The goals of this observational study are to identify risk factors for ESBL-producing Enterobacterales and carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) colonization in oncohematological patients with severe neutropenia, and to develop and validate a predictive model of infection caused by ESBL-producing Enterobacterales and CPE in patients previously colonized by the same bacteria. The main questions the study aims to answer are: * What are the risk factors for ESBL-producing Enterobacterales and CPE colonization in patients with severe neutropenia? * Can a predictive model be developed to accurately predict infections in the colonized patients? Study Design \& Participants: Participants will be screened after receiving neutropenia-inducing treatment (e.g., chemotherapy, chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy, or others). A baseline rectal swab will be collected to assess initial colonization status, followed by weekly swabs throughout the duration of neutropenia. Patients will be followed for 90 days from initial screening, during which the study team will record any infections, with an additional 30-day follow-up period. All hospitalization data will be recorded.
An exploratory metagenomics sub-study will be conducted within the study. Its goal is to describe the intestinal microbiome in patients and analyze any correlation between the microbiome and infection and mortality. For logistical reasons, this sub-study will be performed only on patients in the Seville area. This analysis will be performed via sequencing of the 16S ribosomal ribonucleic acid (rRNA) gene.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
535
Hospital Universitario Torrecárdenas
Almería, Andalusia, Spain
Hospital Universitario De Jerez
Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz, Spain
Hospital Universitario de Vigo
Vigo, Galicia, Spain
Clinica Universidad de Navarra
Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron
Barcelona, Spain
Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar
Cadiz, Spain
Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves Ruiz de Alda
Granada, Spain
Hospital Universitario Juan Ramón Jiménez
Huelva, Spain
Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal
Madrid, Spain
Hospital Universitario La Paz
Madrid, Spain
...and 5 more locations
Number of patients colonized by ESBL-producing Enterobacterales and Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) detected by rectal swab
A weekly control of colonizations status will be performed via rectal swabs, while the patient is hospitalized.
Time frame: 90 days follow-up. In case of infection a security follow-up of 30 days will be performed
Number of Neutropenic fever (NF) and/or clinically relevant infection events caused by ESBL-producing Enterobacterales and CPE
Due to the observational nature of the study, all cases of NF or infection will be registered in the electronic case report form (eCRF)
Time frame: 90 days follow-up. In case of infection a security follow-up of 30 days will be performed
All cause mortality at 30 and 90 days
Mortality at 30-days after inclusion and mortality at 90-days after inclusion
Time frame: 90 day follow-up since inclusion
In case of infection, mortality related to the infection at day 30 and/or recurrence of infection until day 90
For patients with an infection episode, mortality related to the infection and recurrence will be assessed at day 30 of the security follow-up
Time frame: 90 days follow-up. In case of infection a security follow-up of 30 days will be performed
Length of hospitalisation(s) (in days)
Total number of hospitalisation days during the 90 day follow-up.
Time frame: 90 days follow up since inclusion
Data collection on antibiotic usage in Days of treatment (DOT)
Data collection on antibiotic usage in days of treatment
Time frame: 90 days follow-up. In case of infection a security follow-up of 30 days will be performed
Number of appropiate empirical and targeted treatment.
Data will be obtained from the participat's clinical history. Appropriate treatment is defined as confirmed activity in vitro of the treatment against the infectious agent.
Time frame: 90 days follow-up. In case of infection a security follow-up of 30 days will be performed
C. difficile infection
Rate of patients presenting confirmed Clostridioses difficile toxin presence
Time frame: 90 days follow-up. In case of infection a security follow-up of 30 days will be performed
Number of fungal infections caused by yeast or mold
Proven, probable or possible fungal infection confirmed by growth of specimen in culture or fungal biomarkers.
Time frame: 90 days follow-up. In case of infection a security follow-up of 30 days will be performed
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