Lipid Kinetics of Patients With Pneumonia

Lipid Metabolism Clinical Trial

Official title: Lipid Kinetics of Patients With Nonfermenting Gram-Negative Bacterial Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Nonfermenting Gram-Negative Bacilli (NFGNB) are aerobic, non-motile, non-lactose fermenting, oxidase-negative, catalase-positive coccobacilli that pose a serious threat to critically ill patients. Primarily Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) and Acinetobacter baumannii (AB), are NFGNB which are potential multi-drug resistant (MDR) pathogens that are related to ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). In Nonfermenting Gram-Negative Bacilli (NFGNB) infections, which are potential multi-drug resistant (MDR) pathogens, pathogenesis is determined not only by bacterial virulence factors but more importantly by the interaction between bacteria and the host immune system. Thanks to their direct immunomodulatory properties, lipoproteins and lipids bind and neutralise toxic bacterial substances. During the acute phase response and inflammation, HDL presents significant structural and functional changes. This study was planned to evaluate the relationship between the changes of the serum lipid metabolism and other inflammation markers with the antimicrobial resistance status and the results in NFGNB VAP patients. Also, we aimed to investigate whether there is a difference in the clinical characteristics of the patients depending on the resistance profile of NFGNB.

Clinical Trial Description

This prospective study was performed in adult intensive care unit (ICU) patients. They were intubated endotracheally and received mechanical ventilation (MV) treatment for at least 48 hours in Konya Numune Hospital ICU, which has 42 surgery and medicine beds. The study was conducted between May 2019 and December 2020 and approved by the Ethics Committee of Necmettin Erbakan University Medical School. Informed consents were obtained from the patients who participated in the study or from their relatives. The characteristics of the patients and the sequential changes of the inflammatory response including the lipid profile were recorded. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cross Infection
• Gram-negative Bacteria
• Lipid Metabolism
• Nosocomial Infections
• Pneumonia

• NCT number: NCT04748432
• Study type: Observational [Patient Registry]
• Source: Konya Numune Hospital
• Status: Completed
• Start date: May 25, 2019
• Completion date: December 31, 2020