Infectious Disease
Conditions
Brief summary
Detection of bacterial and viral pathogens infection among hospitalized patients using breath analysis - feasibility study.
Detailed description
A diagnostic prospective single-site study, with no anticipated risks or constraints. Primary objective: To identify a set of breath Volatile Organic Compound biomarkers that enable the detection of pathogens infection and inflammatory response to pathogens infection among hospitalized patients.
Interventions
Breath biopsy
Sponsors
Study design
Intervention model description
parallel assignment
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Age 18 to 80 years at the time of consent * Capable of understanding written and/or spoken language * Able to provide informed consent * Negative results for SARS-CoV-2 * Diagnosed with suspected respiratory infection
Exclusion criteria
* Under guardianship or deprived of liberty * Pregnant or lactating woman * Not able to breathe through mask for 8 minutes * Intubated patients * Patients in critical condition * Diagnosed with hospital-acquired infection * Medical history of malignancies
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Discovery of exhaled breath biomarkers | Through the study completion, up to 3 months. | To evaluate the sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value of metabolomic biomarkers in exhaled breath samples as compared with pathogens biomarkers found in participants' blood and sputum samples. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The association of exhaled biomarkers with inflammatory known biomarkers. | Through the study completion, up to 3 months. | To measure the association between exhaled biomarkers and inflammatory known biomarkers that are found in participants' blood and sputum samples. |
Countries
Israel