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| ID | Type | Description | Link |
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| MEC-2017-391 | Other Identifier | METC Erasmus Medical Center |
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Invasive aspergillosis (IA) is the most common mould infection in immunocompromised patients with haematological disease. Voriconazole, a triazole, improves overall survival of patients with an IA and is the mainstay of therapy. Resistance of A. Fumigatus emerged as an important clinical problem and infections with azole resistant Aspergillus have a high mortality. Nowhere in the world, azole resistance is more prevalent than in the Netherlands. Rapid detection of resistance is key to improve the patient's outcome but fungal cultures take time and are often negative. The investigators aim to detect azole resistance associated mutations in fungal DNA extracted directly from serum or plasma to accelerate diagnosis and improve outcome of patients infected with azole resistant A. fumigatus.
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Aspergillus PCR | Diagnostic Test | Aspergillus PCR will be performed on different volumes of serum and plasma of patients with hematological malignancies with suspicion for invasive fungal infection. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Performance of two different PCR test | The sensitivity and specificity will be determined of the different PCR's tested including the commercially available AsperGenius (Pathonostics, Maastricht) and the in-house PCR. For this purpose a patients diagnosed with proven or probable IPA according to the EORTC/MSG definition will be used as the gold standard. | 1 week |
| Performance of two different media for the PCR test | Extraction medium (serum versus plasma) and extraction volume (1, 3 or 10 ml) that results in best sensitivity and specificity will be determined | 1 week |
| Determination of best PCR cycle threshold | Extraction medium (serum versus plasma) and extraction volume (1, 3 or 10 ml) that results in best sensitivity and specificity will be determined | 1 week |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients unable or unwilling to provide consent
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100 haematology patients with a radiologically suspected invasive pulmonary aspergillosis and undergoing a bronchoalveolar lavage. After the BAL diagnostic tests have become available, confirmation of the suspected infection is expected in 25 patients and therefore 25 evaluable patients will remain. The investigators decided that another 50 patients should be included because only 25% had an invasive fungal infection after interim analysis of the first 50 patients included.
| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Bart Rijnders, MD, PhD | Contact | +31107033510 | b.rijnders@erasmusmc.nl | |
| Hanne Lamberink, MD | Contact | h.lamberink@erasmusmc.nl |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Erasmus Medical Center (EMC) | Recruiting | Rotterdam | South Holland | 3000 CA | Netherlands |
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80 ml of blood will be stored to analyze DNA extraction for PCR on serum and on plasma