Identification and Clinical Validation of Biomarkers Associated With Clinical Severity in Adults Infected With RSV

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Conditions studied: Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections

In brief

A short description, 5000 characters Intro: Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is a frequent, ubiquitous agent of respiratory viral infections. It is the leading viral cause of lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) in infants and also causes significant morbidity and mortality in adults, especially in the elderly, in patients with cardiorespiratory comorbidities \[e.g., patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and/or heart failure\], and in immunocompromised patients. Clinical phenotyping of RSV respiratory infections has shown that the occurrence of LRTI in RSV-infected patients is associated with the need for ventilatory support and an increased risk of mortality. Virological data also suggest that there is a relationship between high nasopharyngeal viral replication levels and a poor prognosis, although these data have not been confirmed in other studies. Beyond viral load, the impact of viral subtypes on the severity of RSV infection is controversial. Few data have explored the prognostic value of genetic diversity (i.e., role of RSV variants, mutations occurring during clinical course) in RSV-infected adult patients with acute respiratory failure. Objective: The main goal of the present study is to identify and validate biomarkers associated with RSV severity in adults infected with RSV that will be useful to guide treatment decisions in the future. This study will additionally characterize the thus far unknown genetic diversity of RSV in hospitalized adults with severe and mild infections, in order to anticipate virological escape mechanisms from current and future treatments. Method: This is a prospective multicenter cohort study of patients with RSV infection admitted to the hospital. These patients will be followed-up for 28 days. Nasopharyngeal samples will be obtained sequentially (i.e., at day 0, day 3-4, day 5-7, and day 14 of inclusion) for virological and transcriptomic analyses. Blood samples will also be collected at day 0 (EDTA tubes and Paxgene tubes) for peripheral transcriptomic analyses and plasma banking. The 100 first patients included in the study will be allocated to the development cohort and the last 100 patients will be allocated to the validation cohort.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT06197152
Run by: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
People needed: 133
Starts: 2023-11-27
Expected to finish: 2026-12-01
Last updated by the study team: 2024-01-09

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

Age > 18 years
Positive RSV RT-PCR in nasopharyngeal swab
Patient admitted to the hospital (intensive care unit or medical ward admission at inclusion) with clinical signs of lower respiratory tract infection (defined as the presence of two or more respiratory signes (cough, dyspnea, sputum production, wheezing, tachypnea (respiratory rate>20/min) or one respiratory sign plus one or more systemic symptoms (fatigue and fever)) requiring hospitalization.
No objection letter (from the patient or a member of family if the patient is not physically able to give consent

You may not qualify if…

Co-infection with other respiratory viruses
Persons under guardianship/guardianship
AME (state medical aid) patient
Group of "control" patients
Inclusion Criteria :
Age>18 years
Patient's consent
Enrolled in a social security plan
Admitted for an acute respiratory syndrome
No diagnosis of respiratory infection in the 4 weeks prior to inclusion
Negative RSV nasopharyngeal PCR (or other respiratory specimen) collected within the last 48 hours
No immunosuppression (HIV infection, bone marrow or solid organ transplantation, post-chemotherapy aplasia, immunosuppressive therapy, corticosteroid therapy (> 200 mg/d hydrocortisone or equivalent within 4 weeks prior to inclusion)
Exclusion Criteria :
Persons under guardianship/guardianship
AME (state medical aid) patient

Where it is running

Intensive Care Unit Henri Mondor APHP — Créteil, France (enrolling)

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