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French National Observatory on Infective Endocarditis

An observational study in Infective Endocarditis, sponsored by Central Hospital, Nancy, France. Recruiting at 1 site in France. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-09-23.

Sponsored by Central Hospital, Nancy, France · Observational

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Jan 1991; still recruiting 35 years 10 months later.
Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Other
Enrollment
5,000
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The objective of this observatory is to provide a national database of infective endocarditis, informed by all volunteer centers, using a standardized case report forms.

Such an observatory will describe the clinical profile, microbiological, therapeutic and evolving of infective endocarditis (IE); analyze the risk factors for the disease and its prognosis factors of evolution; describe management practices; evaluate and compare in the real drug treatment strategies (including antibiotics) and surgical.

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All the clinical, biological, microbiological and laboratory describing the history of patients and their evolution during hospitalization for infective endocarditis will be obtained from physicians supporting patients and recorded in an electronic case report form. Will include collected clinical characteristics (site, pre-existing heart disease underlying symptoms, complications), biological characteristics (dosage on admission and diagnosis), microbiological characteristics (identifying the genus and species of the microorganism responsible, sensitivity to antibiotics susceptibility testing and evaluated by determination of minimal inhibiting concentration (MIC), exhaustive search of the rare forms of endocarditis uncultivated microorganisms), an analysis of the gateways based on the causative organism; echocardiographic characteristics (number and size of vegetations, valvular damage, scalable: surgery, lethality) and therapeutic characteristics (antibiotic treatment, surgical).

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Conditions studied

  • Infective Endocarditis

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In context

Endocarditis

173 studies on the registry are indexed under Endocarditis; 57 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 5,000 is above the median of 225 across 82 observational studies indexed under Endocarditis.

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Lead sponsor

Central Hospital, Nancy, France is the lead sponsor of 798 studies on the registry; 186 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Adult hospitalized patients, suspected of infective endocarditis

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Inclusion criteria

  • Major Patient
  • Supported in one of the participating centers
  • The application of diagnostic classification criteria of Duke modified by Li is carried out after collection of all the data at the end of the patient's hospitalization. Only patients meeting criteria for definite or possible endocarditis will be included in the analyses.
  • Registered with the French social security system

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Refusal of the patient to participate.
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Other
Enrollment
5,000 participants (estimated)
Patient registry
No
Biospecimen retention
Samples without dna
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. history of heart disease

    status of heart valves, pre-existing heart conditions

    Time frame: inclusion

  2. risk factors, medical history

    associated diseases

    Time frame: inclusion

  3. origin of infection

    high risk procedures

    Time frame: period of 3 months before infective endocarditis

  4. weight

    kg

    Time frame: inclusion

  5. height

    cm

    Time frame: inclusion

  6. clinical symptoms

    cardiac, peripheral and neurological symptoms

    Time frame: inclusion

  7. biological outcomes

    blood count

    Time frame: inclusion

  8. microbiological outcomes

    identification of infecting organisms

    Time frame: inclusion

  9. diagnostic imaging

    description of tyhe imaging tests performed

    Time frame: inclusion

  10. antibiotic therapy

    antibiotic treatment: type and duration

    Time frame: from inclusion to recovery

  11. surgical procedures

    description of surgical procedures

    Time frame: from inclusion to recovery

Secondary outcomes

  1. biologic collection (optional)

    plasma and serum collection

    Time frame: inclusion

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • CHRU
    Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, 54511, France
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Publications

  • Lefevre B, Habib G, Hoen B, Selton-Suty C, Philip M, Issa N, Danneels P, De La Chapelle M, Deschanvres C, Erpelding ML, Tattevin P, Le Bot A, Villamarin M, Fernandez-Hidalgo N, Tribouilloy C, Pluquet E, Dubee V, Hannan M, Dornikova G, Durante-Mangoni E, Bertolino L, Siciliano RF, Amaral de Oliveira AM, Goulart Correia M, Gouriet F, Lamas C. Staphylococcus lugdunensis infective endocarditis: a multicentre international observational study. Infect Dis (Lond). 2026 Feb;58(2):189-197. doi: 10.1080/23744235.2025.2556921. Epub 2025 Sep 15. PubMed 40952378 ↗
  • Selton-Suty C, Goehringer F, Venner C, Thivilier C, Huttin O, Hoen B; membres de l'Endocarditis Team du CHU de Nancy. [Complications and prognosis of infective endocarditis]. Presse Med. 2019 May;48(5):532-538. doi: 10.1016/j.lpm.2019.04.002. Epub 2019 May 2. French. PubMed 31056233 ↗
  • Hoen B, Elfarra M, Huttin O, Goehringer F, Venner C, Selton-Suty C; l'Endocarditis Team du CHU de Nancy. [Treatment of infectious endocarditis]. Presse Med. 2019 May;48(5):539-548. doi: 10.1016/j.lpm.2019.04.015. Epub 2019 May 18. French. PubMed 31109766 ↗
  • N'Guyen Y, Duval X, Revest M, Saada M, Erpelding ML, Selton-Suty C, Bouchiat C, Delahaye F, Chirouze C, Alla F, Strady C, Hoen B; AEPEI study group. Time interval between infective endocarditis first symptoms and diagnosis: relationship to infective endocarditis characteristics, microorganisms and prognosis. Ann Med. 2017 Mar;49(2):117-125. doi: 10.1080/07853890.2016.1235282. Epub 2016 Nov 3. PubMed 27607562 ↗
  • Lefevre B, Hoen B, Goehringer F, Sime WN, Aissa N, Alauzet C, Jeanmaire E, Henard S, Filippetti L, Selton-Suty C, Agrinier N; for AEPEI study group (Association pour l'Etude et la Prevention de l'Endocardite Infectieuse). Antistaphylococcal penicillins vs. cefazolin in the treatment of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus infective endocarditis: a quasi-experimental monocentre study. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2021 Dec;40(12):2605-2616. doi: 10.1007/s10096-021-04313-3. Epub 2021 Aug 12. PubMed 34383175 ↗
  • Collonnaz M, Erpelding ML, Alla F, Goehringer F, Delahaye F, Iung B, Le Moing V, Hoen B, Selton-Suty C, Agrinier N; AEPEI Study Group. Impact of referral bias on prognostic studies outcomes: insights from a population-based cohort study on infective endocarditis. Ann Epidemiol. 2021 Feb;54:29-37. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2020.09.008. Epub 2020 Sep 18. PubMed 32950657 ↗
  • Collonnaz M, Erpelding ML, Alla F, Goehringer F, Delahaye F, Iung B, Le Moing V, Hoen B, Selton-Suty C, Agrinier N; AEPEI study group. Data on prognostic factors associated with 3-month and 1-year mortality from infective endocarditis. Data Brief. 2020 Nov 1;33:106478. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.106478. eCollection 2020 Dec. PubMed 33225027 ↗
  • De Ciancio G, Erpelding ML, Filippetti L, Goehringer F, Blangy H, Huttin O, Agrinier N, Juilliere Y, Sadoul N, Selton-Suty C. Adherence to diagnostic and therapeutic practice guidelines for suspected cardiac implantable electronic device infections. Arch Cardiovasc Dis. 2021 Oct;114(10):634-646. doi: 10.1016/j.acvd.2021.06.010. Epub 2021 Nov 3. PubMed 34742672 ↗
  • Selton-Suty C, Delahaye F, Tattevin P, Federspiel C, Le Moing V, Chirouze C, Nazeyrollas P, Vernet-Garnier V, Bernard Y, Chocron S, Obadia JF, Alla F, Hoen B, Duval X; AEPEI (Association pour l'Etude et la Prevention de l'Endocardite Infectieuse). Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Neurological Complications of Infective Endocarditis: Impact on Surgical Management and Prognosis. PLoS One. 2016 Jul 11;11(7):e0158522. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158522. eCollection 2016. PubMed 27400273 ↗
  • Radjabaly Mandjee A, Filippetti L, Goehringer F, Duval X, Botelho-Nevers E, Tribouilloy C, Huguet R, Chirouze C, Erpelding ML, Hoen B, Selton-Suty C, Agrinier N, Lefevre B; investigators of the French AEPEI Observatory on Infective Endocarditis (Association pour l'Etude et la Prevention de l'Endocardite Infectieuse). Characteristics of patients with infective endocarditis and no underlying cardiac conditions. Infect Dis (Lond). 2022 Sep;54(9):656-665. doi: 10.1080/23744235.2022.2078404. Epub 2022 May 23. PubMed 35604065 ↗
  • Beraud G, Tubiana S, Erpelding ML, Le Moing V, Chirouze C, Gorenne I, Manchon P, Tattevin P, Vernet V, Varon E, Hoen B, Duval X; AEPEI study group; COMBAT study group. Combined Bacterial Meningitis and Infective Endocarditis: When Should We Search for the Other When Either One is Diagnosed? Infect Dis Ther. 2022 Aug;11(4):1521-1540. doi: 10.1007/s40121-022-00651-7. Epub 2022 May 26. PubMed 35618954 ↗
  • Lefevre B, Legoff A, Boutrou M, Goehringer F, Ngueyon-Sime W, Chirouze C, Revest M, Vernet Garnier V, Duval X, Delahaye F, Le Moing V, Selton-Suty C, Filippetti L, Hoen B, Agrinier N. Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis: Identifying prognostic factors using a method derived from morbidity and mortality conferences. Front Med (Lausanne). 2022 Dec 6;9:1053278. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2022.1053278. eCollection 2022. PubMed 36561723 ↗
  • Fowler VG, Durack DT, Selton-Suty C, Athan E, Bayer AS, Chamis AL, Dahl A, DiBernardo L, Durante-Mangoni E, Duval X, Fortes CQ, Fosbol E, Hannan MM, Hasse B, Hoen B, Karchmer AW, Mestres CA, Petti CA, Pizzi MN, Preston SD, Roque A, Vandenesch F, van der Meer JTM, van der Vaart TW, Miro JM. The 2023 Duke-International Society for Cardiovascular Infectious Diseases Criteria for Infective Endocarditis: Updating the Modified Duke Criteria. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Aug 22;77(4):518-526. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad271. PubMed 37138445 ↗
  • El Hatimi S, Erpelding ML, Selton-Suty C, Botros JB, Goehringer F, Berthelot E, Elfarra M, Deconinck L, Para M, Provenchere S, Hoen B, Agrinier N, Duval X, Iung B. Predictive performance of surgical mortality risk scores in infective endocarditis. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2024 Jan 2;65(1):ezad433. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezad433. PubMed 38175782 ↗
  • Bucy L, Erpelding ML, Boursier C, Lefevre B, Alauzet C, Liu Y, Chevalier E, Huttin O, Agrinier N, Selton-Suty C, Goehringer F; AEPEI study group (Association pour l'Etude et la Prevention de l'Endocardite Infectieuse). Real world experience of therapeutic monitoring of medically treated prosthetic valve infective endocarditis by 18F-FDG-PET/CT. J Nucl Cardiol. 2023 Oct;30(5):2096-2103. doi: 10.1007/s12350-023-03339-8. Epub 2023 Jul 31. PubMed 37524996 ↗
  • Goehringer F, Lalloue B, Selton-Suty C, Alla F, Botelho-Nevers E, Chirouze C, Curlier E, El Hatimi S, Gagneux-Brunon A, le Moing V, Lim P, Piroth L, Strady C, Tribouilloy C, Virion JM, Agrinier N, Duval X, Hoen B; Association pour l'Etude et la Prevention de l'Endocardite Infectieuse-ObservatoireEI Study Group. Compared Performance of the 2023 Duke-International Society for Cardiovascular Infectious Diseases, 2000 Modified Duke, and 2015 European Society of Cardiology Criteria for the Diagnosis of Infective Endocarditis in a French Multicenter Prospective Cohort. Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Apr 10;78(4):937-948. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciae035. PubMed 38330171 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 23, 2025, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03272724
Collaborators
Bichat Hospital, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Guadeloupe, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon, Hospices Civils de Lyon, University Hospital, Montpellier, Rennes University Hospital, Hôpital Saint André, Reims, Henri Mondor University Hospital, Polyclinique Courlancy, Reims, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne, Bicetre Hospital, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon, Centre Hospitalier Annecy Genevois, Centre Hospitalier de Roanne, Centre hospitalier Pierre Oudot Bourgoin-Jallieu, L'hôpital Nord-Ouest - Villefranche Villefranche sur Saône, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Desgenettes, Hôpital intercommunal Sud Léman Valserine, Saint Julien en Genevois, University Hospital, Grenoble, Centre Cardiologique du Nord, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Robert Ballanger, Raincy Montfermeil Hospital Group, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Hôpital Cochin, Hospital Avicenne, Beaujon Hospital, European Georges Pompidou Hospital, Hopital Foch, Hotel Dieu Hospital, Hôpital Jean Verdier, Hopital Lariboisière, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Fondation Hôpital Saint-Joseph, Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris, France, Tenon Hospital, Paris, Saint Antoine University Hospital, Centre hospitalier de Saint Dié des Vosges, Centre Hospitalier Régional Metz-Thionville, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Legouest, Hôpital sainte Blandine Metz, Hôpital-clinique Claude Bernard, Metz, Polyclinique Louis Pasteur Essey-les-Nancy, Hopital Nord Franche-Comte, Lons le Saunier hospital, Pontarlier hospital, Epernay hospital, Chalons en Champagne hospital, Clinique Saint Vincent Epernay, Hôpital Maison Blanche Reims, Hopital Universitaire Robert-Debre, Beziers Hospital, Louis Pasteur hospital, Bagnols sur Cèze, Perpignan Hospital Center, Narbonne Hospital, Clinique du Millenaire, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes, Saint Malo hospital, HIA Begin, Saint Mandé, Centre Hospitalier d'Alès-Cévennes, University Hospital, Bordeaux, Centre hospitalier de Chambéry, Poitiers University Hospital, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Villeneuve Saint Georges, Centre Hospitalier Argenteuil, Hospital St. Joseph, Marseille, France, Centre hospitalier de Vannes, University Hospital, Strasbourg, France, Centre Hospitalier Régional d'Orléans
Responsible party
Christine Selton-Suty (Dr, Central Hospital, Nancy, France) — Principal investigator
First posted
Sep 6, 2017
Start date
Jan 1, 1991
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 23, 2025

Study contacts

Nadine JUGE, PhD
Contact
n.juge@chru-nancy.fr
Christine SELTON-SUTY, MD
principal investigator · CHRU Nancy

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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