Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy in the Nasal Decolonization of Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients

University of Nove de Julho

Status: Completed

Conditions: Photochemotherapy; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic

Treatments: Device: Antimicrobial Photodynamic therapy; Drug: Mupirocin ointment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04047914

NASAL DECOLONIZATION

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this study will be to evaluate the effect of Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy (aPDT) in the Nasal Decolonization of Dialytic Chronic Renal Patients, Staphylococcus Aureus (S.aureus) Carriers This is a 3-months follow-up, randomized, single-blind, prospective controlled trial, single-center and will happen in 02 phases: Phase 1 - Epidemiological Evaluation - A researcher will invite the research participants who are undergoing treatment at the Hemodialysis Service of Clinical Hospital and explain its contents. After reading and signing the informed consent, this same researcher (calibrated for the experiment) will perform nasal secretion microbiological collections to identify patients colonized by S.aureus in the anterior nostril (nasal carrier) - baseline T0 and the application of the questionnaire that identifies possible factors that may be considered as risk for colonization and possible development of diseases related to S. aureus. In the laboratory of Microbiology, the strains will be identified and the colonized patients will be invited to continue the study (Phase 2). Non-carrier patients will only be counseled with infection prevention care. Phase 2 - Parallel clinical trial with two intervention groups (aPDT or Mupirocin) - Patients with nasal aureus (thirty-four colonized patients aged over 18 years) will be treated with aPDT (experimental group) or mupirocin (control group). A trained researcher will collect new aliquots of nasal discharge after completion of nostril treatment (T1) to check for decolonization by culture. A new collection will be performed at 1 (T2) and 3 (T3) months after treatment to assess recolonization. It was evaluated intervention safety (photodynamic therapy) through a directed and open questionnaire about adverse effects.

Full description

Infections are the leading cause of morbidity and the second leading cause of mortality among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) on renal replacement therapy. Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is a major agent and previous nasal colonization represents an independent risk factor for infection. Up to 50% of these patients can be known to be colonized. With the global increase in bacterial resistance by S.aureus strategies for infection prevention and transmission by this agent are needed. The strategy of decolonization and elimination of nasal carrier status by S.aureus in dialytic chronic renal patients reduces infection rates, especially bacteremia. The gold standard for nasal decolonization is topical mupirocin treatment, but there are reports of increasing resistance especially after prolonged use, which limits the establishment of clinical protocols for the prevention of infection in the dialysis population. Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy (aPDT) proves to be a promising approach for its potential bactericidal effect, including multidrug-resistant bacteria and its low tendency to induce drug resistance.

This is a 3-months follow-up, randomized, single-blind, prospective controlled trial, single-center and will happen in 02 phases: Phase 1 - Epidemiological Evaluation - A researcher will invite the research participants who are undergoing treatment at the Hemodialysis Service of Clinical Hospital and explain its contents. After reading and signing the informed consent, this same researcher (calibrated for the experiment) will perform nasal secretion microbiological collections to identify patients colonized by S.aureus in the anterior nostril (nasal carrier) - baseline T0 and the application of the questionnaire that identifies possible factors that may be considered as risk for colonization and possible development of diseases related to S. aureus. In the laboratory of Microbiology, the strains will be identified and the colonized patients will be invited to continue the study (Phase 2). Non-carrier patients will only be counseled with infection prevention care. Phase 2 - Parallel clinical trial with two intervention groups (aPDT or Mupirocin) - Patients with nasal aureus (thirty-four colonized patients aged over 18 years) will be treated with aPDT (experimental group) or mupirocin (control group). Two other trained researchers will collect new aliquots of nasal discharge after completion of nostril treatment (T1) to check for decolonization by culture. A new collection will be performed at 1 (T2) and 3 (T3) months after treatment to assess recolonization.It was evaluated intervention safety (photodynamic therapy) through a directed and open questionnaire about adverse effects,immediately after treatments, with a 3-month follow-up.

Enrollment: 34 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• nasal carriers of S.aureus
• chronic kidney patient undergoing hemodialysis treatment;
• aged over 18 years;
• both genders;

Exclusion criteria

• pregnancy or breastfeeding;
• presence of nasal foreign body;
• history of nasal surgery in the last 3 months;
• active infection by S. aureus;
• use of topical nasal or systemic antibiotic in the last three months;
• history of severe allergy to mupirocin or methylene blue (MB);

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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34 participants in 2 patient groups

experimental aPDT group

Experimental group

Description:

Application of 0.01% methylene blue with enough sterile swab to cover the inner nostril extension with a 10 minute pre-irradiation time. The irradiations were carried out with a red light-emitting diode (LED) (λ = 660 nm), for 300 seconds, irradiance of 400 mW / cm2, radiant exposure 124 J / cm2, with uniform application in each anterior nostril.

Treatment:

Device: Antimicrobial Photodynamic therapy

control mupirocin group

Active Comparator group

Description:

A standard treatment will be performed conventionally with topical mupirocin. Will be performed with 2% Mupirocin Ointment, to be applied to the anterior nostrils twice a day for 5 days.

Treatment:

Drug: Mupirocin ointment