Targeted AntiBiotics for Chronic pulmonary diseases (TARGET ABC): can targeted antibiotic therapy improve the prognosis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa-infected patients with chronic pulmonary obstructive disease, non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis, and asthma? A multicenter, randomized, controlled, open-label trial

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  • Josefin Eklöf
  • Imane Achir Alispahic
  • Pradeesh Sivapalan
  • Niels Seersholm
  • Karin Armbruster
  • Mohamad Isam Saeed
  • Thyge Lynghøj Nielsen
  • Andrea Browatzki
  • Rikke Holmen Overgaard
  • Camilla Sund Fenlev
  • Helle Frost Andreassen
  • Therese Sophie Lapperre
  • Maria Heidemann
  • Ulla Møller Weinreich
  • Roxana Vijdea
  • Hans Linde
  • Ingrid Titlestad
  • Sofie Lock Johansson
  • Flemming Schønning Rosenvinge
  • Christian Østergaard
  • Khaled Saoud Ali Ghathian
  • Lise Gundersen
  • Christina Wellendorph Christensen
  • Torben Tranborg Jensen
  • Vibeke Muff Sørensen
  • Thilde Ellingsgaard
  • Raluca Datcu
  • John Eugenio Coia
  • Uffe Bodtger

Background: Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection is seen in chronic pulmonary disease and is associated with exacerbations and poor long-term prognosis. However, evidence-based guidelines for the management and treatment of P. aeruginosa infection in chronic, non-cystic fibrosis (CF) pulmonary disease are lacking. The aim of this study is to investigate whether targeted antibiotic treatment against P. aeruginosa can reduce exacerbations and mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), non-CF bronchiectasis, and asthma. Methods: This study is an ongoing multicenter, randomized, controlled, open-label trial. A total of 150 patients with COPD, non-CF bronchiectasis or asthma, and P. aeruginosa-positive lower respiratory tract samples will be randomly assigned with a 1:1 ratio to either no antibiotic treatment or anti-pseudomonal antibiotic treatment with intravenous beta-lactam and oral ciprofloxacin for 14 days. The primary outcome, analyzed with two co-primary endpoints, is (i) time to prednisolone and/or antibiotic requiring exacerbation or death, in the primary or secondary health sector, within days 20–365 from study allocation and (ii) days alive and without exacerbation within days 20–365 from the study allocation. Discussion: This trial will determine whether targeted antibiotics can benefit future patients with chronic, non-CF pulmonary disease and P. aeruginosa infection in terms of reduced morbidity and mortality, thus optimizing therapeutic approaches in this large group of chronic patients. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03262142. Registered on August 25, 2017.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer817
TidsskriftTrials
Vol/bind23
ISSN1745-6215
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2022

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Funding Information:
JE and IAA formulated the study design and drafted the first version of the protocol in collaboration with JUSJ. The protocol has been critically revised and approved by the Trial Steering Committee of COP:TRIN. JE and IAA applied for approvals from the Danish National Committee on Health Research Ethics, Danish Medicines Agency, and the Danish Data Protection Agency and registered the trial at ClinicalTrials.org . JE and JUSJ applied for financial grants. The authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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