Clinical Trial Details
— Status: Not yet recruiting
Administrative data
NCT number |
NCT04822974 |
Other study ID # |
TTV-CART-IPC 2020-063 |
Secondary ID |
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Status |
Not yet recruiting |
Phase |
N/A
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First received |
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Last updated |
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Start date |
May 1, 2021 |
Est. completion date |
September 1, 2022 |
Study information
Verified date |
March 2021 |
Source |
Institut Paoli-Calmettes |
Contact |
DOMINIQUE GENRE, DR |
Phone |
0491223778 |
Email |
drci.up[@]ipc.unicancer.fr |
Is FDA regulated |
No |
Health authority |
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Study type |
Interventional
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Clinical Trial Summary
Torque Teno Virus (TTV) prevalence in the general population is very high (>90%) and has not
been consistently confirmed to cause any disease. Kidney transplant studies seem to indicate
that an elevated viremia could predict the risk of de-veloping an infectious process in the
following weeks. An study of the influence of TTV as a predictive marker of infection in
kidney transplant recipi-ents showed higher TTV levels, even 3 months before the infectious
process, allowing the authors to postulate that the quantification of TTV could help to
modulate the treatment of patients at risk. Publications of subsequent studies seem to
confirm these data.In the field of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) few studies
have analyzed the replication kinetics of TTV. There seems to be a drop in TTV plasma load
after conditioning treatment, with a progressive increase in the first months
post-transplant, in parallel with the number of lymphocytes. In early stages of HSCT, a
relation-ship between TTV replication kinetics and the probability of developing an infection
by CMV has also been described. Likewise, the possible relationship of TTV with other
complications of HSCT, such as Epstein-Barr virus infection (EBV) or graft-versus-host
disease (GvHD), have been reported. However, not every study conducted to date show this line
of results.
Description:
Torque Teno Virus (TTV) is the prototype of the Anelloviridae family-single chain and
circular viruses. These viruses form about 70% of the human virome. TTV prevalence in the
general population is very high (>90%) and has not been consistently confirmed to cause any
disease. Kidney transplant studies seem to indicate that an elevated viremia could predict
the risk of de-veloping an infectious process (bacterial, viral or fungal) in the following
weeks. A group of research analyzed the influence of TTV as a predictive marker of infection
in 169 kidney transplant recipi-ents. Patients with infection showed higher TTV levels, even
3 months before the infectious process, allowing its authors to postulate that the
quantification of TTV could help to modulate the treatment of patients at risk (reducing
immunosuppression, introducing or prolonging antimi-crobial prophylaxis). Publications of
subsequent studies with greater number of patients seem to confirm these data. Likewise, in
the specific case of CMV infection, the quantification of TTV in the early stages of kidney
or liver transplantation also allows identification of patients at risk of developing a CMV
infection. In the field of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) few studies have
analyzed the replication kinetics of TTV. There seems to be a drop in TTV plasma load after
conditioning treatment, with a progressive increase in the first months post-transplant, in
parallel with the number of lymphocytes. In early stages of HSCT, a relation-ship between TTV
replication kinetics and the probability of developing an infection by CMV has also been
described. Likewise, the possible relationship of TTV with other complications of HSCT, such
as Epstein-Barr virus infection (EBV) or graft-versus-host disease (GvHD), have been
reported. However, not every study conducted to date show this line of results. An other
research analyzed 2054 blood samples from 123 patients undergoing HSCT, finding no
significant differences between TTV and post-transplant complications, such as viral
reactivations (CMV, EBV or adenovirus), acute GvHD, relapse or mortality