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NCT06929546

Anti-phospolipid Antibodies in Lyme Borreliosis

Not yet recruiting Last updated 16 April 2025
What this trial tests

trial testing Anti-phospholipid antibodies in Patients With Different Manifestations of Lyme Borreliosis in 240 participants. Not yet recruiting.

Timeline
15 May 2025
Primary endpoint
15 May 2026
15 July 2026

Quick facts

Lead sponsorUniversity Medical Centre Ljubljana
StatusNot yet recruiting
Study typeOBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment240
Start date15 May 2025
Primary completion15 May 2026
Estimated completion15 July 2026
Sites1 location across Slovenia

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

University Medical Centre Ljubljana

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Patients With Different Manifestations of Lyme Borreliosis or Persons With Nonspecific Symptoms and Positive Borrelia Antibodies in Serum. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Background Lyme borreliosis, caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato is transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected Ixodes tick. B. burgdorferi sensu lato accumulates intact phospholipids from its environment to support its growth. Several of these environmentally acquired phospholipids including phosphatidylserine, phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidic acid may be recognized by anti-phospholipid antibodies that are believed to arose early in infection. Here we aimed to investigate the levels of anti-phospholipid antibodies in patients with Lyme borreliosis. Methods Participants included in the study: * 150 patients with well-defined Lyme borreliosis, of which 30 presented with solitary erythema migrans (EM), 30 with multiple EM (MEM), 30 with Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB), 30 with Lyme arthritis (LA), 30 with acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans (ACA); * 50 patients with nonspecific symptoms and positive borrelial antibodies in serum; and * 40 healthy blood donors (control group; samples from healthy blood donors were used to determine the threshold for the assays). Specimens: * 4 serum samples from each individual patient with well-defined Lyme borreliosis (1 before antibiotic treatment, 3 during follow-up up to 1 year); * 2 serum samples from patients with nonspecific symptoms and positive borrelial antibodies (1 before antibiotic treatment and one 3 months later); * healthy blood donors: 1 serum specimen. Anti-phospolipid antibodies: Levels of IgG and IgM isotypes of 4 anti-phospholipid antibodies including anti-cardiolipin (aCL), anti-phosphatidylserine (aPS), anti-phosphatidic acid (aPA) and anti-phosphatidylcholine (aPC) will be analyzed with in-house ELISAs.

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