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ArticleBMJ open2021

nSeP: immune and metabolic biomarkers for early detection of neonatal sepsis-protocol for a prospective multicohort study.

Mallinath Chakraborty, Patrícia R S Rodrigues, W John Watkins, Angela Hayward, Alok Sharma, Rachel Hayward, Elisa Smit, Rebekka Jones, Nitin Goel, Amar Asokkumar and 27 more

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Article in BMJ open, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03777670 (Detecting Neonatal Sepsis by Immune-Metabolic Network Analysis), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03777670 unknown statusnot on this map

Detecting Neonatal Sepsis by Immune-Metabolic Network Analysis

TypeobservationalSponsorCardiff and Vale University Health BoardRan2020 to 2024Enrolled1,000ConditionsSepsisArmsBlood test
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

37 authors at 7 institutions in 4 countries.

Mallinath ChakrabortyRegional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK chakrabortym@cardiff.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-1721-6532
Patrícia R S RodriguesDivision of Infection and Immunity, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
W John WatkinsDepartment of Statistics, Division of Infection and Immunity, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Angela HaywardRegional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Alok SharmaRegional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Rachel HaywardRegional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Elisa SmitRegional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Rebekka JonesRegional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Nitin GoelRegional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Amar AsokkumarRegional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Jennifer CalvertRegional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
David OddRegional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Ian MorrisRegional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Cora DohertyRegional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Sian ElliottRegional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Angela StrangDivision of Infection and Immunity, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Robert AndrewsDivision of Infection and Immunity, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Summia ZaherDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Simran SharmaInfection and Immunity, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6647-9355
Sarah BellDepartment of Anaesthetics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Siva OrugantiRegional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Claire SmithSimpsons Special Cary Baby Unit, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Judith OrmeSimpsons Special Cary Baby Unit, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Sarah EdkinsDivision of Infection and Immunity, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Marie CraigonInfection Medicine, Deanery of Biomedical Sciences, Edinburgh Medical School, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Daniel WhiteDivision of Infection and Immunity, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Widad DantoftDivision of Infection and Immunity, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8546-5514
Luke C DaviesDivision of Infection and Immunity, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Linda MoetDivision of Infection and Immunity, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
James E McLarenDivision of Infection and Immunity, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Samantha ClarkstoneDivision of Infection and Immunity, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Gareth L WatsonDivision of Infection and Immunity, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Kerenza HoodDivision of Infection and Immunity, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Sailesh KotechaDepartment of Child Health, Institute of Molecular & Experimental Medicine, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3535-7627
B Paul MorganDivision of Infection and Immunity, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Valerie B O'DonnellDivision of Infection and Immunity, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Peter GhazalDepartment of Systems Medicine, Medical School, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0035-2228
University Hospital of Wales · GBInstitute of Infection and Immunity · CAEdinburgh Royal Infirmary · GBCardiff and Vale University Health Board · GBCenter for Systems Biology · USInstitute of Child Health · INUniversity of Edinburgh · GB

Funding

Chief Scientist Office ETM/202
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionDiagnosing neonatal sepsis is heavily dependent on clinical phenotyping as culture-positive body fluid has poor sensitivity, and existing blood biomarkers have poor specificity.A combination of machine learning, statistical and deep pathway biology analyses led to the identification of a tripartite panel of biologically connected immune and metabolic markers that showed greater than 99% accuracy for detecting bacterial infection with 100% sensitivity. The cohort study described here is designed as a large-scale clinical validation of this previous work. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This multicentre observational study will prospectively recruit a total of 1445 newborn infants (all gestations)-1084 with suspected early-or late-onset sepsis, and 361 controls-over 4 years. A small volume of whole blood will be collected from infants with suspected sepsis at the time of presentation. This sample will be used for integrated transcriptomic, lipidomic and targeted proteomics profiling. In addition, a subset of samples will be subjected to cellular phenotype and proteomic analyses. A second sample from the same patient will be collected at 24 hours, with an opportunistic sampling for stool culture. For control infants, only one set of blood and stool sample will be collected to coincide with clinical blood sampling. Along with detailed clinical information, blood and stool samples will be analysed and the information will be used to identify and validate the efficacy of immune-metabolic networks in the diagnosis of bacterial neonatal sepsis and to identify new host biomarkers for viral sepsis. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The study has received research ethics committee approval from the Wales Research Ethics Committee 2 (reference 19/WA/0008) and operational approval from Health and Care Research Wales. Submission of study results for publication will involve making available all anonymised primary and processed data on public repository sites. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT03777670.

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Neonatal SepsisSepsisBiomarkersCohort StudiesHumansMulticenter Studies as TopicObservational Studies as TopicProspective StudiesProteomicsBiomarkersimmunologyneonatal intensive & critical careperinatology

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