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Sputum Test submissions and outcome results
MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Feb 26 7:09pm | Replies (81)Comment receiving replies
@sueinmn Dr Winthrop at OHSU told me they now have a blood test that can detect the DNA of MAC, so soon they will be able to monitor the presence and amount of infection without the sputum samples which can be hard to get, and come places in the lungs which may or may not have MAC, as it is not necessarily evenly distributed. I just started on the two drug treatment and agreed to participate in a study where they are testing to see if they can detect the decline of MAC via the blood tests. If this works it will be a great thing for all of us! No more struggles to get the right sputum sample and long waits for the results.
Anna
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@annagh Anna, I agree with Sue that this would be a game changer! Is there any indication of when the trial results will be available? Wishing you the best of luck in the trial.
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@annagh If I understand the trials correctly, this will be a game changer. The literature I found searching on Google Scholar is of preliminary trials, the most detailed occurring in 2022. Unfortunately recent research seems to be going in a familiar direction - focusing on the far more common M. Tuberculosis.
I looked for clinical trials of the test and found that there is possibly one in progress in Oregon.
Did your doctor provide any additional information?