Invasive aspergillosis
Conditions
Interventions
Exhaled breath sampling.
Sponsors
None.
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients, aged 18 or older, that will undergo treatment for a hematological malignancy expected to result in grade 4 neutropenia for more than 7 days, e.g. hematopoietic stem cell transplantation or induction/consolidation treatment for acute myeloid leukaemia.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Previous invasive pulmonary mycosis.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The accuracy with which patients with probable or proven invasive pulmonary aspergillosis and neutropenic controls can be discriminated from each other with exhaled breath analysis using among other techniques GC-MS, as measured by the values of the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy. | — |
Contacts
Public ContactKoen de Heer
AUMC
Outcome results
None listed