Pneumocystis Pneumonia Diagnosis in HIV- Patients
- Conditions
- Pneumonia, Pneumocystis
- Interventions
- Other: Polymerase Chain Reaction on Oropharyngeal rinse
- Registration Number
- NCT02648256
- Lead Sponsor
- Rennes University Hospital
- Brief Summary
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia is a serious and frequent infection in immunocompromised patients, whose evolution is potentially fatal if untreated. It is the most common opportunistic infections classifying patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (human immunodeficiency virus +) at the stage acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Data from the french Institute for Health Watch showed in 2011 that 31% of 1400 cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome were revealed by Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia.
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia also increasingly concerns immunocompromised human immunodeficiency virus negative patients, due to the increasing use of immunosuppressive therapies (including corticosteroids), of anticancer cytostatics and biotherapies, in the context of grafts, transplants, but also from autoimmune or inflammatory chronic diseases.
Recent data show that the number of cases occurring in patients Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia human immunodeficiency virus - in France is now higher than the cases occurring in Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia +. The severity of the Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia is increased in patients with human immunodeficiency virus -, in whom the evolution is faster, with mechanical ventilation often required and higher mortality, requiring a fast and early diagnosis. Routine diagnosis relies on the detection of the fungus in the bronchoalveolar lavage, using stains (May Grunwald Giemsa or immunofluorescence) and Polymerase Chain Reaction. Polymerase Chain Reaction provides a diagnostic gain in immunocompromised patients not infected with human immunodeficiency virus that may present a pejorative table quickly despite low fungal burden. However, the deoxyribonucleic acid of the fungus can sometimes be detected in the absence of scalable Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia, and then shows a pulmonary colonization by Pneumocystis jirovecii. It is therefore important to improve the positive predictive value of Pneumocystis Polymerase Chain Reaction, to guide the management of optimal patient.
In this work, the investigators propose to evaluate the Polymerase Chain Reaction on oropharyngeal rinse, non-invasive sampling and therefore probably less often positive and specific active infection. The investigators will develop a quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction to identify a fungal load threshold number of copies / mL for diagnosing Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia with better positive predictive value.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1250
- Age over 18 years
- Clinical or radiological indication for a broncho-alveolar lavage to search infectious agents including Pneumocystis jirovecii
- Patients with risk factors for developing a Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia : underlying malignancy (solid cancer, hematologic disease), organ transplant or hematopoietic stem cells, autoimmune disease or chronic inflammatory disease justifying immunosuppressive therapy (chemotherapy anticancer, immunomodulatory, biotherapy, corticosteroids) or patient treated with corticosteroids for more than a month or congenital immune deficiency or other causes of immunosuppression (excluding human immunodeficiency virus) at the discretion of the clinician,
- Informed consent given.
- Patient human immunodeficiency virus positive
- Contraindication to the achievement of broncho-alveolar lavage,
- Contraindication to the achievement of a Oropharyngeal rinse (disorder of consciousness, swallowing disorder),
- Prophylaxis with cotrimoxazole or aerosol pentamidine,
- Empirical curative treatment with cotrimoxazole or other curative therapeutic alternative (pentamidine, atovaquone, dapsone, clindamycin-primaquine) started for more than 48 hours,
- Major person under legal protection (backup justice, trusteeship, guardianship), person deprived of liberty.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Oropharyngeal rinse Polymerase Chain Reaction on Oropharyngeal rinse Polymerase Chain Reaction on Oropharyngeal rinse: Dosage of Pneumocystis jiroveci will be performed on the broncho-alveolar lavage following the usual routine diagnosis. Polymerase Chain Reaction will be performed on the broncho-alveolar lavage and the oropharyngeal rinse (not communicated to the clinician result) in the same series, in order to compare the results of the fungal quantification.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Positive Predictive Value of Polymerase Chain Reaction on oropharyngeal rinse At the end of inclusion period (24 months) Definition of a numerical threshold from a multivariate analysis, for positioning the result of this test in combination with other clinical or laboratory parameters.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Broncho-alveolar lavage Standardization At the end of inclusion period (24 months) Definition of a quantitative threshold (number of copies / mL) for the interpretation of the Polymerase Chain Reaction on the broncho-alveolar lavage to estimate at best positive predictive value of Pneumocystis Polymerase Chain Reaction
Evaluation of serum dosage of β-1,3-D glucan At the end of inclusion period (24 months) Definition of a positivity threshold to evoke a certain Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia, alone or in combination with Polymerase Chain Reaction.
Prevalence of genetic mutations of pneumocystis jirovecii At the end of inclusion period (24 months) Analysis of the prevalence of mutations in the gene encoding the synthase dihydropteroate Pneumocystis jirovecii in patients with Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia or colonized and comparison with previous calculations Brittany and Picardy régions using a parametric test (t test) or nonparametric (Mann-test Whitney)
Trial Locations
- Locations (3)
CHU Amiens
🇫🇷Amiens, France
CHU Brest
🇫🇷Brest, France
CHU Rennes
🇫🇷Rennes, France