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CompletedNCT03303937COLOCOLIUpdated Oct 6, 2017

Characteristics of Lower Respiratory Tract Escherichia Coli Isolates in Mechanically Ventilated Intensive Care Patients

An observational study in Nosocomial Pneumonia, Ventilator Associated Pneumonia and Escherichia Coli Infections, sponsored by Hôpital Louis Mourier. Completed. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-10-06.

Primary conditionPneumonia, Ventilator-AssociatedRegistry: Healthcare-Associated PneumoniaReclassifiedWhy we changed it
Registry
Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia — the first condition term the registry derived for this study.
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Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated
Why
  1. The study's listed conditions name Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated, a narrower term within Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia.
Confidence
High: the new condition is named in the study's own listed conditions. Of 351 hand-checked studies reclassified this way, 68% were exactly right and 84% in the right disease family; the registry's first term was right for 5% (measured 2026-10-21). How we classify →
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Sponsored by Hôpital Louis Mourier · Observational

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Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
289
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Prospective, multicenter observational study to collect Escherichia coli (E. coli) isolates originating from mechanically ventilated intensive care unit (ICU) patients; in order to characterize phenotype and genotype of E. coli strains retrieved from the lower respiratory tract of ventilated patients.

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Prospective, observational, multiple center study performed in 14 ICUs in France to collect Escherichia coli (E. coli) isolates originating from mechanically ventilated intensive care unit (ICU) patients; in order to characterize phenotype and genotype of E. coli strains retrieved from the lower respiratory tract of ventilated patients. All E. coli isolates identified in the microbiology lab and retrieved from a lung specimen (either tracheal aspirate, bronchoalveolar lavage, or telescopic plugged catheter) originating from an ICU patient will be kept, and stored at -80°C in brain-heart infusion broth containing glycerol 20 %. They will be then centralized in the investigators' research unit for further analysis that includes determination of Antimicrobial susceptibility, E. coli phylotype , O-type, and virulence factor gene content.

These isolates will be compared to those of two previously published collections, one from the stools of community subjects, considered as commensal strains, the other from the blood of bacteraemia patients.

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Conditions studied

  • Nosocomial Pneumonia
  • Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
  • Escherichia Coli Infections
  • Escherichia Coli Pneumonia
  • Escherichia Coli; Diarrhea, Enteroaggregative
  • Mechanical Ventilation Complication

Keywords

  • virulence factor genes;
  • phenotyping
  • genotyping
  • antimicrobial susceptibility
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In context

Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated Reclassified

420 studies on the registry are indexed under Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated; 83 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 289 is above the median of 170 across 132 observational studies indexed under Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated.

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Lead sponsor

Hôpital Louis Mourier is the lead sponsor of 11 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

Compared within Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated, this study's primary condition as ClinicalTrials.gg classifies it; the registry's first condition term is Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia. The counts are of registry records indexed under each term, refreshed daily. How we classify →

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Probability sample

Study population

any adult critically ill patient admitted to the ICU under invasive mechanical ventilation with a positive lower respiratory tract sample for Escherichia coli

Inclusion criteria

  • adult, admitted to the intensive care unit
  • under invasive mechanical ventilation
  • presence of Escherichia coli in lower respiratory tract specimen

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

-

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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
289 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. phylogenetic group determination

    Quadruplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method was used to determine the E. coli phylogenetic group (A, B1, B2, C, D, E, F), or Escherichia clade I belonging

    Time frame: 50 minutes

Secondary outcomes

  1. O-type determination

    polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method was used to search for the most anticipated serotypes in extra-intestinal infections : O1, O2a, O2b, O4, O6, O7, O12, O15, O16, O17, O18, O22, O25a, O25b, O45a, O75, O78

    Time frame: 50 minutes

  2. virulence factor (VF) gene content determination

    Multiplex PCR was used to detect genes encoding for eleven frequently encountered extraintestinal VFs (S and F fimbriae (sfa/foc), pili associated with pyelonephritis (papC), P adhesin (papGII, papGIII), the ferric yersiniabactin uptake receptor (fyuA), iron transport (iroN), aerobactin (aer), conjugal transfer protein (traT), N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase protein (neuC), hemolysin (hlyC), and the cytotoxic necrotizing factor 1(cnf1)

    Time frame: 90 minutes

  3. antimicrobial susceptibility determination

    Antimicrobial susceptibility of each isolate was determined by disk-diffusion method according to the French Society of Microbiology. Resistance score was defined as the sum of inactive in vitro antimicrobial agents for each isolate

    Time frame: 24 hours

  4. presence of betalactamase

    Detection of gene sequences coding for the CTX-M and TEM enzymes was performed by PCR with genomic DNA

    Time frame: 90 minutes

Other outcomes

  1. phylogenetic group belonging in other existing Escherichia coli collections

    comparison of phylogenetic group belonging of the present isolates to those of two previously published collections, originating from the Paris area, France; one that comprises 280 E. coli strains isolated from the stools of community adult subjects in 2010 ("COLIVILLE") and that can be considered as commensal strains and the other that comprises 373 E. coli strains isolated from the blood of 373 patients hospitalized in seven different hospitals, during the course of bacteraemia in 2005 (COLIBAFI study)

    Time frame: 24 hours

  2. O-type distribution in other existing Escherichia coli collections

    comparison of O-type distribution of the present isolates to those of two previously published collections, originating from the Paris area, France; one that comprises 280 E. coli strains isolated from the stools of community adult subjects in 2010 ("COLIVILLE") and that can be considered as commensal strains and the other that comprises 373 E. coli strains isolated from the blood of 373 patients hospitalized in seven different hospitals, during the course of bacteraemia in 2005 (COLIBAFI study)

    Time frame: 24 hours

  3. virulence factor (VF) gene content in other existing Escherichia coli collections

    comparison of virulence factor (VF) gene content of the present isolates to those of two previously published collections, originating from the Paris area, France; one that comprises 280 E. coli strains isolated from the stools of community adult subjects in 2010 ("COLIVILLE") and that can be considered as commensal strains and the other that comprises 373 E. coli strains isolated from the blood of 373 patients hospitalized in seven different hospitals, during the course of bacteraemia in 2005 (COLIBAFI study)

    Time frame: 24 hours

  4. phylogenetic group belonging in E. coli isolates responsible for pneumonia and in those responsible for simple colonization

    comparison of phylogenetic group belonging between isolates responsible for pneumonia and those for simple colonization

    Time frame: median time frame is 11.5 days with a maximum of 35 days

  5. O-type distribution in E. coli isolates responsible for pneumonia and in those responsible for simple colonization

    comparison of O-type distribution between isolates responsible for pneumonia and those for simple colonization

    Time frame: median time frame is 11.5 days with a maximum of 35 days

  6. virulence factor (VF) gene content in E. coli isolates responsible for pneumonia and in those responsible for simple colonization

    comparison of virulence factor (VF) gene content between isolates responsible for pneumonia and those for simple colonization

    Time frame: median time frame is 11.5 days with a maximum of 35 days

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

Publications

  • Messika J, Magdoud F, Clermont O, Margetis D, Gaudry S, Roux D, Branger C, Dreyfuss D, Denamur E, Ricard JD. Pathophysiology of Escherichia coli ventilator-associated pneumonia: implication of highly virulent extraintestinal pathogenic strains. Intensive Care Med. 2012 Dec;38(12):2007-16. doi: 10.1007/s00134-012-2699-5. Epub 2012 Sep 28. PubMed 23052953 ↗
  • Dufour N, Clermont O, La Combe B, Messika J, Dion S, Khanna V, Denamur E, Ricard JD, Debarbieux L; ColoColi group. Bacteriophage LM33_P1, a fast-acting weapon against the pandemic ST131-O25b:H4 Escherichia coli clonal complex. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2016 Nov;71(11):3072-3080. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkw253. Epub 2016 Jul 7. PubMed 27387322 ↗
  • Massot M, Daubie AS, Clermont O, Jaureguy F, Couffignal C, Dahbi G, Mora A, Blanco J, Branger C, Mentre F, Eddi A, Picard B, Denamur E, The Coliville Group. Phylogenetic, virulence and antibiotic resistance characteristics of commensal strain populations of Escherichia coli from community subjects in the Paris area in 2010 and evolution over 30 years. Microbiology (Reading). 2016 Apr;162(4):642-650. doi: 10.1099/mic.0.000242. Epub 2016 Jan 28. PubMed 26822436 ↗
  • Lefort A, Panhard X, Clermont O, Woerther PL, Branger C, Mentre F, Fantin B, Wolff M, Denamur E; COLIBAFI Group. Host factors and portal of entry outweigh bacterial determinants to predict the severity of Escherichia coli bacteremia. J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Mar;49(3):777-83. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01902-10. Epub 2010 Dec 22. PubMed 21177892 ↗
  • Royer G, Poirel L, La Combe B, Clermont O, Chau F, Mercier-Darty M, Denamur E, Nordmann P, Ricard JD, Decousser JW. Lack of association between colistin resistance and chlorhexidine reduced susceptibility in clinical isolates of Escherichia coli. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2021 Sep 15;76(10):2736-2737. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkab235. No abstract available. PubMed 34245272 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Ran from Mar 2012 to primary completion in Jun 2015, 38 months.

Of 63 non-industry observational studies under Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated, half reached primary completion within 20 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 12 and three quarters within 38. This study's 38 months is above that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 63 studies reached it within 20 months; a quarter within 12 and three quarters within 38.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Sep 25, 2017
First posted
Oct 6, 2017
StartActual
Mar 27, 2012
Primary completionActual
Jun 10, 2015
CompletionActual
Jun 6, 2016
Last update
Oct 6, 2017
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Oct 6, 2017, 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
NCT03303937
Lead sponsor
Hôpital Louis Mourier
Responsible party
Prof Jean-Damien RICARD (Professor of Intensive Care, Hôpital Louis Mourier) — Principal investigator
First posted
Oct 6, 2017
Start date
Mar 27, 2012
Primary completion
Jun 10, 2015
Completion
Jun 6, 2016
Last update
Oct 6, 2017

Study contacts

Jean-Damien Ricard, MD, PhD
study director · Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Béatrice La Combe, MD
principal investigator · Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Oversight

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