Asymptomatic Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis in Patients With Decompensated Liver Cirrhosis

NCT ID: NCT03163745

Last Updated: 2020-11-19

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

70 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-03-11

Study Completion Date

2020-05-26

Brief Summary

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Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is defined as the presence of an infection in a previously sterile ascites in the absence of an intra-abdominal source of infection or malignancy .

The variants of Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis includes - (i) Classic Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis: -ascitic fluid polymorphonuclear leukocyte counts more than 250/mm3 and positive culture. (ii) Culture negative neutrocytic ascitis but the ascitic fluid polymorphonuclear leukocyte counts more than 250/mm3 and (iii) Bacterascites: - a culture positive ascitic fluid but the polymorphonuclear leukocyte counts less than 250/mm3

Detailed Description

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Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is a serious complication in patient with decompensated liver cirrhosis . The incidence in ascetic patients varies between 7-30 % as a consequence result of impaired defense mechanism and increased susceptibility to bacterial infection in cirrhotic patients with ascites Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis may complicated by hepatorenal syndrome or systemic sepsis and has high recurrence rate - estimated as approximately 70% within 1 year of follow up .

The clinical detection of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis requires a high index of suspicion because symptoms and signs of infection are obscure in most of patients.

About 13% of patients are asymptomatic and a few studies reported the incidence of asymptomatic spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in cirrhotic patients with ascites The most common clinical manifestations defined by Jeffries et al and Castellote et al in 2007 are: temperature above 38 °C or below 36.5 °C, chills, abdominal tenderness suggestive of peritonitis, developing or worsening hepatic encephalopathy, acute renal failure (defined by an increase in the serum creatinine level to above 133 μmol/L) and arterial hypotension (systolic arterial pressure below 80 mmHg).

The American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases recommends performing exploratory paracentesis in each patient with cirrhosis and ascites .

A study was done in Poland in 2011, shows the prevalence of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in asymptomatic inpatients with decompensated liver cirrhosis and found that two of 37 asymptomatic cirrhotics who were included in the study met criteria of asymptomatic spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (5%) .

A french study was done in 2013 in asymptomatic cirrhotic outpatients and found that the incidence of asymptomatic Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis was only 1.2% .

Another study was done in Pakistan in 2015 and found that the incidence of asymptomatic spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in outpatient patient with cirrhosis was 10%(8 out of 80).

Another Egyptian study was done in 2016 on asymptomatic spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in adult Egyptian patient with decompensated cirrhosis and found that 21 (13%) patient was asymptomatic spontaneous bacterial peritonitis out of 160 cirrhotic patient ascetic patient who fulfill the inclusion criteria .

Conditions

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Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

OTHER

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Asymptomatic spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

All the included patients will be subjected to:

1. Full medical History and physical examination
2. Laboratory investigations: Complete blood picture , kidney function tests, liver function tests ,prothrombin time and concentration
3. Abdominal Ultrasound
4. Ascitic fluid paracentesis will be done to test for total leucocyte count and polymorphonuclear count , total protein and albumin levels. Testing for cytological analysis and culture will be done.

paracentesis

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

paracentesis will be done for all patient for ascitic fluid study and ascitic fluid culture

Interventions

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paracentesis

paracentesis will be done for all patient for ascitic fluid study and ascitic fluid culture

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Patients diagnosed with decompensated liver cirrhosis with ascites (Child B and C) regardless of the etiology of liver cirrhosis

Exclusion Criteria

1. Symptomatic spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (patients with fever, abdominal pain or tenderness, leucocytosis, hepatic encephalopathy, impaired renal function)
2. Patients taking antibiotics for any other infections within 2 weeks e.g. pneumonia, urinary tract infection..etc
3. Patients taking antibiotics as prophylaxis for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Assiut University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Antony Albair Georgy

AssiutU

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Antony Georgy, MBBCh

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Assiut University

Locations

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Al-RAhjhy Assuit unviersity hospital

Asyut, Assuit, Egypt

Site Status

Countries

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Egypt

References

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Fernandez J, Navasa M, Planas R, Montoliu S, Monfort D, Soriano G, Vila C, Pardo A, Quintero E, Vargas V, Such J, Gines P, Arroyo V. Primary prophylaxis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis delays hepatorenal syndrome and improves survival in cirrhosis. Gastroenterology. 2007 Sep;133(3):818-24. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2007.06.065. Epub 2007 Jul 3.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 17854593 (View on PubMed)

Koulaouzidis A, Bhat S, Saeed AA. Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. World J Gastroenterol. 2009 Mar 7;15(9):1042-9. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.1042.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 19266595 (View on PubMed)

Runyon BA; AASLD Practice Guidelines Committee. Management of adult patients with ascites due to cirrhosis: an update. Hepatology. 2009 Jun;49(6):2087-107. doi: 10.1002/hep.22853. No abstract available.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 19475696 (View on PubMed)

Pluta A, Gutkowski K, Hartleb M. Coagulopathy in liver diseases. Adv Med Sci. 2010;55(1):16-21. doi: 10.2478/v10039-010-0018-3.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 20513645 (View on PubMed)

Sheer TA, Runyon BA. Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. Dig Dis. 2005;23(1):39-46. doi: 10.1159/000084724.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 15920324 (View on PubMed)

Riordan SM, Williams R. The intestinal flora and bacterial infection in cirrhosis. J Hepatol. 2006 Nov;45(5):744-57. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2006.08.001. Epub 2006 Sep 1. No abstract available.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 16979776 (View on PubMed)

Nousbaum JB, Cadranel JF, Nahon P, Khac EN, Moreau R, Thevenot T, Silvain C, Bureau C, Nouel O, Pilette C, Paupard T, Vanbiervliet G, Oberti F, Davion T, Jouannaud V, Roche B, Bernard PH, Beaulieu S, Danne O, Thabut D, Chagneau-Derrode C, de Ledinghen V, Mathurin P, Pauwels A, Bronowicki JP, Habersetzer F, Abergel A, Audigier JC, Sapey T, Grange JD, Tran A; Club Francophone pour l'Etude de l'Hypertension Portale; Association Nationale des Hepato-Gastroenterologues des Hopitaux Generaux de France. Diagnostic accuracy of the Multistix 8 SG reagent strip in diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. Hepatology. 2007 May;45(5):1275-81. doi: 10.1002/hep.21588.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 17464969 (View on PubMed)

Kasztelan-Szczerbinska B, Slomka M, Celinski K, Serwacki M, Szczerbinski M, Cichoz-Lach H. Prevalence of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in asymptomatic inpatients with decompensated liver cirrhosis - a pilot study. Adv Med Sci. 2011;56(1):13-7. doi: 10.2478/v10039-011-0010-6.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 21536540 (View on PubMed)

Cadranel JF, Nousbaum JB, Bessaguet C, Nahon P, Nguyen-Khac E, Moreau R, Thevenot T, Silvain C, Bureau C, Nouel O, Pilette C, Paupard T, Pauwels A, Sapey T, Grange JD, Tran A. Low incidence of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in asymptomatic cirrhotic outpatients. World J Hepatol. 2013 Mar 27;5(3):104-8. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v5.i3.104.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 23556041 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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ASBP

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id