Clinical trial NCT04463134: An Observational Study on Patients With NTM Pulmonary Disease
Official title: A Prospective Observational Study of Parameters Related to the Clinical Outcomes of NTM Pulmonary Disease in Prince of Wales Hospital
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Conditions: Clinical Outcomes
Keywords: Disease progression, death
Lead sponsor: Chinese University of Hong Kong
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-07-09
Enrollment: 50
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 100
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Adults suspected NTMPD followed up in the Prince of Wales Hospital will be recruited

Brief summary: Non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infection is becoming more and more common, especially causing pulmonary diseases in those elderly or the immunocompromised. The diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of NTM pulmonary disease(NTMPD) are not updated and real life management if also challenging.

Detailed description: Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are a large group of ubiquitous microorganisms in the natural environment as well as household water systems . Over 180 different species have been identified but only 32 are reported to cause diseases in human or animals. NTM infection can affect the lung, skin and soft tissue, lymph node or cause disseminated diseases in the immunocompromised. NTM pulmonary diseases are the most important disease entity, accounting for 75-94% of all clinically important NTM cases.

The predominant species and their pathogenicity vary in different countries. While Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex (MAC) is most prevalent in the USA, Canada, Australia, Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong, M. abscessus complex is more common in Singapore and M. Kansasii in European counties, respectively. Recently reports showed an increasing trend in importance of NTM PD in a few countries.

NTM can cause chronic and debilitating pulmonary disease with increased morbidity and even mortality. Healthy individuals can be affected though many have underlying structural lung diseases or immunodeficient conditions. Patients usually present with nonspecific symptoms, including productive cough, dyspnea, hemoptysis, fever, weight loss and malaise. Therefore, the diagnosis of NTM pulmonary disease (NTMPD) is challenging requiring comprehensive clinical, microbiological and radiological data according to in the American Thoracic Society and Infectious Diseases Society of America (ATS/IDSA) 2007 guidelines. Treatment of NTMPD is also a difficult decision because some remain stable for a long period without treatment while the others progress to severe and even fatal diseases. A prolonged course of antibiotic involving multiple agents with potential adverse effects is needed but a cure cannot be guaranteed. Moreover, the treatment regimens might be different from those recommended by the international guidelines after balancing multiple factors, including patients' comorbidities, disease severity, and the species and antimicrobial susceptibility of the causative organism. Therefore, whom to treat, when to start and how to treat is a clinical dilemma. Epidemiological data of NTM remains unclear although an increase in prevalence and incidence are consistently observed globally. It is not a notifiable disease in most of the countries and data mainly comes from sentinel surveillance and microbiological results.

Local epidemiological data of NTM infection in Hong Kong is largely scarce apart from a small study done 25 years ago in 1995. Further local investigation on the epidemiology, disease course and clinical practice is needed to optimize their management.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients aged 18 or above
* Two or more respiratory samples positive for NTM, including sputum, tracheal aspirates, bronchial washing, bronchial aspirates, bronchial trap and bronchoalveolar lavage or lung biopsy

Exclusion Criteria:

* NTM isolates from extrapulmonary samples
* Refused to sign an informed consent

Primary outcomes:
measure: Clinical outcomes of NTMPD patients with or without treatment in 1 year
timeFrame: 1 year
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Clinical parameters that predict the disease progression
timeFrame: 1 year
measure: Functional
timeFrame: 1 year
measure: Microbiological parameters that predict disease progression
timeFrame: 1 year
measure: Radiological features that predict disease progression
timeFrame: 1 year
Other outcomes:
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