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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02928367
Date of registration: 06/10/2016
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)
Public title: The Effect of Leukocyte Dna mEthylation and micRoBIOME Diversity on Host Defense Mechanisms During Community-acquired Pneumonia (ELDER-BIOME) ELDER-BIOME
Scientific title: The Effect of Leukocyte Dna mEthylation and micRoBIOME Diversity on Host Defense Mechanisms During Community-acquired Pneumonia
Date of first enrolment: October 1, 2016
Target sample size: 231
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02928367
Study type:  Observational
Study design:   
Phase: 
Countries of recruitment
Netherlands
Contacts
Name:     Tom van der Poll, MD, PhD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)
Name:     Tom van der Poll, MD, PhD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email: t.vanderpoll@amc.uva.nl
Affiliation: 
Name:     Bastiaan W Haak, MD
Address: 
Telephone: 5665247
Email: b.w.haak@amc.nl
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Clinical suspicion of a new episode of acute respiratory tract infection

- Primary reason for presentation is clinical suspicion of a new episode of acute
respiratory infection; admission to the hospital is NOT a requirement

- Evident new or progressive infiltrate, consolidation, cavitation, or pleural effusion
on the chest X ray or CT scan made for diagnostic (non-research) purposes

- Onset of the following symptoms within the last 7 days:

- At least one respiratory symptom (cough, sore throat, runny or congested nose,
dyspnea)

- At least one systemic symptom (fever, headache, muscle ache, sweats or chills or
tiredness).

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patient lacks capacity to provide informed consent

- No informed consent is provided by patient

- Patient has been transferred from another hospital

- Patient is enrolled in an interventional clinical study of an anti-infective or
immunomodulatory therapy

- Patient has received any type of oral or systemic antibiotics for more than 48 hours
prior to hospital presentation.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Pneumonia
Intervention(s)
Other: rectal swab
Other: nasopharyngeal swab
Other: blood draw
Primary Outcome(s)
Alterations in leukocyte DNA methylation [Time Frame: day 0]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Composition and function of the gut and nasopharyngeal microbiota [Time Frame: day 0]
Composition and function of the gut and nasopharyngeal microbiota [Time Frame: day 28]
Alterations in leukocyte DNA methylation [Time Frame: day 28]
Secondary ID(s)
NL57847.018.16
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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