NCT02558062

Brief Summary

Critically ill patients are often ventilated in dedicated critical care units to provide respiratory support. Despite best practice patients can often develop a condition called adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), which is characterised by deterioration in their respiratory function, and changes on chest x-ray. The correct management for ARDS is identifying the underlying condition causing the deterioration and identifying appropriate targeted therapy. One such cause is pneumonia, caused by a bacterial infection in the lungs of a ventilated patient. The patients may have been ventilated due to pneumonia but they may also develop pneumonia whilst ventilated. Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) has significant mortality. Despite all the clinical and laboratory data at the investigators' disposal there remains great difficulty in the accurate diagnosis of pneumonia and therefore treatment is often given empirically. Therefore, there is an urgent clinical need for accurate methods to diagnose the presence of bacteria deep in the lung in ventilated critically ill patients. As such, the investigating team have developed and synthesised an imaging agent called BAC ONE. BAC ONE will be instilled directly into the lungs of 12 patients (with and without lung infection) to assess whether it can label bacteria in the human lung.

Trial Health

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Trial Health Score

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Enrollment
14

participants targeted

Target at P25-P50 for early_phase_1

Timeline
Completed

Started May 2016

Typical duration for early_phase_1

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
completed

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Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

September 17, 2015

Completed
6 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

September 23, 2015

Completed
7 months until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

May 1, 2016

Completed
2.6 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

December 1, 2018

Completed
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

December 1, 2018

Completed
Last Updated

March 26, 2020

Status Verified

March 1, 2020

Enrollment Period

2.6 years

First QC Date

September 17, 2015

Last Update Submit

March 24, 2020

Conditions

Keywords

Ventilator Associated PneumoniaDistal lung

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • The measurement of BAC ONE fluorescence intensity in the distal lung

    The main primary outcome measure is to visualise the delivery of BAC ONE in the distal lung of both ventilated controls and patients with acute or chronic bacterial lung infection through the measurement of fluorescence using FE and Cellvizio viewer software.

    Fluorescence signal can be detected within a couple of minutes following BAC ONE administration. On average, signal analysis will be completed within one week of the procedure.

Study Arms (1)

BAC ONE administration

EXPERIMENTAL

All participants in this clinical study will be dosed on one occasion with BAC ONE. The final dosage will be 80 µg (± 25%).

Other: BAC ONE administration

Interventions

BAC ONE will be administered to each patient during a bronchoscopy procedure. Fibre-based endomicroscopy and Cellvizio viewer software will be used to detect BAC ONE signal in the distal lung.

Also known as: BAC ONE
BAC ONE administration

Eligibility Criteria

Age16 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsChild (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • All cohorts
  • ≥ 16 years
  • Attending consultant permission for bronchoscopy
  • Cohort 1
  • Patients scheduled to undergo surgery under general anaesthesia
  • Absence of acute or significant chronic lung disease as determined by the clinical suspicion of the attending medical team or of a medically qualified member of the study investigation team.
  • Scheduled presence of an endo-tracheal tube (ETT).
  • Capacity to provide informed consent
  • Cohort 2 and 3
  • Patients with bronchiectasis with known microbiological predominance of gram-negative or gram-positive bacteria.
  • Capacity to provide informed consent
  • Cohort 4
  • Patients in the ICU with suspected VAP and pulmonary infiltrates on radiological assessment
  • Presence of invasive tracheal ventilation tube
  • Provision of informed consent from the patient or their personal legal representative prior to any study related procedures.

You may not qualify if:

  • All cohorts
  • Refusal for participation by attending consultant
  • Any history of anaphylaxis
  • Significant coagulopathy, which causes bronchoscopy to be unsuitable, as determined by clinical co-investigator or the participant's attending consultant, using information which is routinely available
  • Myocardial infarction in the preceding four weeks
  • Women who are pregnant or are breastfeeding
  • Receiving drugs that cause increased autofluorescence in the lung, specifically amiodorane and methotrexate
  • Participants in cohort 4 only
  • Inspired Oxygen Concentration (FiO2) \>70%
  • Positive End Expiratory Pressure (PEEP) \>10cm
  • ETT or tracheostomy internal diameter \< 7mm
  • Presence of pneumothorax
  • Active bronchospasm
  • Mean arterial pressure \<65mmHg AND on vasopressor
  • Platelet count \< 50 x 109/L

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Royal Infirmary Edinburgh

Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ, United Kingdom

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Healthcare-Associated PneumoniaCross InfectionInfectionsPneumoniaRespiratory Tract InfectionsLung DiseasesRespiratory Tract DiseasesIatrogenic DiseaseDisease AttributesPathologic ProcessesPathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

  • Kev Dhaliwal, MBChB

    University of Edinburgh

    STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
early phase 1
Allocation
NA
Masking
NONE
Purpose
OTHER
Intervention Model
SINGLE GROUP
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

September 17, 2015

First Posted

September 23, 2015

Study Start

May 1, 2016

Primary Completion

December 1, 2018

Study Completion

December 1, 2018

Last Updated

March 26, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-03

Data Sharing

IPD Sharing
Will not share

Locations