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'Improving Urinary Tract Infection Diagnosis in Older Patients: Validation of a Biomarker Panel (UTI-GOLD)'

Recruiting
Conditions
Urinary Tract Infection (Diagnosis)
Interventions
Diagnostic Test: Urine Biomarkers
Registration Number
NCT06610721
Lead Sponsor
Leiden University Medical Center
Brief Summary

The goal of this study is to improve the diagnosis of urinary tract infections (UTI) in older people (≥65 years). The main research questions are:

Research questions

* What is the optimal cut-off for each individual biomarker NGAL,IL-6,AZU,TIMP2 and CXCL9 and associated, sensitivity, specificity, negative and positive predictive value.

* sensitivity, specificity, negative and positive predictive value of a urine leukocyte count cut-off of 200 cells/microL (validation)

* What is the optimal combination of biomarkers for UTI diagnosis in older patients

* As a secondary objective this study aims to evaluate the association between the levels of individual biomarker levels and 1) duration of symptoms 2) complications, 3) recurrence of UTI within 2 months, and length of hospital stay. Next to this, the performance of the astrego PA100 will be validated in diagnosing bacteriuria.

Participants will:

* be asked to provide a urine sample once at the beginning of the study

* be asked to answer some questions about their symptoms and overall health at the beginning of the study and after 8 weeks

* have their vital parameters (temperature and blood pressure) measured once at the beginning of the study

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
264
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Elderly patients with a suspected urinary tract infectionUrine Biomarkers-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Diagnostic accuracy of individual urine biomarkersAt Baseline

Area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) for the different biomarkers include; NGAL, IL-6, AZU, TIMP2 and CXCL9.

Diagnostic accuracy of urine biomarker panelAt Baseline

The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) for the optimal combination of biomarkers.

Diagnostic accuracy of leukocytes in urineAt Baseline

Negative and positive predictive value in percentages for the cut-off of 200 leukocytes/microL in urine

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Duration of symptoms1 week after inclusion, if not yet resolved again at 8 weeks
Length of hospital stay1 week after inclusion, if not yet resolved again at 8 weeks
Complications1 week after inclusion, if not yet resolved again at 8 weeks
Recurrence of UTI <2 months8 weeks after inclusion
Diagnostic performance of PA100 in detecting bacteruriabaseline

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Leiden university medical center (LUMC)

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Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

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