Anemia in Patients With Endocarditis

Anemia Clinical Trial

— ANIE  

Official title:

Anæmi Hos Patienter Med infektiøs Endokarditis - Karakteristik og Mekanismer (ANIE)

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04840225
• Other study ID #: H-20044379
• Status: Recruiting
• Start date: March 22, 2021
• Est. completion date: December 1, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: April 2022
• Source: Rigshospitalet, Denmark
• Contact: Mia Marie Pries-Heje, MD
• Phone: +45 35454245
• Email: mia.marie.pries-heje.01[@]regionh.dk
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Prospective study of prevalence and deep charecterization of anemia in patients with endocarditis from diagnosis undtill 6 months after discharge.

Description:

Anemia is an adverse prognostic marker in both cardiac diseases and infectious diseases. In patients with bacterial endocarditis (IE), anemia has a prevalence of 55-80%. In a sub-study to our POET I trial (RCT with 400 patients with IE, published in NEJM 2019), preliminary data show a 5-fold increased risk of death within 6 months and 2-fold increased risk after 3 years, in non-surgically treated patients with hemoglobin <6.2mmol/L, compared to patients with no or mild anemia. Intensified treatment of anemia through e.g. intravenous iron infusions, in combination with erythrocyte stimulating agents or new treatments for anemia of inflammation, such as IL-6 inhibitors, could possibly improve outcome for patients with IE.

This study - ANIE - is a prospective study, aiming at further deep-characterizing of anemia in patients with IE, and associated outcomes. Degree of anemia of inflammation (AI) and iron-deficiency anemia during hospitalization and time to recovery will be assessed. Blood samples from 100 patients with IE will be collected during hospitalization and 3 months after discharge, i.e. also during expected recovery. Samples will be analyzed for standard markers of anemia and inflammation, as well as novel biomarkers for AI, such as IL-6, soluble transferrin receptor, erythroferrone and hepcidin. The sample size calculation is based on the assumption that the prevalence of AI is 50%, with a confidence interval of 95% and a margin of error of <10%. Comparisons will be made to patients with other infections and patients with pure inflammation (TAVI and TEVAR patients) and healthy blood donors.

ANIE is expected to give us an unprecedented insight into disease processes, stages and possible therapeutic targets for anemia in patients with IE.

The results will serve for designing the clinical trial of novel interventions to treat anemia in patients with IE, as a novel means to improve the outcome and reduce the high mortality in these patients.

Anemia is an adverse prognostic marker in both cardiac diseases and infectious diseases. In patients with bacterial endocarditis (IE), anemia has a prevalence of 55-80%. In a sub-study to our POET I trial (RCT with 400 patients with IE, published in NEJM 2019), preliminary data show a 5-fold increased risk of death within 6 months and 2-fold increased risk after 3 years, in non-surgically treated patients with hemoglobin <6.2mmol/L, compared to patients with no or mild anemia. Intensified treatment of anemia through e.g. intravenous iron infusions, in combination with erythrocyte stimulating agents or new treatments for anemia of inflammation, such as IL-6 inhibitors, could possibly improve outcome for patients with IE.

This study - ANIE - is a prospective study, aiming at further deep-characterizing of anemia in patients with IE, and associated outcomes. Degree of anemia of inflammation (AI) and iron-deficiency anemia during hospitalization and time to recovery will be assessed. Blood samples from 100 patients with IE will be collected during hospitalization and 3 months after discharge, i.e. also during expected recovery. Samples will be analyzed for standard markers of anemia and inflammation, as well as novel biomarkers for AI, such as IL-6, soluble transferrin receptor, erythroferrone and hepcidin. The sample size calculation is based on the assumption that the prevalence of AI is 50%, with a confidence interval of 95% and a margin of error of <10%. Comparisons will be made to patients with other infections and patients with pure inflammation (TAVI and TEVAR patients) and healthy blood donors.

ANIE is expected to give us an unprecedented insight into disease processes, stages and possible therapeutic targets for anemia in patients with IE.

The results will serve for designing the clinical trial of novel interventions to treat anemia in patients with IE, as a novel means to improve the outcome and reduce the high mortality in these patients.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 190
• Est. completion date: December 1, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: March 1, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

IE-patients:

Inclusion Criteria:

• Infectious endocarditis, defined by Duke criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

• Known rheumatic disease or immune defect

TAVI/TEVAR patients:

Inclusion Criteria:

• Scheduled for a TAVI/TEVAR procedure

Exclusion criteria:

• Clinical suspicion of infection

• Known rheumatic disease or immune defect

Bacterial patients without IE (short infection):

Inclusion criteria

• Patients admitted with an infection with gram positive bacteria, without IE Exclusion criteria

• Known rheumatic disease or immune defect

Blood donors:

Exclusion criteria:

• Antibiotic treatment within the last 2 months

• Cancer, rheumatic disease or other known inflammatory disease

• Surgery within the last 3 months

• Pregnancy

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anemia
• Endocarditis
• Endocarditis, Bacterial

Intervention

Other:
• Measurement of biomarkers for inflammation and anemia
Measurement of biomarkers for inflammation and anemia, in addition to standart clinical measurements

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	Rigshospitalet	Copenhagen

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Rigshospitalet, Denmark

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Prevalence of anemia during hospitalization	Diagnosis of anemia through WHO/NCI criteria for anemia and severity of anemia at time of diagnosis, 1-4 weeks after initiation of relevant treatment and up to 6 months after discharge	From time of diagnosis/intervention untill end of follow-up (up to 6 months from inclusion)
Secondary	Prevalence of iron deficiency anemia in patients with IE and relevant controls	Determination of the prevalence of iron deficiency anemia through measurements of hemoglobin, markers of anemia and of iron metabolism/stores in blood	From time of diagnosis/intervention untill end of follow-up (up to 6 months from inclusion)
Secondary	Prevalence of anemia due to inflammation in patients with IE and relevant controls	Determination of the prevalence of anemia og inflammation through measurements of markers of anemia of inflammation (IL-6 hepcidin, erytroferrone, soluble transferrin receptor)	From time of diagnosis/intervention untill end of follow-up (up to 6 months from inclusion)
Secondary	Time untill resolution of inflammation and anemia in patients with IE and relevant controls	Determination of time from start of treatment/intervention until normalization of markers of inflammation and anemia, as well as normalization of erythropoiesis	From time of diagnosis/intervention untill end of follow-up (up to 6 months from inclusion)