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BronchiectasisBISER-2NCT02315547

Sputum Microbiota and the Association With Clinical Parameters in Steady-state, Acute Exacerbation and Convalescence of Bronchiectasis

A study testing Antibiotics in people with Bronchiectasis, run by Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease at 1 site in China.

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Trial summary

Study 1 is a cross-sectional investigation. Patients with clinically stable bronchiectasis (symptoms, including cough frequency, sputum volume and purulence, within normal daily variations) will undergo baseline assessment consisting of history taking, routine sputum culture, 16srRNA pyrosequencing, measurement of… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 85 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Bronchiectasis
What is being tested?
Antibiotics
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
120 participants
Where
1 siteChina
Study dates
Jan 2015to Dec 2023
Phase
Interventional
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 18 to 85 years
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Patients of either sex and age between 18 and 85 years

Who cannot join

  • Patient judged to have poor compliance
  • Female patient who is lactating or pregnant
  • Patients having concomitant severe systemic illnesses (i.e. coronary heart disease, cerebral stroke, uncontrolled hypertension, active gastric ulcer, malignant tumor, hepatic dysfunction, renal dysfunction)
  • Miscellaneous conditions that would potentially influence efficacy assessment, as judged by the investigators
  • Participation in another clinical trial within the preceding 3 months
  • Inclusion criteria for healthy subjects include all of the above criteria except for known respiratory diseases
  • It is estimated that 120 patients will be recruited in the study. Some of the patients in the BISER study (currently still ongoing, No.: NCT01761214) who are eligible for the current study will undergo assessments de novo, with the index date deemed as the the date of recruitment

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Wei-jie Guan, Ph.D. contact

+86-13826042052

battery203@163.com

China1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease

    Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510120

    Nan-shan Zhong, MD, nanshan@vip.163.com

    Wei-jie Guan, MD, +86-13826042052, battery203@163.com

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease

Study 1 is a cross-sectional investigation. Patients with clinically stable bronchiectasis (symptoms, including cough frequency, sputum volume and purulence, within normal daily variations) will undergo baseline assessment consisting of history taking, routine sputum culture, 16srRNA pyrosequencing, measurement of sputum inflammatory markers, oxidative stress biomarkers and MMPs, and spirometry. Microbiota taxa will be compared between bronchiectasis patients and healthy subjects.

In study 2, patients inform investigators upon symptom deterioration. Following diagnosis of BEs, patients will undergo the aforementioned assessments as soon as possible. This entails antibiotic treatment, with slightly modified protocol, based on British Thoracic Society guidelines [16]. At 1 week after completion of 14-day antibiotic therapy, patients will undergo convalescence visit.

Study 3 is a prospective 1-year follow-up scheme in which patients participated in telephone or hospital visits every 3 months. For individual visit, spirometry and sputum culture will be performed, and BEs will be meticulously captured from clinical charts and history inquiry, with the final decisions adjudicated following group discussion.

Read the detailed description

Bronchiectasis is a chronic airway disease characterized by airway infection, inflammation and destruction [1]. Bacteria are frequently responsible for the vicious cycle seen in bronchiectasis. Clinically, potentially pathogenic microorganisms (PPMs) primarily consisted of Hemophilus influenzae, Hemophilus parainfluenzae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa), Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Moraxella catarrhalis [1]. These PPMs elicit airway inflammation [2-5] and biofilm formation [6] leading to and oxidative stress [7,8]. However, different PPMs harbor varying effects on bronchiectasis. For instance, P. aeruginosa has been linked to more pronounced airway inflammation and poorer lung function [9,10].

However, it should be recognized that routine sputum bacterial culture techniques could only effectively identify a small proportion of PPMs. The assay sensitivity and specificity could be significantly affected by the duration from sampling to culture, the culture media and environment. Pyrosequencing of the bacterial 16srRNA might offer more comprehensive assessment of the airway microbiota. Based on this technique, Goleva and associates [11] identified an abundance of gram-negative microbiota (predominantly the phylum proteobacteria) which might be responsible for corticosteroid insensitivity. The microbiome of airways in patients with asthma [11,12], idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis [13] and bronchiectasis [14,15] has also been characterized. Furthermore, the association between the "core microbiota" and clinical parameters (i.e., FEV1) has been demonstrated. However, previous studies suffered from relatively small sample size and lack of comprehensive sets of clinical parameters for further analyses.

Bronchiectasis exacerbations (BEs) are characterized by significantly worsened symptoms and (or) signs that warrant antibiotics therapy. The precise mechanisms responsible for triggering BEs have not been fully elucidated, but could be related to virus infection and increased bacterial virulence. However, it should be recognized that antibiotics, despite extensive bacterial resistance, remain effective for most BEs. This at least partially suggested that bacterial infection might have played a major role in the pathogenesis of BEs. Therefore, the assessment of sputum microbiota during steady-state, BEs and convalescence may unravel more insights into the dynamic variation in microbiota compositions and the principal microbiota phylum or species that account for BEs.

In the this study, the investigators seek to perform 16srRNA pyrosequencing to determine: 1) the differences in microbiota compositions between bronchiectasis patients and healthy subjects; 2) association between sputum microbiota compositions and clinical parameters, including systemic/airway inflammation, spirometry, disease severity, airway oxidative stress biomarkers and matrix metalloproteinase; 3) the microbiota compositions in patients who yielded "normal flora (commensals)", in particular those who produced massive sputum daily (>50ml/d); 4) dynamic changes in microbiota compositions during BEs and convalescence as compared with baseline levels; 5) the utility of predominant microbiota taxa in predicting lung function decline and future risks of BEs during 1-year follow-up.

Conditions
Bronchiectasis
Being tested
Antibiotics
Keywords
Microbiota, Airway infection, Bronchiectasis, Airway inflammation, Oxidative stress, Matrix metalloproteinase
Medical subject headings
Bronchiectasis

What participants receive

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

  • AntibioticsDrug

    Patients will be given antibiotics based on sputum microbiology during steady-state bronchiectasis. The methodology has been described in the British Thoracic Society guideline [16]. Briefly, for first-line therapy, patients isolated with Hemophilus influenzae, Hemophilus parainfluenzae, Streptoccus pneumoniae and Moraxella catarrhalis at baseline will be treated with amoxicillin clavulanate potassium (625mg bid); patients isolated with Klebsela pneumonae or Pseudomonas aeruginosa at baseline will be treated with fluoroquinolones. Levofloxacin (500mg qd) will be empirically employed for antibiotic treatment in those who tested negative to sputum microbiology. Severe BEs could be prescribed with intravenous antibiotics therapy at the discretion of study investigators, either in the out-patient department or hospitalized for intensive systemic treatment. Hospitalized patients will not be included in the exacerbation cohort.

Study groups in NCT02315547
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
AntibioticsOtherPatients will be given antibiotics based on sputum microbiology during steady-state bronchiectasis. The methodology has been described in the British Thoracic Society guideline [16]. Briefly, for first-line therapy, patients isolated with Hemophilus influenzae, Hemophilus parainfluenzae, Streptoccus pneumoniae and Moraxella catarrhalis at baseline will be treated with amoxicillin clavulanate potassium (625mg bid); patients isolated with Klebsela pneumonae or Pseudomonas aeruginosa at baseline will be treated with fluoroquinolones. Levofloxacin (500mg qd) will be empirically employed for antibiotic treatment in those who tested negative to sputum microbiology. Severe BEs could be prescribed with intravenous antibiotics therapy at the discretion of study investigators, either in the out-patient department or hospitalized for intensive systemic treatment. Hospitalized patients will not be included in the exacerbation cohort.
Receives: Drug: Antibiotics

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. relative abundance, diversity and richness of microbiota taxa

    Sputum microbiota taxa compositions (at phylum and species levels, respectively), including the relative abundance, diversity and richness

    Measured: Jan 2015 to Dec 2017, up to 3 years

Secondary outcomes (10)
  1. Serum inflammatory indices

    IL-8, TNF-α, WBC and CRP

    Measured: Jan 2015 to Dec 2017, up to 3 years

  2. Sputum sol phase inflammatory biomarkers

    IL-8 and TNF-α

    Measured: Jan 2015 to Dec 2017, up to 3 years

  3. Sputum sol phase oxidative stress biomarkers or parameters

    CAT, hydrogen peroxide, superoxide dismutase, MDA

    Measured: Jan 2015 to Dec 2017, up to 3 years

  4. Sputum sol phase matrix metalloproteinases

    MMP-8, MMP-9, TIMP-1, MMP-9/TIMP-1 ratio

    Measured: Jan 2015 to Dec 2017, up to 3 years

  5. 24-hour sputum volume

    24-hour sputum volume, measured to the nearest 5 ml

    Measured: Jan 2015 to Dec 2017, up to 3 years

  6. Spirometry

    FEV1, FVC, FEV1/FVC, MMEF

    Measured: Jan 2015 to Dec 2017, up to 3 years

  7. Bronchiectasis Severity Index

    Measured: Jan 2015 to Dec 2017, up to 3 years

  8. Sputum culture findings

    normally reported as growth of a predominant potentially pathogenic microorganism or no bacterial growth

    Measured: Jan 2015 to Dec 2017, up to 3 years

  9. Sputum purulence

    scale 1 to 8

    Measured: Jan 2015 to Dec 2017, up to 3 years

  10. SGRQ total score and the scores of individual domains

    SGRQ total score and the scores of individual domains

    Measured: Jan 2015 to Dec 2017, up to 3 years

Timeline

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

  1. First posted12 Dec 2014 (estimated)
  2. Study startJan 2015
  3. Primary completionDec 2023 (estimated)
  4. Study completionDec 2023 (estimated)

Resources

More details

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

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Diagnosis
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
120 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02315547
Sponsor's protocol ID
GIRD-20141208-GWJ
Acronym
BISER-2
Status last verified
Jul 2019
First submitted
8 Dec 2014
Last updated
1 Aug 2019
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No

Publications

  • Pasteur MC, Helliwell SM, Houghton SJ, Webb SC, Foweraker JE, Coulden RA, Flower CD, Bilton D, Keogan MT. An investigation into causative factors in patients with bronchiectasis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2000 Oct;162(4 Pt 1):1277-84. doi: 10.1164/ajrccm.162.4.9906120.

    PubMed 11029331
  • Davies G, Wells AU, Doffman S, Watanabe S, Wilson R. The effect of Pseudomonas aeruginosa on pulmonary function in patients with bronchiectasis. Eur Respir J. 2006 Nov;28(5):974-9. doi: 10.1183/09031936.06.00074605. Epub 2006 Aug 9.

    PubMed 16899482
  • Chmiel JF, Davis PB. State of the art: why do the lungs of patients with cystic fibrosis become infected and why can't they clear the infection? Respir Res. 2003;4(1):8. doi: 10.1186/1465-9921-4-8. Epub 2003 Aug 27.

    PubMed 14511398
  • King PT, Hutchinson PE, Johnson PD, Holmes PW, Freezer NJ, Holdsworth SR. Adaptive immunity to nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2003 Feb 15;167(4):587-92. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200207-728OC. Epub 2002 Nov 14.

    PubMed 12433671
  • Sadikot RT, Blackwell TS, Christman JW, Prince AS. Pathogen-host interactions in Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2005 Jun 1;171(11):1209-23. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200408-1044SO. Epub 2005 Feb 1.

    PubMed 15695491
  • Starner TD, Zhang N, Kim G, Apicella MA, McCray PB Jr. Haemophilus influenzae forms biofilms on airway epithelia: implications in cystic fibrosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2006 Jul 15;174(2):213-20. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200509-1459OC. Epub 2006 May 4.

    PubMed 16675778
  • Horvath I, Loukides S, Wodehouse T, Kharitonov SA, Cole PJ, Barnes PJ. Increased levels of exhaled carbon monoxide in bronchiectasis: a new marker of oxidative stress. Thorax. 1998 Oct;53(10):867-70. doi: 10.1136/thx.53.10.867.

    PubMed 10193374
  • Angrill J, Agusti C, De Celis R, Filella X, Rano A, Elena M, De La Bellacasa JP, Xaubet A, Torres A. Bronchial inflammation and colonization in patients with clinically stable bronchiectasis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2001 Nov 1;164(9):1628-32. doi: 10.1164/ajrccm.164.9.2105083.

    PubMed 11719301
  • Ryall B, Davies JC, Wilson R, Shoemark A, Williams HD. Pseudomonas aeruginosa, cyanide accumulation and lung function in CF and non-CF bronchiectasis patients. Eur Respir J. 2008 Sep;32(3):740-7. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00159607. Epub 2008 May 14.

    PubMed 18480102
  • Evans SA, Turner SM, Bosch BJ, Hardy CC, Woodhead MA. Lung function in bronchiectasis: the influence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Eur Respir J. 1996 Aug;9(8):1601-4. doi: 10.1183/09031936.96.09081601.

    PubMed 8866579
  • Goleva E, Jackson LP, Harris JK, Robertson CE, Sutherland ER, Hall CF, Good JT Jr, Gelfand EW, Martin RJ, Leung DY. The effects of airway microbiome on corticosteroid responsiveness in asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2013 Nov 15;188(10):1193-201. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201304-0775OC.

    PubMed 24024497
  • Marri PR, Stern DA, Wright AL, Billheimer D, Martinez FD. Asthma-associated differences in microbial composition of induced sputum. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2013 Feb;131(2):346-52.e1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2012.11.013. Epub 2012 Dec 23.

    PubMed 23265859
  • Garzoni C, Brugger SD, Qi W, Wasmer S, Cusini A, Dumont P, Gorgievski-Hrisoho M, Muhlemann K, von Garnier C, Hilty M. Microbial communities in the respiratory tract of patients with interstitial lung disease. Thorax. 2013 Dec;68(12):1150-6. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-202917. Epub 2013 Aug 14.

    PubMed 23945167
  • Rogers GB, van der Gast CJ, Cuthbertson L, Thomson SK, Bruce KD, Martin ML, Serisier DJ. Clinical measures of disease in adult non-CF bronchiectasis correlate with airway microbiota composition. Thorax. 2013 Aug;68(8):731-7. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-203105. Epub 2013 Apr 6.

    PubMed 23564400
  • Tunney MM, Einarsson GG, Wei L, Drain M, Klem ER, Cardwell C, Ennis M, Boucher RC, Wolfgang MC, Elborn JS. Lung microbiota and bacterial abundance in patients with bronchiectasis when clinically stable and during exacerbation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2013 May 15;187(10):1118-26. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201210-1937OC.

    PubMed 23348972

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Antibiotics in people with Bronchiectasis, run by Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease at 1 site in China.

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 1 inclusion and 7 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: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 1 Aug 2019. 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 China. 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?

Results are not available in the source record.

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

Contact Wei-jie Guan, Ph.D. (+86-13826042052, battery203@163.com), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

relative abundance, diversity and richness of microbiota taxa (time frame: Jan 2015 to Dec 2017, up to 3 years). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT02315547, which also lists 20 linked publications.

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 1 Aug 2019.

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