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Administrative data

NCT number NCT04888130
Other study ID # CEFELEISH
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase
First received
Last updated
Start date December 1, 2020
Est. completion date May 7, 2021

Study information

Verified date May 2021
Source Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Clinical, epidemiological, therapeutic and microbiological investigation of an outbreak of cutaneous Leishmaniasis that occurred among military personnel in French Guiana in 2020.


Description:

Cutaneous leishmaniasis is endemic in French Guiana and represents 200 to 300 cases per year. Transmission occurs after a sandfly bite, mainly during the rainy season and over almost all of French Guiana. The incidence is, however, greater in forest areas, especially in recently cleared areas. Nevertheless, transmission remains continuous and outbreaks remain rare and little investigated. This study comes following an outbreak signal that occurred in May 2020, after the detection of numerous cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis in military personnel probably contaminated during a training course (Training Center in the Equatorial Forest, CEFE) in the town of Regina. To date, around 40 cases have been detected. This outbreak raises several scientific questions, on the microbiological, clinical and epidemiological level. From a microbiological point of view, it is not certain whether the occurrence of a large number of cases in a given group over a short period can be attributed to a single leishmania clone or only reflect exposure to a large number of infected sandflies. An L. braziliensis outbreak has been described in naturalists on mission in the Saul region, but it is possible that several species are detected in a larger outbreak. The description of the activities at the origin of the contamination can influence the offending species insofar as the different sandfly species do not use the same reservoirs, are not found in the same ecosystems and do not carry the same species of leishmanias. Clinically, in the case that many patients are infected after the bite of similar sandflies and under similar conditions, similar clinical manifestations could be expected. It would be interesting to look for variations in terms of the type, number, localization, severity of lesions, and especially of response to treatment, which would reflect the role of factors linked to the host and its immune response. A phylogenetic study would make it possible to compare the strains isolated during this outbreak with other Guyanese isolates from the 2020 rainy season in order to search for a genetic cluster. A comparison can also be made between the strains of the outbreak in order to find a correlation with the clinical severity of certain patients or resistance to first-line treatment (Pentacarinat). Epidemiologically, the outbreak occurred at a training site already used in previous years, but without such numerous cases being reported. This site sits on 700 hectares of primary forest and has not recently undergone additional development or deforestation. The course of activities and the type of training carried out by the military has not changed this year. A change in environmental conditions and exposure to sandflies therefore does not seem to explain this increase in cases. A capture of sandflies, delayed in relation to the period of contamination, would not allow the question of environmental change to be answered. On the other hand, looking for behavioral risk factors (clothing, night shower, role played in exercises, type of hammock used, etc.) could provide explanations for the occurrence of infections in some trainees and not in their classmates. A case-control study can therefore be carried out using a questionnaire offered to all course participants over the 1st semester of 2020. The controls will then be participants who have not been infected. A comparison can also be made between the military personnel present in French Guiana during the first half of 2020 and having carried out missions in the forest, by opposing the participants and non-participants of the CEFE, in order to determine whether this course represented an independent risk factor for leishmaniasis. This result would reflect a higher exposure than conventional operations against gold mining, for example. Investigation of this outbreak would make it possible to take corrective actions in terms of prevention and public health. It would provide a better understanding of the pathophysiological mechanism of contamination (clonal or not) and the consequences in terms of infecting species, clinical severity and expected therapeutic response in the circumstances of grouped cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis. Retrospective cohort study for the clinical and microbiological part (grouped cases of an outbreak) Case-control section with questionnaires assessing exposure to sandflies National multicenter sample Category 3 Non-Interventional Human Person Research (RIPH 3)


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 44
Est. completion date May 7, 2021
Est. primary completion date March 1, 2021
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility - Inclusion criteria * for cases : - Confirmed cutaneous leishmaniasis (compatible clinical lesion + a positive microbiological test or cure after probabilistic anti-leishmania treatment) in a military personnel who participated in the CEFE training *for controls : - Absence of a suspicious lesion of leishmaniasis in a military personnel who participated in training at CEFE NB: All concerned are adults. - Non inclusion criteria *for cases : - Confirmed cutaneous leishmaniasis not having been contracted after a training at CEFE - Unconfirmed cutaneous leishmaniasis - Opposition to the use of their data and / or the completion of the questionnaire - Refusal of participation *for controls : - Opposition to the taking of the questionnaire - Refusal of participation training - Exclusion criteria Withdrawal of participation

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Genetic:
Phylogenetic Analysis
The phylogenetic analysis is carried out on a sample already taken in routine care (smear, culture on biopsy or PCR on swab).
Other:
Data collection
Data will be collected using a standardized digital questionnaire, including clinical and microbiological features, treatments received details and training conditions and. Data will then be compared between patients with therapeutic success or failure.

Locations

Country Name City State
French Guiana General Hospital of Cayenne Cayenne

Sponsors (5)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne Centre Médical Inter-Armées (CMIA) de Cayenne, French Guiana, Centre Médical Inter-Armées (CMIA) de Kourou, French Guiana, Centre National de Référence des Leishmanioses, CHU de Montpellier, France, Direction Interarmées du Service de Santé des Armées (DIASS) de Cayenne, French Guiana

Country where clinical trial is conducted

French Guiana, 

References & Publications (3)

Loiseau R, Nabet C, Simon S, Ginouves M, Brousse P, Blanchet D, Demar M, Couppie P, Blaizot R. American cutaneous leishmaniasis in French Guiana: an epidemiological update and study of environmental risk factors. Int J Dermatol. 2019 Nov;58(11):1323-1328. doi: 10.1111/ijd.14625. Epub 2019 Sep 16. — View Citation

Martin-Blondel G, Iriart X, El Baidouri F, Simon S, Mills D, Demar M, Pistone T, Le Taillandier T, Malvy D, Gangneux JP, Couppie P, Munckhof W, Marchou B, Ravel C, Berry A. Outbreak of Leishmania braziliensis Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Saül, French Guiana. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 May;21(5):892-4. doi: 10.3201/eid2105.141181. — View Citation

Simon S, Nacher M, Carme B, Basurko C, Roger A, Adenis A, Ginouves M, Demar M, Couppie P. Cutaneous leishmaniasis in French Guiana: revising epidemiology with PCR-RFLP. Trop Med Health. 2017 Feb 28;45:5. doi: 10.1186/s41182-017-0045-x. eCollection 2017. — View Citation

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Other Frequency of responses collected during questionnaire • For the case-control part: Primary endpoint: comparison of the frequency of responses collected during the questionnaire between cases and witnesses 5 months
Primary Severity of leishmaniasis • For the cohort study part: Primary endpoint: severity of leishmaniasis (clinical presentation, cure after Pentacarinat) Associations will be sought between this main criterion and the phylogeny of the strains and the patient's intrinsic risk factors. 5 months
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