NCT03465098

Brief Summary

Infectious endocarditis (IE) is a pathology where the mortality rate of between 20 and 25%, but a higher morbidity since 50% of the patients are treated by a valvular surgical procedure. The diagnosis of IE is often difficult and therefore too late. In 2015, the European Society of Cardiology recommendations published by the integrate Positron Emission Tomography with Computed Tomography (PET/CT) with 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) in the diagnostic management of IE. However, during conventional examinations, with 12 hours fasting and low carb dieting, myocardial uptake of 18F-FDG may be intense and interfere with results. The purpose of this study is to assess a strict low carbohydrate diet as Atkins (\<3gram/day of carbohydrate) diet to facilitate the infective endocarditis diagnosis by 18F-FDG PET/CT Primary objective is to assess a strict low carbohydrate diet during 12h and 12h fasting for enhancing the contrast between infect area and surrounding structures and improve the detectability of infective endocarditis by PET/CT Secondary objectives:

  1. 1.Comparison of the detection sensitivity of IE outbreaks between 18F-FDG PET/CT performed with the low carbohydrate diet and conventional diet performed
  2. 2.To assess the strict low carbohydrate diet effects on the uptake 18F-FDG distribution , particularly in the myocardium, circulating blood, skeletal muscles, brain and liver.
  3. 3.Characterization of metabolic changes generated by the low carbohydrate diet using plasma bioassays (blood glucose, insulinemia, free fatty acid concentration, ß-hydroxybutyrate).

Trial Health

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Trial Health Score

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Enrollment
26

participants targeted

Target at below P25 for not_applicable

Timeline
Completed

Started Mar 2018

Longer than P75 for not_applicable

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
completed

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

November 17, 2017

Completed
4 months until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

March 14, 2018

Completed
5 days until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

March 19, 2018

Completed
2.7 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

December 2, 2020

Completed
8 months until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

August 3, 2021

Completed
Last Updated

February 9, 2024

Status Verified

February 1, 2024

Enrollment Period

2.7 years

First QC Date

November 17, 2017

Last Update Submit

February 8, 2024

Conditions

Keywords

Infective endocarditisPET/CT 18F-FDGLow carbohydrate diet as Atkins diet

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Infectious focus 18F-FDG activity measured with SUV (standardized uptake value )

    The contrast will be measured thanks to the ratio SUV (standardized uptake value ) infectious focus and SUV (standardized uptake value ) surrounding tissue

    24 hours

Secondary Outcomes (3)

  • Visual analysis to detect and locate infective area

    24 hours

  • SUV (standardized uptake value) of target organs (myocardium, muscles, liver, brain, blood, kidney..)

    3 days

  • metabolic biomarker assay: ß-hydroxybutyrate

    one week (on PET standard and on PET with Atkins diet)

Study Arms (1)

enrolled patients

EXPERIMENTAL

All enrolled patients will be received a strict low carbohydrate (\< 3gr/day of carbohydrate) and 12h fasting before 18F-FDG PET/CT exam and 24h after a 18F-FDG PET/CT preceded by a low carbohydrate diet with 12h fasting

Other: Strict low carbohydrate diet (< 3gr/day of carbohydrate) before a 18F-FDG PET/CT

Interventions

The patients will receive 2 PET/CT , first exam with standard diet preceded by 12h fasting and second exam preceded by 3 meals strict low diet and 12h fasting

Also known as: 18F-FDG PET/CT
enrolled patients

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Hospitalized patients with certainly infective endocarditis (95%) such Duke and Li criteria
  • Patients with a social protection system
  • No impossibility of performing (18)F-FDG PET (agitated, confused patient, etc)
  • Stable clinically
  • Adaptive antibiotic therapy for at least 8 days
  • No known allergy to making impossible to follow strict carbohydrate diet

You may not qualify if:

  • Pregnancy, breastfeeding and woman of childbearing age without effective contraception
  • Patients under guardianship or curators.
  • No treatment with corticoids, valproate, carbamazepine, phenytoin, phenobarbital, catecholamines
  • Unbalanced diabetes (fasting capillary blood glucose \> 1,8 g/l ou 10 mmol/l)
  • Patients with known hypersensitivity to 18F-FDG or any component of this product

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Chru Nancy Brabois

Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, 54511, France

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Endocarditis

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Heart DiseasesCardiovascular Diseases

Study Officials

  • Elodie CHEVALIER, MD

    Nuclear medicine department, CHRU NANCY

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
NA
Masking
NONE
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Intervention Model
SINGLE GROUP
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
PI Title
Principal investigator

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

November 17, 2017

First Posted

March 14, 2018

Study Start

March 19, 2018

Primary Completion

December 2, 2020

Study Completion

August 3, 2021

Last Updated

February 9, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-02

Data Sharing

IPD Sharing
Will not share

Locations