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Dose Ranging Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Orally Administered Lyophilized Fecal Microbiota Product (PRIM-DJ2727) for the Treatment of Recurrent Clostridium Difficile Infection (CDI)

Sponsored by The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

About this trial

Last updated 5 years ago

Study ID

HSC-SPH-17-0614

Status

Terminated

Type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Placebo

No

Accepting

18-75 Years
18 to 100 Years
All
All

Not accepting

Not accepting
Healthy Volunteers

Trial Timing

Ended 6 years ago

What is this trial about?

To establish optimal dosing of lyophilized Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) product in the treatment of recurrent C. difficile infection

What are the participation requirements?

Yes

Inclusion Criteria

- Sexually active female subjects of child-bearing potential must agree to use an effective method of birth control during the treatment and follow-up period

- Female subjects of child-bearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test on the day of the procedure.

- Subject willing to sign an informed consent form

- Subject deemed likely to survive for ≥ 1 year after enrollment

- Able to follow study procedure and follow-ups

- Subjects' attending physician will provide non-transplant care for the subject

- Diagnosed by medical history of ≥ 3 bouts of CDI in outpatients or ≥ 2 bouts of recurrent CDI in an inpatient with ≥ 2 positive fecal tests for C. difficile toxin

- Received at least one course of adequate antibiotic therapy for CDI (≥ 10 days of vancomycin or metronidazole or fidaxomicin) since last bout of CDI

- Have a 4 degrees Celsius refrigerator at home to keep the second dose FMT for overnight

No

Exclusion Criteria

- Unable to take capsules orally

- Requiring systemic non-C. difficile antibiotic therapy within 14 days prior to FMT

- Actively taking Saccharomyces boulardii or other probiotic at the time of FMT other than that found in fortified foods

- Need for continuing use of drugs with CDI activity: oral vancomycin, oral or IV metronidazole, fidaxomicin, rifaximin or nitazoxanide at the time of FMT and after FMT

- Severe underlying disease such that the patient is not expected to survive for one or more years or unstable medical condition requiring daily change in treatments