Monitoring Patients for Developing Communicable and Opportunistic Infections and for Responding to Therapy - Full Text View

Purpose

Patients are exposed to infectious agents regularly, regardless of their immunologic status. Traditionally clinicians have decided to institute prophylaxis based on epidemiologic factors, skin test (i.e. PPD), or immunologic parameters. A quantitative and specific method that is non-invasive, such as quantitative PCR, would be desirable to more precisely define those who would benefit from prophylaxis. Similarly, when patients develop disease and are being treated, quantitative, non-invasive techniques are needed to assess response to therapy. This project is designed to develop and test quantitative tests using blood, urine, or sputum samples.

Condition

Communicable Diseases
Opportunistic Infections

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Observational

Official Title:	Monitoring Patients for Developing Communicable and Opportunistic Infections and for Responding to Therapy

Further study details as provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC):

Estimated Enrollment:	300
Study Start Date:	August 1995
Estimated Study Completion Date:	October 2000

Detailed Description:

Patients are exposed to infectious agents regularly, regardless of their immunologic status. Traditionally clinicians have decided to institute prophylaxis based on epidemiologic factors, skin test (i.e. PPD), or immunologic parameters. A quantitative and specific method that is non-invasive, such as quantitative PCR, would be desirable to more precisely define those who would benefit from prophylaxis. Similarly, when patients develop disease and are being treated, quantitative, non-invasive techniques are needed to assess response to therapy. This project is designed to develop and test quantitative tests using blood, urine, or sputum samples.

Eligibility

Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Patients older than 18 years of age.

Ability to give informed consent.

No medical contraindication to phlebotomy.

Epidemiologically at risk for tuberculosis or for an opportunistic infection.

Patients who can identify a responsible health care provider as someone willing to provide clinical information and to receive medically important information.

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00001477

Locations


United States, Maryland
	National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
	Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892

Sponsors and Collaborators

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

More Information

Publications:

Drouet E, Colimon R, Michelson S, Fourcade N, Niveleau A, Ducerf C, Boibieux A, Chevallier M, Denoyel G. Monitoring levels of human cytomegalovirus DNA in blood after liver transplantation. J Clin Microbiol. 1995 Feb;33(2):389-94.

Patel R, Smith TF, Espy M, Wiesner RH, Krom RA, Portela D, Paya CV. Detection of cytomegalovirus DNA in sera of liver transplant recipients. J Clin Microbiol. 1994 Jun;32(6):1431-4.

Spector SA, Merrill R, Wolf D, Dankner WM. Detection of human cytomegalovirus in plasma of AIDS patients during acute visceral disease by DNA amplification. J Clin Microbiol. 1992 Sep;30(9):2359-65.

Study ID Numbers:	950176, 95-I-0176
First Received:	November 3, 1999
Last Updated:	March 3, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00001477
Health Authority:	United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC):

Communicable Infection

Monitoring

Non-Invasive Tests

Opportunistic Infection

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Virus Diseases

Opportunistic Infections

Parasitic Diseases

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Communicable Diseases

Infection

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on December 03, 2008

Sponsored by:	National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Information provided by:	National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00001477