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Metabolites in Blood and Breath in Metabolic Conditions

7. august 2026 opdateret af: Johannes Haeberle, University Children's Hospital, Zurich

Measurement of Metabolites in the Breath and Blood in Patients With Altered Metabolism and Healthy Individuals

In patients with inborn errors of metabolism (IEM) and in those requiring a ketogenic diet for the treatment of medical conditions, relevant biochemical analytes are routinely and regularly measured in venous or capillary blood samples. Repeated venipuncture for blood collection is invasive, burdensome, and resource-intensive. As an alternative, capillary blood sampling can provide some relief for the measurement of a limited number of metabolites. Nevertheless, the frequent finger pricks required to obtain capillary blood samples can still be uncomfortable for patients. Therefore, patients could benefit if non-invasive breath measurements were to replace the currently invasive biochemical monitoring methods in the future.

In this study, the usability of metabolite measurements across matrices (venous blood, capillary blood, breath captured by a handheld sensor and breath in a collection bag) in IEM patients, individuals prescribed special health-related diets, and healthy volunteers will be investigated. The usability of a handheld breath sensor for remote monitoring of patients will also be tested. Lastly, exploratory investigations will be performed to identify new disease biomarkers in breath.

Studieoversigt

Status

Ikke rekrutterer endnu

Betingelser

Intervention / Behandling

Undersøgelsestype

Observationel

Tilmelding (Anslået)

100

Kontakter og lokationer

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Studiekontakt

Deltagelseskriterier

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Berettigelseskriterier

Aldre berettiget til at studere

  • Barn
  • Voksen
  • Ældre voksen

Tager imod sunde frivillige

Ja

Prøveudtagningsmetode

Ikke-sandsynlighedsprøve

Studiebefolkning

Patients who are routinely cared for at the study site will be invited to participate. Healthy volunteers will be recruited through communication with healthy family members accompanying patients to hospital visits and the general population through flyers.

Beskrivelse

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients aged 4-20 years old with refractory epilepsy on a ketogenic diet, or
  • Patients aged 4 years old and above with a confirmed diagnosis of urea cycle disorders, organic acidurias, amino acidopathies and fatty acid oxidation defects, or
  • healthy adults and
  • informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Physical findings at screening that would compromise safety of the participant or quality of study data. Examples include presentation of fever, pulmonary complications, presence of disease comorbidities that might interfere with study result and inability to comply with study procedures.

Studieplan

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Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?

Design detaljer

Kohorter og interventioner

Gruppe / kohorte
Intervention / Behandling
Patients or healthy adult volunteers
Andet: Observational Study
no intervention

Hvad måler undersøgelsen?

Primære resultatmål

Resultatmål
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse
Tidsramme
Concentration (μmol/L) of metabolites of clinical interest in venous blood, capillary blood and breath of participants.
Tidsramme: Baseline
  1. Concentration of beta-hydroxybutyrate in venous and capillary blood
  2. Concentration of acetone in exhaled breath
  3. Concentration of ammonia in venous blood and exhaled breath
  4. Concentration of amino acids (alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid, citrulline, cysteine, glutamine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, ornithine, phenylalanine, proline, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine and valine) in venous blood, capillary blood and exhaled breath.
Baseline

Sekundære resultatmål

Resultatmål
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse
Tidsramme
Correlation of metabolite concentrations in different matrices
Tidsramme: Baseline
  1. Correlation between concentration of beta-hydroxybutyrate in venous and capillary blood and concentration of acetone in exhaled breath captured directly by a handheld device with a chemiresistor sensor and breath captured in a collection bag and measured by mass spectrometry
  2. Correlation between concentration of ammonia in venous blood and exhaled breath captured directly by a handheld device with a chemiresistor sen
  3. Correlation between concentration of amino acids in venous and capillary blood and in exhaled breath captured directly by a handheld device with a chemiresistor sensor and breath captured in a collection bag and measured by mass spectrometry
Baseline
Participant self-report questionnaire on a 4-point Likert scale on the burden of each sampling method
Tidsramme: Baseline
Likert scale: 1, Strongly Agree. 2, Agree. 3, Disagree. 4, Strongly Disagree. The lower the score, the lower the burden of sampling method.
Baseline
Participant self-report questionnaire on a 4-point Likert scale on the usability of the handheld breath sensor for remote measurements of metabolites
Tidsramme: Baseline
Likert scale: 1, Strongly Agree. 2, Agree. 3, Disagree. 4, Strongly Disagree. The lower the score, the higher the acceptance of using the handheld breath sensor.
Baseline
Untargeted SESI-based mass spectrometry analysis of exhaled breath captured in a bag
Tidsramme: Baseline
abundance (parts per million) of all detectable and identifiable metabolites in exhaled breath
Baseline

Samarbejdspartnere og efterforskere

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Sponsor

University Children's Hospital, Zurich

Samarbejdspartnere

ETH Zurich (Switzerland)

Datoer for undersøgelser

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Studer store datoer

Studiestart (Anslået)

1. oktober 2026

Primær færdiggørelse (Anslået)

1. oktober 2036

Studieafslutning (Anslået)

1. oktober 2037

Datoer for studieregistrering

Først indsendt

2. juli 2026

Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier

9. juli 2026

Først opslået (Faktiske)

15. juli 2026

Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler

Sidste opdatering sendt (Faktiske)

12. august 2026

Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier

7. august 2026

Sidst verificeret

1. august 2026

Mere information

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Yderligere relevante MeSH-vilkår

Andre undersøgelses-id-numre

  • 2026-00730

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