment can be given in a timely manner.

AMR-DetecTool or NG Detectool is a detection system for the direct detection of AMR in clinical samples. The clinical sample is directly processed and a result indicating if the bacteria are resistant to the most relevant antibiotics is immediately shown.

It allows for a dramatic reduction in the treatment decision time upon sample reception from 24 hours (current workflow) to 15-30 minutes.

Study Overview

Detailed Description

The fight against bacteria is one of the greatest challenges faced by societies, especially with the spread of multi drug resistant (MDR) bacteria. Among these, the increasing rate of infections caused by Enterobacteriaceae that produce broad-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) and carbapenemases is a major concern worldwide. Moreover, vancomycin-resistance among Enterococcus faecium isolates is becoming a cause of concern in European countries regardless of the geographical location. This increase is due to several factors:

  1. Inappropriate use of antibiotics
  2. Too late isolation of the carriers
  3. Lack of institutional / hospital level strategies to fight antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
  4. High transfer abilities due to plasmid-encoded resistance genes The failure to stop the spread of AMR is due to a lack of fast detection methods and proper strategies. Rapid detection and rapid characterization tests are an urgent need. European One Health Action Plan against AMR (2017) states that novel, rapid and reliable diagnostics are crucial for differentiating between bacterial and viral infections and identifying AMR, so that the most appropriate treatment can be given in a timely manner.

AMR-DetecTool or NG Detectool is a detection system for the direct detection of β-lactamases and carbapenemases in clinical samples. It allows for a dramatic reduction in the treatment decision time upon sample reception from 24 hours (current workflow) to 15-30 minutes. When a clinical sample with infection suspicion is received at the microbiology laboratory, the techniques used to determine which the appropriate antibiotic is needed require the sample to be cultured for 16h-24h. Thanks to the DetecTool the culturing step is avoided as the sample is directly processed and a result indicating if the bacteria are resistant to the most relevant antibiotics is immediately shown.

will be performed in parallel to routine testing on appropriate material of selected samples. No additional samples need to be requested to the participants.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

167

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

      • Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France, 94275
        • Bicetre Hospital
      • Budapest, Hungary, 1428 P .O. box 2
        • Semmelweis University
      • Barcelona, Spain, 08036
        • Hospital Clínic School of Medicine, University of Barcelona

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Adult patient with positive bacterial detection and hospitalized in one of the following wards:

  • Medical ICU
  • Surgical ICU
  • Infectious disease unit
  • Nephrology unit
  • Urology unit

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patient ≥ 18 years-old
  • Informed patient and non-opposition received
  • Patients matching with at least one of the following situations:
  • With a positive blood culture by Gram-staining. Germ must be identified as a Gram-negative bacteria or a Gram-positive cocci in chain (with a special focus on known Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) carrier)
  • With an urinary tract infection >104 leukocytes and positive for bacteria (Gram stain or cytometry)
  • High-risk (HR) patient for carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) carriage (repatriated patients, tourist returning from endemic country, patients coming from an endemic hospital (same country), contact patient, former carrier, and local HR patients (Long-Term Care Facility (LTCF), etc…)) who have been sampled a rectal swab for routine testing
  • With a bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) or tracheal aspirate (TA) sample and diagnosed as carrier of any of the targeted resistance genes (10-35% chance to develop a Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) with the MDR bacteria)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patient participation refusal
  • Patient subject to judicial protection measure, under tutorship or curatorship
  • Patient not-speaking the language spoken in the country of inclusion and without accompanying translator
  • Any different sample from the above 4 mentioned one Pregnant women are not excluded to this non-interventional study, as the study does not result in any change in the standard care received by the participant.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Observational Models: Cohort
  • Time Perspectives: Prospective

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Estimate the diagnostic accuracy of the NG DetecTool device in two populations: population 1 (CTX-M-multi, Carba 5), population 2 (Van A / B, Acinetobacter baumannii-specific oxacillinases (OXA- Ab)).
Time Frame: AMR Detectool results will be obtained within 30 minutes after the patient is included in the study, and the results will be compared to those of the standard routine techniques, that usually require 48 hours.
Accuracy indices will be for each whole test and for each enzyme: sensibility, specificity, positive and negative predictive values. The reference will be standard technics used in routine (usual cultures and antibiograms). The list of patients with discrepancies between the two tests will be edited for the laboratory to determine the resistance mechanisms of these strains, using polymerase chain reaction (PCR)and/or whole genome sequencing of the bacteria.
AMR Detectool results will be obtained within 30 minutes after the patient is included in the study, and the results will be compared to those of the standard routine techniques, that usually require 48 hours.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Describe a diagnostic algorithm for the use of AMR-lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA), allowing thus a more efficient cost-saving patient-pathway structure in hospitals.
Time Frame: For the entire study period through study completion, an average of 28 days, without censoring at 28 days if an admission is still ongoing.
Cost-consequence analyses for the use of AMR LFIA over standard techniques based on time to results, cost, patient management and outcome analyses.
For the entire study period through study completion, an average of 28 days, without censoring at 28 days if an admission is still ongoing.

Collaborators and Investigators

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Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (ACTUAL)

July 18, 2022

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

December 20, 2022

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

January 12, 2023

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 4, 2022

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 12, 2022

First Posted (ACTUAL)

May 18, 2022

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

February 6, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 3, 2023

Last Verified

November 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • APHP200100
  • 2021-A02176-35 (OTHER: IDRCB)

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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