Status:

RECRUITING

Molecular Culture for the Diagnosis of Pediatric Sepsis

Lead Sponsor:

Jip Groen

Collaborating Sponsors:

InBiome

Conditions:

Sepsis

Sepsis Bacterial

Eligibility:

All Genders

Up to 18 years

Brief Summary

Babies and children have an increased risk of getting an infection with a bacteria in the bloodstream (sepsis). It is often difficult for the doctor to determine whether a child has an infection of th...

Detailed Description

Newborns and children often receive antibiotics for a suspicion of sepsis. Sepsis has high morbidity and mortality in newborns and children. Up to 50% of children in the Netherlands are prescribed at ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Undergoing collection of blood for a conventional blood culture as part of standard care OR
  • Having undergone sepsis evaluation collection of blood for a conventional blood culture as part of standard care in the past 72 hours

Exclusion

  • Apart from an age criterion, there are no strict exclusion criteria. However, for the analysis of the secondary outcome (I.e. the testing of diagnostic accuracy of both MC as well as conventional culture for clinical sepsis), we plan to exclude all children who ultimately have a clear alternative cause for clinical illness that does not directly result from bacteraemia or bacterial sepsis. This will remain true in the case of conventional culture positivity, either when considered a contaminant as well as when considered a contributing factor in the presence of any of the causes of clinical illness mentioned below. A potential subject who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study These causes include, but are not limited to:
  • In case of the potential inclusion of a neonate suspicious for EOS, confirmed congenital infection with TORCHES (toxoplasmosis, rubella, cytomegalovirus, syphilis and herpes) will lead to exclusion particularly for the neonatal population
  • Auto inflammatory disease
  • Hemophagocytic syndrome
  • SIRS (Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome following a severe viral infection

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 10 2024

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

November 1 2027

Estimated Enrollment :

1835 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06018792

Start Date

March 10 2024

End Date

November 1 2027

Last Update

April 10 2024

Active Locations (2)

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Amsterdam UMC

Amsterdam, Netherlands

2

Spaarne Gasthuis

Haarlem, Netherlands