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Assess a Diagnostic Tool to Distinguish Between Bacterial and Viral Infection (OPPORTUNITY)

27 novembre 2017 mis à jour par: Louis Bont, UMC Utrecht

Prospective, Blinded Validation Study to Assess Accuracy of a Diagnostics for Distinguishing Between Bacterial and Viral Etiology in Pediatric Patients With Lower Respiratory Tract Infections and Fever Without Source

In the past 70 years antibiotics have served as the first line of defense against infectious diseases. However, antibiotics are only effective against bacterial infections and are not the solution for infections caused by viruses such as common colds or flu. Despite their contribution to healthcare, antibiotics are currently recognized as the most misused drugs in the world with global overuse estimated at 40%-70%, mostly due to the ineffectiveness of current diagnostic solutions to distinguish between bacterial and viral infections. Antibiotics misuse often causes preventable adverse events that impact patient care and lead to the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, one of the major threats to global health today. To address these challenges, MeMed has been developing the ImmunoDx™, a novel technology that relies on the best available detection system for differentiating between viruses and bacteria - the body's own immune system. The ImmunoDx™ technology employs a simple blood test that provides the physician, within two-hours, the information he needs to decide whether to treat the patient with antibiotics or not. This technology has been tested on over 1000 patients of different ages and diseases and was found to be highly accurate and safe. The current study is a non-interventional study and the participants do not receive any investigational drug nor any experimental examination or procedure. Therefore, the collected data in this study will not affect the diagnosis, prognosis, or treatment of the participants. Participation includes the collection of a teaspoon of blood and collection of a specimen using a nasal swab. These procedures are common in the clinical practice and are widely performed and possess no significant risk. By participating in the study, the subjects impact the development of the ImmunoDx™ technology, which is expected to enable a future faster and more accurate diagnosis of infectious diseases as well as more appropriate prescription of antibiotics. This will open the way to improve treatment decisions in millions of patients around the world.

Aperçu de l'étude

Description détaillée

This is a prospective clinical validation study of a novel in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) assay that will enroll 830 pediatric patients. The study will be conducted in two stages: In stage A 50 patients will be enrolled with the aim of verifying proper protocol execution including proper collection of patient samples, accurate data retrieval and precise etiology determination. In stage B 780 patients will be enrolled with the aim of blinded validation of the host-response based diagnostics using a fresh independent cohort of patients. Patients enrolling into the study will be managed according to the current standard of care (GCP) and per standard institutional procedures. Participation in this study requires the collection of an additional blood sample and a nasal swab sampling.

The investigated assay requires the measurement of three host-related, blood-based, protein biomarkers that are being integrated using a logistic regression formula into a single score. Based on this score, each patient is classified into one of three categories: (i) bacterial immune response (i.e., pure bacterial infections and mixed bacterial and viral co-infection), (ii) viral immune response, and (iii) marginal immune response (inconclusive or non-infectious). It is estimated that 10-20% of the infected patients will have a marginal immune response. A composite reference standard will be used in order to determine the diagnosis of each patient. Specifically, all the clinical, radiological, microbiological and laboratory data of each patient, will be recorded in a dedicated eCRF. Based on this data, the diagnosis of each patient will be determined by a panel of three independent pediatricians. Each pediatrician will be blinded to the diagnosis of his peers and to the assay results. In the current study, unanimous agreement between the experts ("consensus agreement") will be considered as the true diagnosis for the purpose of computing the assay performance.

Type d'étude

Observationnel

Inscription (Réel)

777

Contacts et emplacements

Cette section fournit les coordonnées de ceux qui mènent l'étude et des informations sur le lieu où cette étude est menée.

Lieux d'étude

      • Hadera, Israël
        • Pediatrics Department, Hillel Yaffe Medical center (HYMC),
      • Haifa, Israël
        • Pediatric Emergency Department (ED), Bnei Zion Medical Center (BZMC),
      • Utrecht, Pays-Bas, 3584 EA
        • UMC Utrecht, Wilhelmina Kinderziekenhuis

Critères de participation

Les chercheurs recherchent des personnes qui correspondent à une certaine description, appelée critères d'éligibilité. Certains exemples de ces critères sont l'état de santé général d'une personne ou des traitements antérieurs.

Critère d'éligibilité

Âges éligibles pour étudier

1 mois à 5 ans (Enfant)

Accepte les volontaires sains

Non

Sexes éligibles pour l'étude

Tout

Méthode d'échantillonnage

Échantillon de probabilité

Population étudiée

The study population will include eligible subjects aged 1 to 60 months of age from both genders that attend the hospital or the emergency department (ED) due to a suspected LRTI, FWS or due to a non-infectious disease. These subjects are expected to fall into one of the following categories:

  1. Patients with an acute bacterial infection
  2. Patients with an acute viral infection
  3. Patients with an acute mixed co-infection (bacterial and viral)
  4. Patients with an undetermined disease etiology
  5. Patients with a non-infectious disease (control group; n=140) We estimate that approximately 75% of the patients will fall into categories number 1-3 (i.e., bacterial, viral or mixed infections).

La description

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients aged 1 to 60 months whose their legal guardian agrees to sign an informed consent will be eligible for inclusion.

The infectious disease group (n = 690) should also fulfill the following criteria:

  • Peak temperature ≥ 38°C (100.4°F) (AND)
  • Symptoms duration ≤ 6 days (AND)
  • Clinical suspicion of LRTI (OR)
  • Fever without a clear source where no localizing sign of infection are present at the emergency department

The non-infectious disease control group will include:

- Patients with a non-infectious disease (n = 140)

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients who will meet one or more of the following criteria will be excluded from the study:

  • Another episode of febrile infection during the past 3 weeks
  • Congenital immune deficiency (CID)
  • A proven or suspected human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1, hepatitis B virus (HBV), or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection
  • Active malignancy

Current treatment with immune-suppressive or immune-modulating therapies including without limitations:

  1. Use of high dose steroids >1 mg/kg/day prednisone or equivalent in the past two weeks
  2. Monoclonal antibody administration
  3. Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG)
  4. Cyclosporine
  5. G/GM-CSF
  6. Anti-TNF agents
  7. Interferon (of all kinds)

Other severe illnesses that affect life expectancy and quality of life such as:

  • Moderate to severe psychomotor retardation
  • Thalassemia Major
  • Moderate to severe congenital metabolic disorder

Plan d'étude

Cette section fournit des détails sur le plan d'étude, y compris la façon dont l'étude est conçue et ce que l'étude mesure.

Comment l'étude est-elle conçue ?

Détails de conception

Que mesure l'étude ?

Principaux critères de jugement

Mesure des résultats
Description de la mesure
Délai
sensitivity / specificity diagnostic tool
Délai: one year
To determine the sensitivity and specificity of a host-response based diagnostics in differentiating between bacterial and viral etiology of pediatric patients aged 2 to 60 months with LRTI or FWS.
one year

Mesures de résultats secondaires

Mesure des résultats
Description de la mesure
Délai
sensitivity /specificity diagnostic tool
Délai: One year
To determine the sensitivity and specificity of a host-response based diagnostics in differentiating between infectious and non-infectious disease of pediatric patients aged 2 to 60 months.
One year

Autres mesures de résultats

Mesure des résultats
Description de la mesure
Délai
sensitivity / specificity diagnostic tool
Délai: One year
To determine the sensitivity and specificity of a host-response based diagnostics in differentiating between bacterial and viral etiology of pediatric patients aged 1 to 60 months with LRTI or FWS.
One year

Collaborateurs et enquêteurs

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Collaborateurs

Les enquêteurs

  • Chercheur principal: Louis Bont, MD, UMC Utrecht

Dates d'enregistrement des études

Ces dates suivent la progression des dossiers d'étude et des soumissions de résultats sommaires à ClinicalTrials.gov. Les dossiers d'étude et les résultats rapportés sont examinés par la Bibliothèque nationale de médecine (NLM) pour s'assurer qu'ils répondent à des normes de contrôle de qualité spécifiques avant d'être publiés sur le site Web public.

Dates principales de l'étude

Début de l'étude (Réel)

1 octobre 2013

Achèvement primaire (Réel)

1 août 2016

Achèvement de l'étude (Réel)

1 novembre 2016

Dates d'inscription aux études

Première soumission

22 août 2013

Première soumission répondant aux critères de contrôle qualité

22 août 2013

Première publication (Estimation)

29 août 2013

Mises à jour des dossiers d'étude

Dernière mise à jour publiée (Réel)

28 novembre 2017

Dernière mise à jour soumise répondant aux critères de contrôle qualité

27 novembre 2017

Dernière vérification

1 novembre 2017

Plus d'information

Termes liés à cette étude

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