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Chronic SinusitisNCT00962689

Clinical Study to Improve Diagnosis and Treatment of Sinusitis

An observational study of Chronic Sinusitis, run by Ohio State University at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is the most common chronic medical condition that affects Americans between 18-44 years of age. While significant advances have been made in the understanding of the molecular pathogenesis underlying many subtypes of CRS, this has not translated into widespread changes in how physicians… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 5 to 90 years
Conditions the study is for
Chronic Sinusitis
How many people
38 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Aug 2009to Nov 2013
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 5 to 90 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Study population: Patients from age 5 to 90 undergoing endoscopic sinus surgery for treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis

Who may be able to join

  • Clinical diagnosis of chronic sinusitis
  • Undergoing surgery for treatment of their disease

Who cannot join

  • None

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • The Ohio State University

    Columbus, Ohio, 43210

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About this study

Official title: Improving Patient Care Via Proteomics Based, Microbe-Specific Detection of Chronic Rhinosinusitis

Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is the most common chronic medical condition that affects Americans between 18-44 years of age. While significant advances have been made in the understanding of the molecular pathogenesis underlying many subtypes of CRS, this has not translated into widespread changes in how physicians manage adult or pediatric CRS. The focus of this study is intended to develop testing methods to improve the objectivity and specificity of diagnosis and allow for individualized therapy with less invasive, customized treatments instead of the traditional, empiric based, and radically exenterative therapies commonly employed in clinical practice. Specifically, it is now known that many patients with CRS have a greater concentration of non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHI) in the bacterial biofilms located within their sinus cavities compared to healthy patients. The specific hypothesis behind the proposed research is that the presence of NTHI biofilms, which are known to be highly recalcitrant, are positively correlated with the development of CRS and that unique lipooligosaccharides and inflammatory byproducts obtained from nasopharyngeal lavage fluids and/or swabs of sinus secretions may be used as a non-invasive biomarker for CRS. As a result, patients with symptoms of CRS specifically associated with NTHI biofilms could possibly obtain a non-invasive test in the physician's office that would allow the clinician to make a more accurate diagnosis and objectively follow each patient's responsiveness to customized therapy.

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Specific Aims:

Specific Aim 1 will test the hypothesis that a high throughput proteomics-based assay of nasopharyngeal lavage fluids and/or swabs of human sinus drainage material will be able to identify, with a high degree of sensitivity and specificity, patients with CRS specifically due to the presence of NTHI biofilms.

Specific Aim 2 will test the hypothesis that a priori assay for increased presence of phosphorylcholine-rich lipooligosaccharides in nasopharyngeal lavage fluids from chinchillas co-infected with adenovirus and biofilm forming NTHI will successfully predict, with a high degree of sensitivity and specificity, the development of CRS in this in vivo model.

Results from this project may: enable the design and conduct of a clinical trial to preoperatively identify patients with CRS earlier in their disease course (possibly prior to the initiation of long courses of empiric antibiotic therapy); aid in the development of non-surgical therapies to eradicate bacterial biofilms with the sinus cavities; result in the identification of an objective biomarker to monitor success with therapies; and ultimately lead to less morbidity and risk for complications compared to conventional surgical therapy. In addition, transforming this paradigm would make progress towards achieving the goals of the U.S. Department Health and Human Services Healthy People 2010 objective 14-19, which is "reducing the number of courses of antibiotics prescribed for the sole diagnosis of the common cold."

Keywords
chronic rhinosinusitis, biofilm, sinus tissue, nasal secretions, proteomics, diagnosis, decreased antibiotics, Develop a test to identify patients with sinusitis subtypes
Medical subject headings
Disease

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

Study groups in NCT00962689
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Chronic RhinosinusitisPatients with chronic rhinosinusitis as defined by American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and American Rhinologic Society guidelines
Control GroupPatients undergoing endoscopic sinus surgery for diseases other than chronic rhinosinusitis (i.e., access to pituitary gland, etc)

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted20 Aug 2009 (estimated)
  2. Study startAug 2009
  3. Primary completionNov 2013
  4. Study completionNov 2013

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
38 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00962689
Sponsor's protocol ID
2009H0067
Other IDs
KL2RR025754
Status last verified
Apr 2017
First submitted
19 Aug 2009
Last updated
28 Apr 2017
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Das S, Maeso PA, Becker AM, Prosser JD, Adam BL, Kountakis SE. Proteomics blood testing to distinguish chronic rhinosinusitis subtypes. Laryngoscope. 2008 Dec;118(12):2231-4. doi: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e318182f7f4.

    PubMed 18978510

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Chronic Sinusitis, run by Ohio State University at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 28 Apr 2017. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00962689, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 28 Apr 2017.

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