Month: October 2019

  • Diagnostics in fighting antimicrobial resistance: A joint session between ESCMID and ERS at the ERS International Congress 2019

    Diagnostics in fighting antimicrobial resistance: A joint session between ESCMID and ERS at the ERS International Congress 2019

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    On 28 September to 2 October 2019, the European Respiratory Society (ERS) held its annual International Congress of 2019 in Madrid, Spain. Bringing together almost 23,000 delegates from around the world for a packed week of scientific and educational sessions around respiratory medicine, ERS put on a lively display of clinical presentations at the capital of Spain.

    On 29 September 2019, a symposium was held on ‘Fighting antimicrobial resistance: from prevention to antimicrobial stewardship’ that was chaired by WP6 co-lead Prof. Murat Akova of ESCMID and Dr. Eva Polverino of ERS. Project lead of VALUE-Dx, Prof. Dr. Herman Goossens, gave a compelling talk on ‘The new era of diagnostics: will it ever start?’, presenting the evolving market of in vitro diagnostics as the world’s largest med-tech sector. Despite the booming interest, MedTech Europe reported that diagnostics only represent 0.8% of total healthcare expenditure in Europe in 2016.

    When it comes to antimicrobial resistance, diagnostics such as point-of-care-testing would be instrumental in fighting this global problem. With approximately 80% of antibiotics prescribed in primary care and over-prescription a real concern, diagnostics would pave the way towards proper use of antibiotics in primary care settings. In the future, better and quicker diagnostic tools should be able to transform the current practice of empiric antibiotic therapy into a directed and precise antibiotic therapy, therefore improving clinical outcomes of patients with infections.

    Download presentation ‘The new era of diagnostics: will it ever start?’ by Prof. Dr. Herman Goossens

    Download the full agenda of ERS International Congress 2019

    Recommended reading:

    Goosens, H., et al. 2005. Outpatient antibiotic use in Europe and association with resistance: a cross-national database study. The Lancet, 365(9459), pp.579-587.

    Keitel, K., et al. 2017. A novel electronic algorithm using host biomarker point-of-care-tests for the management of febrile illness in Tanzanian children (e-POCT): A randomised, controlled non-inferiority trial. PLOS Medicine.

    Little, P., et al. 2013. Amoxicillin for acute lower-respiratory-tract infection in primary care when pneumonia is not suspected: a 12 country, randomised, placebo-controlled trial. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 13(2), pp.123-129.

    Little, P., et al. 2013. Effects of internet-based training on antibiotic prescribing rates for acute respiratory-tract infections: a multi-national, cluster, randomised, factorial, controlled trial. The Lancet, 382(9899), pp.1175-1182.

    Mannino, R.G., et al. 2018. Smartphone app for non-invasive detection of anemia using only patient-sourced photos. Nature Communications, 9(4924).

    O’Neill, J. 2016. Tackling drug-resistant infections globally: Final report and recommendations. Review on Antimicrobial Resistance.
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  • VALUE-Dx Summary October Update

    VALUE-Dx Summary October Update

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    This summary provides more information on the future work that VALUE-Dx will carry out in the coming years across 20 European countries on community-acquired acute respiratory tract infections (CA-ARTI). This includes details the three winter seasons from 2019 to 2022:

    • 1st winter season of 2019-2020 – a web-based point prevalence audit survey (PPAS);
    • 2nd winter season of 2020-2021 – platform randomised controlled trial of point of care diagnostics (PRUDENCE trial);
    • 3rd winter season of 2021-2022 – PRUDENCE trial.

    Whilst the web-based PPAS will record information about patients seeking healthcare for CA-ARTI, the PRUDENCE trial will evaluate clinical algorithms that incorporate a point of care test for CA-ARTI.

    Furthermore, this summary provides an update on the activities that have already begun during the first year of VALUE-Dx.

    Download the VALUE-Dx Summary October 2019
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  • WP2 first face-to-face meeting in Antwerp

    WP2 first face-to-face meeting in Antwerp

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    On 27 September 2019, the first WP2 face-to-face meeting took place in Antwerp. With 15 attendees, all partners involved in WP2 were well represented. After some updates on the WP2 division of work and building of the External Advisory Panel, every partner presented their capabilities to successfully carry out their tasks. University of Antwerp described their expertise on the different areas required in this WP, such as biomarker research, next generation sequencing techniques, bioinformatic tools and biobanking activities including the set-up of the Antwerp biobank that is ready to receive samples from WP4. The status of WP4, on which the tasks of WP2 heavily depend, was discussed at length. Bioaster described their involvement in many projects and some novel bioinformatics tools and ideas on how to perform their tasks, which they are already field-testing. bioMérieux provided information on how they could  support the rest of partners in  WP2 and their vision on the  development of the VALUE-Dx biobank. This first meeting yielded fruitful discussions in which clear synergies were identified among the partners.  These activities will be discussed further in the upcoming monthly telecons of WP2.

    Read more on WP2’s objectives

    WP2 Team – From left to right and top to bottom: Herman Goossens (UA), Philippe Cleuziat (bioMérieux), Greet Ieven (UZA), Alex van Belkum (bioMérieux), Cyril Guyard (Bioaster), Carine Malcus (bioMérieux), Samir Kumar-Singh (UA), Adrien Villain (Bioaster), Surbhi Malhotra-Kumar (UA), Florence Frager (bioMérieux), Christine Lammens (UA), Liesbet van Heirstraeten (UA), Juan Pablo Rodriguez Ruiz (UA), Basil Britto Xavier (UA), Domenico Mancuso (UA)

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