Study of Intraocular Concentrations (Aqueous Humor, Vitreous Humor) of Antibiotics After Local and/or Systemic Administration in Endophthalmitis

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Endophthalmitis is an intraocular inflammation due to a serious infection of bacterial, fungal or parasitic origin, involving visual prognosis if it is not treated in time and correctly. Despite the eye isolation from the rest of the body, germs can enter the eye either exogenously, during open globe surgery, following perforating eye trauma, or following anti-VEGF antibodies intravitreal injection, or other drugs such as corticosteroids for example, or by endogenous route, haematogenic as part of sepsis, usually during immunodepression. Post-operative endophthalmitis is the most feared complication following any endo-ocular surgery. It can be acute, occurring within 6 weeks post-operatively or delayed as after poor healing, or on a glaucoma filtration bubble. Endophthalmitis after cataract surgery is a complication with a low incidence of (0.030 to 0.047%) but which, due to interventions number carried out (830,000 in 2016, in France), appears significant. There are factors that favour endophtalmitis occurrence such as a vitreous exit from eyeball during surgical procedure, poor scar coaptation, premature removal of sutures, etc... They condition emergency care. Early diagnosis and appropriate treatment are essential for safeguarding the eye and its function. Therefore, therapeutic management requires endo-ocular sampling in front of any suspicion of endophtalmitis, to be done before any treatment, to carry out microbiological analysis (direct examination on slide, culture, universal and/or targeted PCR, antibiotic susceptibility test). Vitreous puncture is more contributive than anterior chamber puncture, underlining need for these two samples to identify the responsible germ. Once samples have been taken, a broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy introduction must be performed intra-vitreously combined with systemic and local administration. Intravitreal injections allow treatment to be provided at effective concentrations directly at the infection site. On the other hand, toxic risks must be taken into account, especially since the protocol may require multiple intravitreal injections.

Official Title
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Intraocular Concentrations Study (Aqueous Humor, Vitreous Humor) of Antibiotics After Local and/or Systemic Administration in Endophthalmitis

Conditions
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Endophthalmitis

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic study of antibiotics used in severe endophthalmitis from samples taken from treated patients


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Male or female > 18 years old Francophone Patients referred to emergencies by an ophthalmologist or doctor, or patients already hospitalized, with a unfavourable course 48 hours after introduction of broad spectrum probabilistic antibiotic therapy for the following situations: Cataract surgery Vitreoretinal surgery Intravitreal injection [anti-VEGF for the treatment of AMD, dexamethasone (Ozurdex®) for the treatment of cystoid macular edema] Physical signs presence of intraocular inflammation (Tyndall, hypopyon, cyclic membrane, hyalite) Presence of functional signs (Decreased Visual Acuity) Patients for whom a management re-evaluation is essential with obligation of new intraocular samples. Patient affiliated to social security or, failing that, to another health insurance system Exclusion Criteria: Patient under guardianship or curators Patient deprived of liberty Participation refusal in the study

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: intraocular antibiotic concentrations determination<br>In the event that the patient develops unfavourably, the ophthalmologist include the patient in the trial. The patient is reviewed at 48 hours after the introduction of probabilistic antibiotic therapy for clinical reassessment and the return of microbiological test results. Following this inclusion, the new samples will be taken when the patient passes through the operating room for the treatment of his pathology as part of the care. Ophthalmologists may have to adapt the patient's management (i.e. adjustment of antibiotic therapy) as part of their usual care routine. An anterior chamber puncture and a vitrectomy are performed. Eye fluids collected as part of the treatment are sent for analysis. | Other: Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic study of antibiotics used in severe endophthalmitis from samples taken from treated patients<br>* A 5mL dry tube will be taken by puncture of the humeral vein like a conventional blood test. This tube is not usually collected unless specifically requested by the ophthalmologist. This sample will be sent quickly (within two hours) to the CHNO Medical Biology Laboratory for centrifugation, serum separation and storage at -80°C. Samples stored at -80°C will be sent weekly to the Microbiology and Anti-infectives Laboratory at Hospital Paris Saint-Joseph, with the dosage request form duly completed with the usual information.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Determination of the concentrations of the various antibiotics in the media tested (aqueous and vitreous humours) | Determination of the concentrations of the various antibiotics in the media tested (aqueous and vitreous humours) by liquid chromatography coupled with a high-resolution mass spectrometer (HPLC-HRMS). | 48 hours | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Number of aqueous or vitreous humor samples collected by puncture from treated patients that can be used analytically |  | 12 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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intraocular concentrations of antibiotics