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Study NCT ID: NCT06141395
Status: COMPLETED
Last Update Posted: 2024-03-29
First Post: 2023-11-15
Is Possible Gene Therapy: False
Has Adverse Events: False

Brief Title: NGS-Based Assay of Blood Samples of Sepsis Patients for Rapid Bacterial Identification
Sponsor: Hellenic Institute for the Study of Sepsis
Organization:

Study Overview

Official Title: Development Of A Non-Interventional Diagnostic Ngs-Based Assay Of Blood Samples Of Sepsis Patients For Rapid Bacterial Identification Based On Next Generation Sequencing.
Status: COMPLETED
Status Verified Date: 2023-12
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: BIOARTE
Brief Summary: Rapid detection of microorganisms is a promising approach towards early administration of appropriate antibiotics for sepsis. This study aims to investigate the potential of a new NGS platform for the rapid diagnosis of circulating bacteria in blood.
Detailed Description: Early start of antimicrobials is the cornerstone of management of critically ill patients. The appropriate time window for this early intervention may vary greatly, but it is considered to be one to 3 hours from hospital admission. However, the choice of the antimicrobials for early intervention relies on empirical selection and may several times be inappropriate due to the emergence of antimicrobial resistance. The only way to overcome this difficulty is guidance through early microbial identification and antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST). However, blood cultures are positive in almost 20% of critically ill patients and AST may delay as much as 72 hours.

This means that another type of approach is warranted which will tackle the major limitation of standard-of-care (SoC) microbiology, namely, the need to incubate whole blood into flasks enriched with growth media which necessitates subculturing once a blood flask turns positive. It is evident that rapid identification of the pathogen followed by AST using whole blood without the need of blood culture can be a major advance in the diagnostic field.

The present study is based on previous analysis of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) whole blood coming from patients with known bloodstream infection. Next generation sequencing (NGS) of bacterial DNA extracted from whole blood managed to identify the correct pathogen. This study is aiming at the validation of this NGS -based assay in a broader number of patients.

Study Oversight

Has Oversight DMC: False
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?: False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?: False
Is an Unapproved Device?: None
Is a PPSD?: None
Is a US Export?: None
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