Personalized bacteriophage therapy outcomes for 100 consecutive cases: a multicentre, multinational, retrospective observational study.


Journal

Nature microbiology
ISSN: 2058-5276
Titre abrégé: Nat Microbiol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101674869

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
04 Jun 2024
Historique:
received: 10 09 2023
accepted: 19 04 2024
medline: 5 6 2024
pubmed: 5 6 2024
entrez: 4 6 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

In contrast to the many reports of successful real-world cases of personalized bacteriophage therapy (BT), randomized controlled trials of non-personalized bacteriophage products have not produced the expected results. Here we present the outcomes of a retrospective observational analysis of the first 100 consecutive cases of personalized BT of difficult-to-treat infections facilitated by a Belgian consortium in 35 hospitals, 29 cities and 12 countries during the period from 1 January 2008 to 30 April 2022. We assessed how often personalized BT produced a positive clinical outcome (general efficacy) and performed a regression analysis to identify functional relationships. The most common indications were lower respiratory tract, skin and soft tissue, and bone infections, and involved combinations of 26 bacteriophages and 6 defined bacteriophage cocktails, individually selected and sometimes pre-adapted to target the causative bacterial pathogens. Clinical improvement and eradication of the targeted bacteria were reported for 77.2% and 61.3% of infections, respectively. In our dataset of 100 cases, eradication was 70% less probable when no concomitant antibiotics were used (odds ratio = 0.3; 95% confidence interval = 0.127-0.749). In vivo selection of bacteriophage resistance and in vitro bacteriophage-antibiotic synergy were documented in 43.8% (7/16 patients) and 90% (9/10) of evaluated patients, respectively. We observed a combination of antibiotic re-sensitization and reduced virulence in bacteriophage-resistant bacterial isolates that emerged during BT. Bacteriophage immune neutralization was observed in 38.5% (5/13) of screened patients. Fifteen adverse events were reported, including seven non-serious adverse drug reactions suspected to be linked to BT. While our analysis is limited by the uncontrolled nature of these data, it indicates that BT can be effective in combination with antibiotics and can inform the design of future controlled clinical trials. BT100 study, ClinicalTrials.gov registration: NCT05498363 .

Identifiants

pubmed: 38834776
doi: 10.1038/s41564-024-01705-x
pii: 10.1038/s41564-024-01705-x
doi:

Banques de données

ClinicalTrials.gov
['NCT05498363']

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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IM

Investigateurs

Kim Win Pang (KW)
Willem-Jan Metsemakers (WJ)
Dimitri Van der Linden (D)
Olga Chatzis (O)
Anaïs Eskenazi (A)
Angel Lopez (A)
Adrien De Voeght (A)
Anne Françoise Rousseau (AF)
Anne Tilmanne (A)
Daphne Vens (D)
Jean Gérain (J)
Brice Layeux (B)
Erika Vlieghe (E)
Ingrid Baar (I)
Sabrina Van Ierssel (S)
Johan Van Laethem (J)
Julien Guiot (J)
Sophie De Roock (S)
Serge Jennes (S)
Saartje Uyttebroek (S)
Laura Van Gerven (L)
Peter W Hellings (PW)
Lieven Dupont (L)
Yves Debaveye (Y)
David Devolder (D)
Isabel Spriet (I)
Paul De Munter (P)
Melissa Depypere (M)
Michiel Vanfleteren (M)
Olivier Cornu (O)
Stijn Verhulst (S)
Tine Boiy (T)
Stoffel Lamote (S)
Thibaut Van Zele (T)
Grégoire Wieërs (G)
Cécile Courtin (C)
David Lebeaux (D)
Jacques Sartre (J)
Tristan Ferry (T)
Frédéric Laurent (F)
Kevin Paul (K)
Mariagrazia Di Luca (M)
Stefan Gottschlich (S)
Tamta Tkhilaishvili (T)
Novella Cesta (N)
Karlis Racenis (K)
Telma Barbosa (T)
Luis Eduardo López-Cortés (LE)
Maria Tomás (M)
Martin Hübner (M)
Truong-Thanh Pham (TT)
Paul Nagtegaal (P)
Jaap Ten Oever (J)
Johannes Daniels (J)
Maartje Loubert (M)
Ghariani Iheb (G)
Joshua Jones (J)
Lesley Hall (L)
Matthew Young (M)
Nana Balarjishvili (N)
Marina Tediashvili (M)
Yigang Tong (Y)
Christine Rohde (C)
Johannes Wittmann (J)
Ronen Hazan (R)
Ran Nir-Paz (R)
Joana Azeredo (J)
Victor Krylov (V)
David Cameron (D)
Melissa Pitton (M)
Yok-Ai Que (YA)
Gregory Resch (G)
Shawna McCallin (S)
Matthew Dunne (M)
Samuel Kilcher (S)

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© 2024. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Jean-Paul Pirnay (JP)

Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium. jean-paul.pirnay@mil.be.
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Study Group for Non-traditional Antibacterial Therapy (ESGNTA), Basel, Switzerland. jean-paul.pirnay@mil.be.

Sarah Djebara (S)

Center for Infectious Diseases, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.

Griet Steurs (G)

Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.

Johann Griselain (J)

Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.

Christel Cochez (C)

Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.

Steven De Soir (S)

Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.

Tea Glonti (T)

Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.

An Spiessens (A)

Center for Infectious Diseases, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.

Emily Vanden Berghe (E)

Center for Infectious Diseases, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.

Sabrina Green (S)

Laboratory of Gene Technology, Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

Jeroen Wagemans (J)

Laboratory of Gene Technology, Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

Cédric Lood (C)

Laboratory of Gene Technology, Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

Eddie Schrevens (E)

Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

Nina Chanishvili (N)

Eliava Institute of Bacteriophages, Microbiology and Virology, Tbilisi, Georgia.

Mzia Kutateladze (M)

Eliava Institute of Bacteriophages, Microbiology and Virology, Tbilisi, Georgia.

Mathieu de Jode (M)

Bacterial Diseases, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium.

Pieter-Jan Ceyssens (PJ)

Bacterial Diseases, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium.

Jean-Pierre Draye (JP)

Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.

Gilbert Verbeken (G)

Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.

Daniel De Vos (D)

Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.

Thomas Rose (T)

Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.

Jolien Onsea (J)

Department of Trauma Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven; Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

Brieuc Van Nieuwenhuyse (B)

Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research, Pediatric Department, UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium.

Patrick Soentjens (P)

Center for Infectious Diseases, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.

Rob Lavigne (R)

Laboratory of Gene Technology, Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

Maya Merabishvili (M)

Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.

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