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Innate Immune Response of Blood Cells in Patients With Pneumonia

Completed
Conditions
Lobar Pneumonia
Interventions
Procedure: Blood sampling
Registration Number
NCT03231670
Lead Sponsor
Lille Catholic University
Brief Summary

Pulmonary bacterial infections such as exacerbations of chronic bronchitis, nosocomial and community-acquired pneumonia represent a major public health issue. Antibiotics have shown their efficacy by direct antimicrobial activity and their limit particularly in case of multidrug-resistant microorganisms or in treating patients with aggravating pathologies. Innate immunity could be an alternative or complementary therapeutic pathway. Innate immunity receptors bind universal and invariant microbial molecular patterns present in bacteria, virus, fungus or parasite. Toll-like Receptors (TLR) activation by microbial agonist stimulates the innate immunity response which results in the production of chemokines, cytokines, antimicrobial molecules and the recruitment of innate cells.

The " Pulmonary Infection and Innate Immunity " team of the Immunity and Infection Center in Lille (Group of Dr. Sirard and Carnoy) has a long expertise in the study of TLR5 and its agonist, the flagellin, a structural protein of bacterial flagella. TLR5 is expressed on the cell surface of macrophages, monocytes, dendritic and epithelial cells. Several studies in mice have shown the flagellin prophylactic potential during bacterial infections through a TLR5 dependent stimulation of innate immunity. Recently, the group of Dr. Sirard and Carnoy has shown that flagellin can be used in association with antibiotics to treat Streptococcus pneumoniae respiratory infections in mice. The results demonstrate that an agonist of TLR can increase the therapeutic index of an antibiotic and improve the pulmonary anti-infectious reaction. This innovative approach allows us to consider new antibacterial strategies where antibiotics have reached their limit (nosocomial infection, multidrug-resistant bacteria...). TLR agonists can activate multiple human cell type. Indeed, blood cells activation by TLR agonists have been recently characterized in healthy volunteers.

However, there is no available data on the ability of TLR agonists to activate cells from patients with infectious pneumopathies. A study in these patients is inevitable if one is to consider the therapeutic use of agonists in respiratory pathologies.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
37
Inclusion Criteria
  • Adult patient hospitalized in the department of pneumology for whom clinical, radiological and biological criteria confirm the diagnosis of lobar pneumonia
  • Beneficiary of the French National Health Insurance Fund
  • Signed informed consent form
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patient under guardianship
  • Patient with acute respiratory distress syndrome or septic shock
  • Pregnant women
  • Patient with HIV, HCV or Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Transplanted patient receiving immunosuppressive therapy

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
lobar pneumoniaBlood samplingInpatient with lobar pneumonia will undergo a blood sampling during their hospitalization and after resolution of the infection (2 Months)
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in IL-6 specific transcriptsBaseline and 2 months

IL-6 specific transcripts will be measured in blood mononuclear cells after stimulation with a TLR5 agonist.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Genotyping of TLR 9 geneBaseline
Change in expression of innate immunity genes after stimulation by TLR2 agonistBaseline and 2 months
Change in expression of innate immunity genes after stimulation by TLR4 agonistBaseline and 2 months
Change in expression of innate immunity genes after stimulation by TLR5 agonistBaseline and 2 months
Change in expression of innate immunity genes after stimulation by TLR9 agonistBaseline and 2 months
Change in ELISA assay on mediators of inflammation with stimulation by TRL2 agonistBaseline and 2 months

ELISA assay on mediators of inflammation in the supernatant of blood mononuclear cells stimulated by TRL2 agonist

Change in ELISA assay on mediators of inflammation with stimulation by TRL5 agonistBaseline and 2 months

ELISA assay on mediators of inflammation in the supernatant of blood mononuclear cells stimulated by TRL5 agonist

Change in ELISA assay on mediators of inflammation with stimulation by TRL4 agonistBaseline and 2 months

ELISA assay on mediators of inflammation in the supernatant of blood mononuclear cells stimulated by TRL4 agonist

Genotyping of TLR 4 geneBaseline
Change in ELISA assay on mediators of inflammation with stimulation by TRL9 agonistBaseline and 2 months

ELISA assay on mediators of inflammation in the supernatant of blood mononuclear cells stimulated by TRL9 agonist

Genotyping of TLR 2 geneBaseline
Genotyping of TLR 5 geneBaseline

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hôpital Saint-Philibert

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Lomme, Hauts De France, France

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