β-(1→3)-D-glucan- and mannan-guided early termination of antifungal therapy in ICU patients : a randomized controlled study

Candida spp. are frequently encountered in specimens from ICUs. However, most of these detections represent colonization. Nevertheless, clinical practice shows that a considerable proportion of these patients will receive antifungal therapy (AT). β-(1→3)-D-glucan (BDG) and mannan are fungal biomarkers with high negative predictive values. We aimed to examine whether biomarker-guided discontinuation of AT can reduce the antifungal consumption. Therefore, we conducted a prospective, randomized intervention study between 1 April 2019 and 31 March 2020. All adult ICU patients with a newly started systemic AT but without fungal infection were eligible for inclusion. Enrolled patients were randomized into an intervention and a control group. In both groups, serum BDG and mannan were determined on days 1 and 2 of AT. If all measurements were negative, AT was discontinued in the intervention group. The primary endpoint was antifungal use. The study was terminated after 12 months. Until this time-point, 41 patients had been included. In the intervention group (n = 19), AT was stopped in only two patients because all others showed either positive BDG and/or mannan levels. One of these two patients developed candidemia and AT had to be restarted. There was no significant difference in the primary and secondary endpoints. In summary, the strategy of using two negative BDG and mannan levels to stop AT failed to reduce antifungal consumption in our cohort. Indeed, there will inevitably be patients with invasive candidiasis in whom necessary AT is discontinued. The optimal patient population, biomarker set, and termination criteria are critical to the success of biomarker-based termination strategies.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:67

Enthalten in:

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 67(2023), 11 vom: 15. Nov., Seite e0072523

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Erb, Timothy [VerfasserIn]
Mihai, Sidonia [VerfasserIn]
Strauß, Richard [VerfasserIn]
Herbst, Larissa [VerfasserIn]
Castellanos, Ixchel [VerfasserIn]
Diesch, Katharina [VerfasserIn]
Cipa, Franziska [VerfasserIn]
Bihlmaier, Karl [VerfasserIn]
Lang, Anne-Katharina [VerfasserIn]
Ganslmayer, Marion [VerfasserIn]
Willam, Carsten [VerfasserIn]
Bremer, Frank [VerfasserIn]
Fürst, Julia [VerfasserIn]
Beyer, Christian [VerfasserIn]
Bogdan, Christian [VerfasserIn]
Rath, Anca [VerfasserIn]
Held, Jürgen [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibiotic stewardship
Antifungal Agents
Antifungal therapy
Beta-Glucans
Biomarker
Biomarkers
Candida infection
Candidemia
Candidosis
Discontinuation
Fungal infection
Glucans
Journal Article
Mannans
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 16.12.2023

Date Revised 21.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1128/aac.00725-23

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM363167382