Bacterial Metallophores in the Diagnosis of Acute Pyelonephritis

Acute Pyelonephritis Clinical Trial

Official title:

Detection of Causative Agents of Acute Pyelonephritis Using Bacterial Metallophores

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05674032
• Other study ID #: TUH00064190
• Status: Recruiting
• Start date: June 24, 2020
• Est. completion date: December 2024

Study information

• Verified date: January 2023
• Source: Thomayer University Hospital
• Contact: Jan Hrbacek, PhD.
• Phone: +420261083688
• Email: honzahrbacek[@]gmail.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The project aims to investigate bacterial metallophores as potential diagnostic markers of acute pyelonephritis and complicated urinary tract infections. These secondary metabolites are excreted by pathogenic microorganims in the course of infection for the uptake of iron and other metallic ions from the host. They are species-specific and can be detected in body fluids (including urine) by mass spectrometry. The potential contribution of this project is a culture-independent method for the diagnosis of the causative microbiological agent.

Description:

Acute pyelonephritis (AP) is a clinical syndrome characterized by fever, chills, nausea vomiting and costovertebral angle tenderness, bacteriuria and pyuria. The underlying pathophysiology is based on the presence of microbes in the renal parenchyma which may progress to sepsis. Complicated urinary tract infection (cUTI) is one accompanied by abnormalities of the urinary tract or host factors which make the eradication of the infection difficult. The most common etiological agents include gram-negative enteric rods, i.e. E. coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae; and Enterococcus spp. Empirical antibiotic treatment should be targeted once culture and sensitivity results become available. This usually takes 24-48 hours, occasionally even 72 hours. Inadequate antibiotic treatment leads to higher mortality if the etiological agent is of a multi-drug resistant phenotype. Metallophores are a major virulence factor of bacterial pathogens. These are chelating molecules secreted by the microbe for the uptake of iron, copper, and other metals from the host. E.g., siderophores aim at Fe3+ ions removal from the host protein molecules; the complex then adheres to specific extracellular receptors on the microbial cell and is internalized. Yersiniabactin is another metallophore which binds copper. Proteomic analysis using mass spectrometry has been used in the detection of biomarkers for several pathological conditions: renal failure, post-transplant nephropathy, various malignancies etc. Metallophores can be detected by mass spectrometry.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 90
• Est. completion date: December 2024
• Est. primary completion date: December 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• in-patient with clinical signs and symptoms of AP/cUTI or out-patient with clinical signs and symptoms of acute uncomplicated pyelonephritis or in-patient with no clinical signs of UTI and a negative standard urine culture result

Exclusion Criteria:

• inability to consent

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Acute Pyelonephritis
• Complicated Urinary Tract Infection
• Pyelonephritis
• Urinary Tract Infections

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Czechia	Thomayer University Hospital	Praha

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Thomayer University Hospital	Czech Academy of Sciences

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Czechia, 

References & Publications (1)

Bonkat G, Bartoletti R, Bruyère F, Cai T, Geerlings SE, Köves B, et al. Guidelines on Urological Infections. 2020. Vallejo-Torres L, Pujol M, Shaw E, Wiegand I, Vigo JM, Stoddart M, et al. Cost of hospitalised patients due to complicated urinary tract infections: A retrospective observational study in countries with high prevalence of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria: The COMBACTE-MAGNET, RESCUING study. BMJ Open 2018;8:1-9. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020251. Hrbacek J, Cermak P, Zachoval R. Current antibiotic resistance trends of uropathogens in central europe: Survey from a tertiary hospital urology department 2011-2019. Antibiotics 2020;9:1-11. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9090630. Hyun M, Noh CI, Ryu SY, Kim HA. Changing trends in clinical characteristics and antibiotic susceptibility of Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia. Korean J Intern Med 2018;33:595-603. Caza M, Kronstad J. Shared and distinct mechanisms of iron acquisition by bacterial and fungal pathogens of humans. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2013;4:1-23. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2013.00080. Prichystal J, Schug K, Lemr K, Novak J, Havlicek V. Structural analysis of natural products. Anal Chem 2016;88:10338-46. Václavková J, Ozdian T, Hajdúch M, Džubák P. Body fluids as a source of prote-omic biomarkers of various diseases. Chem List 2020;114:209-15 Skriba A, Pluhacek T, Palyzova A, Novy Z, Lemr K, Hajduch M, et al. Early and non-invasive diagnosis of aspergillosis revealed by infection kinetics monitored in a rat model. Front Microbiol 2018;9:1-7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02356. Hrbacek J, Morais D, Cermak P, Hanacek V, Zachoval R. Alpha-diversity and microbial community structure of the male urinary microbiota depend on urine sampling method. Sci Rep 2021;11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-03292-x.

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Detection of metallophores	The detection of metallophores in urine samples	through study completion, an average of 1 year
Primary	Classification of microorganisms	Taxonomic classification of the pathogenic microorganism using its metallophores	through study completion, an average of 1 year
Secondary	Metallophores versus culture	The comparison of standard urinary culture results with those obtained from mass spectrometry analysis	through study completion, an average of 1 year
Secondary	Cases versus Controls 1 versus Controls 2	The comparison of the detection of metalophores in cases with AP/cUTI versus acute uncomplicated cystitis versus urinary tract infection-free individuals	1 year after study completion