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NCT Number: NCT04435470

Epidemiological Study of the Microbiota in Critically Ill Children

Objectives: To study the composition of the microbiota in critically ill children, and to know the relationship of its microbiota with clinical complications and inflammation biomarkers.

Design: Multicenter observational and prospective study including 100 critically ill children admitted in three pediatric intensive care units with a prediction of more than 5 days of stay and 50 healthy children. Clinical parameters and rectal, fecal, blood and respiratory samples will be collected at admission and at pediatric intensive care units discharge. The microbiota and inflammation biomarkers and metabolomic will be analyzed.

Analysis of results: Description an evolution of the microbiota throughout the time, intestinal and respiratory, and the influence of clinical and therapeutic factors will be analyzed. The composition of microbiota will be compared with a cohort of healthy children and between the different types of pediatric intensive care units. The correlation of the microbiota with the markers of inflammation, metabolomics and the development of infectious complications and multiorgan failure will be analyzed.

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Key information

Conditions

Critical Illness Child, Only Disease Attributes Inflammation Intensive Care Unit Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Age range

1 month–16 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

María Dolores Mesa García

Armilla, Granada, 18071, Spain

About this study

AIM: The present study is an observational clinical study aimed to study the intestinal microbiota composition of critically ill children in paediatric intensive care unit and its relationship with clinical complications and inflammatory biomarkers.

DESIGN: This study is a multicentre, observational and prospective study including 100 critically ill children admitted in three paediatric intensive care units (Hospital Materno-Infantil Torrecárdenas de Almería, y en el Hospital Materno-Infantil Carlos Haya de Málaga and Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago) This study is a multicentre, observational and prospective study conducted by members of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology II, Nutrition and Food Technology Institute "José Mataix" of the University of Granada research group in collaboration with the Hospital Materno-Infantil Torrecárdenas from Almería, the Hospital Materno-Infantil Carlos Haya from Málaga and Complejo Hospitalario Universitario from Santiago de Compostela pediatric intensive care units and primary care unit of the University Hospital Virgen de las Nieves from Granada as recruitment centres.

This trial will include 100 critically ill children admitted from the three different pediatric intensive care units with an expected hospitalization time of more than 5 days. In addition, 50 healthy children will be recruited from a primary care centre as controls. Faecal and respiratory system (oropharynx) samples will be collected from ill and healthy children, while blood samples will be harvested only from critically ill children at the time of admission to the pediatric intensive care units as well as at the day of discharge. Sample aliquots will be sent to the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology II, University of Granada for further analysis.

Study population The study population will comprise 50 healthy children aged between 1 month and 16 years, recruited in a paediatric primary care center from Granada, and 100 critically ill children admitted to the pediatric intensive care units aged between 1 month and 16 years. 50 patients will be recruited at the pediatric intensive care units of Hospital Materno-Infantil Torrecárdenas from Almería, the Hospital Materno-Infantil Carlos Haya from Málaga and Complejo Hospitalario Universitario from Santiago de Compostela. Only those children who satisfy all inclusion and none of exclusion criteria will be included in the study.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • admission to pediatric intensive care unit
  • hospitalization time expectancy more than 5 days
  • age between 1 month and 16 years
  • informed consent signed

Exclusion criteria

  • hospitalization time expectancy less than 5 days
  • no signed informed consent

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. To identify intestinal and respiratory microbiota and if their changes are related with digestive and infectious complications

    Time frame: At admission and through study completion, at least 5 days

    To analyse the intestinal and respiratory microbiota in critically ill children admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit through massive sequencing, and evaluate if their changes are related with the appearance of digestive and infectious complications and the development of multiorgan failure.

Secondary outcomes

  1. To compare intestinal and respiratory microbiota of critically ill children with a cohort of healthy children

    Time frame: Samples will be taken at admission to pediatric intensive care unit and a single sample witl be taken from healthy controls

    To compare intestinal and respiratory microbiota of critically ill children when admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit with a cohort of healthy children

  2. To study the clinical factors influencing the changes in the intestinal microbiota during admission to the pediatric intensive care unit

    Time frame: At admission and through study completion, at least 5 days

    To study the clinical factors and influencing the changes in the intestinal microbiota during admission to the pediatric intensive care unit

  3. To compare the changes of the microbiota according to the type of critical patients and the type of pediatric intensive care unit

    Time frame: At admission and through study completion, at least 5 days

    To compare the changes in the composition of intestinal and respiratory microbiota according to the type of critical patients and the type of pediatric intensive care unit

  4. To assess the relationship between changes in the intestinal microbiota and the frequency and severity of digestive complications

    Time frame: At admission and through study completion, at least 5 days

    To assess the relationship between the composition of the intestinal microbiota and the frequency and severity of digestive complications (diarrhea, constipation and tolerance of enteral nutrition) in critical ill children admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit

  5. To study the relationship between changes in the intestinal and respiratory microbiota and the frequency and severity of nosocomial infection

    Time frame: At admission and through study completion, at least 5 days

    To study the relationship between the composition of intestinal and respiratory microbiota and the frequency and severity of nosocomial infection in critically ill children admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit

  6. To study the relationship between changes in the intestinal and respiratory microbiota and the development of multiorgan failure

    Time frame: At admission and through study completion, at least 5 days

    To study the relationship between the intestinal and respiratory microbiota and the development of multiorgan failure in critical ill children admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit

  7. To determine changes in the serum levels of lipopolysaccharide and lipopolysaccharide binding protein and to evaluate their relationship with intestinal and respiratory microbiota

    Time frame: At admission and through study completion, at least 5 days

    To determine the serum levels of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and lipopolysacchaide binding protein (LPB) in critical ill children admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit, and to evaluate their relationship with intestinal and respiratory microbiota, the evolution during admission and the relationship with clinical complications

  8. To analyse the relationship between changes in the intestinal and respiratory microbiota plasma sort chain fatty acids and bile acids

    Time frame: At admission and through study completion, at least 5 days

    To analyse the relationship between the intestinal and respiratory microbiota and the metabolomic profile, especially short chain fatty acids (SCFA) and bile acids, in critical ill children admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit, the evolution during admission and the relationship with clinical complications

  9. To analyse the relationship between changes in microbiota and inflammatory biomarkers

    Time frame: At admission and through study completion, at least 5 days

    To analyse the relationship between microbiota and inflammatory biomarkers in critical ill children admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit, the evolution during admission and the relationship with clinical complications

  10. To assess the influence of the type of nutrition during admission and changes of intestinal microbiota

    Time frame: At admission and through study completion, at least 5 days

    To assess whether the type of nutrition, enteral or parenteral, of critical ill children during admision to pediatric intensive care unit and to evaluate their influences with the composition of the intestinal microbiota, and the relationship with clinical complications

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Universidad de Granada

Other

Collaborators

  • Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago
  • Hospital Materno-Infantil Torrecárdenas de Almería
  • Hospital Materno-Infantil de Málaga
  • University Hospital Virgen de las Nieves

Registry information

Official study title

Epidemiological Study of the Microbiota in Critically Ill Children and Its Relationship With Clinical Complications and Inflammation Biomarkers

Acronym: BIOUCIP

Important dates

Study start
2020
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Jun 17, 2020
Registry last updated
Apr 1, 2025

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