C. Difficile Clinical Trial
Official title:
A Study of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT) for the Treatment of Recurrent C. Difficile Associated Diarrhea (RCDAD) Via Retention Enema or Oral Route
The objective of the study is to investigate the safety of a frozen or lyophilized inoculum
administered, respectively, by retention enema or capsules in patients with recurrent C.
difficile associated diarrhea (RCDAD).
This is a single center, randomized, parallel assignment, open label safety study conducted
in subjects with RCDAD. Fifty subjects will be enrolled in the study and randomized at 1:1
ratio to receive frozen filtered intestinal bacteria via retention enema or lyophilized donor
intestinal bacteria. All subjects will be followed for a total of 3 years after study
completion.
Donors will be enrolled and screened at the laboratory in the Center for Infectious Diseases
at University of Texas School of Public Health (UT-SPH). The donors will come from a variety
of places, including the UT-SPH. At least 20 donors will be screened to recruit at least 15
qualified donors.
Recipients may self-refer but must have a physician who agrees to accept care of the patient
following fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT). Subjects consenting to treatment at Baylor
St. Luke's Medical Center (BSLMC) and the UT-SPH must be willing to self-pay for the FMT in
the amount of $1,500. There will be no insurance accepted. Subjects undergoing retention
enema will be treated as outpatients at either at BSLMC, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, or at the
Memorial Hermann in the Texas Medical Center. All subjects taking capsules with lyophilized
intestinal bacteria will be seen at UT-SPH. Once the procedure is completed, the recipient's
care will be returned to their physician. At least 75 recipients will be screened to recruit
50 qualified recipients.
The primary endpoint is to evaluate the safety of FMT by rectal or oral routes with secondary
endpoint related to efficacy prevention of RCDAD. In order to monitor any health effects for
safety, participants will be contacted pre- and 7, 14, 30 days, then monthly basis for the
first 90 days after FMT and quarterly till 3 years after FMT. The following procedures will
be completed: review recipient diary with the recipient to ensure that the following
information is recorded correctly and a fresh stool sample will be collected from recipient,
tested for C. difficile toxins and an aliquot (2mL) stored at -80C for microbiome analysis.
Recipients will be contacted by phone for their diarrhea status on monthly basis till 90 days
after FMT, then on quarterly basis till 3 years after FMT.
Clinical improvement is monitored by telephone/email and or E-mail up to 3 years after FMT.
Minor clinical management of the subject with over the counter medication (e.g. loperamide,
acetaminophen and Saccharomyces boulardii [probiotic]) will be performed in the case of mild
diarrhea and abdominal pain.
All subjects will be followed up by phone the day after FMT to assess health status during
week one. Study subjects will be monitored on approximately days 7, 14 and 30, monthly for
the first 3 month and quarterly for 3 years after FMT, at which time the recipient diary will
be reviewed with the recipient to review any adverse experience or medication taken since the
medical history obtained at FMT.
Investigators should determine if any adverse experience or medication need to be further
studied. Donor will be contacted and tested if it is necessary. All actions will be recorded
on with medical condition, dates of adverse experience and medication taken, indication for
new medication taken, and total daily dose.
Recipients should be instructed at FMT to contact the Investigator if they have any questions
regarding adverse experience or the appropriateness of a medication after FMT.
The following definitions of terms are guided by the International Conference of
Harmonization and US Code of Federal Regulations (21 CFR 312.32).
An adverse experience is any unfavorable or unintended sign, symptom, of disease temporally
associated with FMT procedure, whether or not considered related to the procedure, including,
but not limited to:
- Any symptom not previously reported by the recipients (Recent Medical History)
- An exacerbation of a pre-existing illness, increases in the frequency and/or severity of
the signs or symptoms of CDAD (defined as positive C. difficile toxin test and enteric
symptoms)
- A significant increase in frequency or intensity of a pre-existing episodic event or
condition
- A condition first detected or diagnosed after study drug administration even through the
condition may have been present before the procedure Details of all adverse experiences
that occur after FMT through approximately day 90 visit will be collected as indicated
above. Then the subject will be followed on quarterly basis for 3 years about their CDAD
and other medical concerns
Serious adverse experience is any adverse experience that:
- Results in death
- Is life threatening (at immediate risk of death from the procedure as it occurred)
- Requires inpatient hospitalization (overnight stay) or prolongs a current
hospitalization
- Causes a persistent or significant disability/incapacity
- Medical important (any event that requires medical or surgical intervention to prevent
one of the outcomes listed above) The investigator will exercise medical and scientific
judgment when deciding whether expeditious reporting is appropriate in other situations
not strictly meeting the listed criteria above. The investigators will meet/discuss with
experts in the field if there is a question of whether the adverse experience would be
considered serious.
Severity - The adverse experience will be documented on the appropriate page in the Patient
Diary according to the following descriptors:
- Mild: associated with no limitation of usual activities or only slight discomfort
- Moderate: associated with limitation of usual activities or significant discomfort
- Severe: associated with inability to carry out usual activities or very marked
discomfort
Relationship - the relationship of adverse experience to FMT will be assigned by the
Investigator according to the following definitions:
- Probable: a reaction that follows a reasonable temporal sequence from the procedure that
follows a known or expected response pattern to the suspected procedure and that could
not be reasonably explained by the known characteristics of that patient's clinical
state
- Possible: a reaction that follows a reasonable temporal sequence from the procedure that
follows a known or expected response pattern to the procedure but could readily have
been produced by a number of other factors
- Unlikely: a reaction that does not follow a reasonable temporal sequence from the
procedure but for which causality from FMT cannot be ruled out.
- Not related: a reaction for which sufficient data exist to indicate that the etiology is
unrelated to the procedure Pre-existing signs and symptoms and medical conditions
Medical conditions that are present at or before the procedure that manifest with the
same severity or frequency will not be recorded as adverse experience. Similarly, signs
or symptoms related to a pre-existing disease will not be recorded as adverse experience
unless there is an increase in the severity or frequency of the signs or symptoms. These
pre-existing conditions, signs, or symptoms will be recorded on the Recent Medical
History Form.
Progression of underlying conditions as an adverse experience
If the progression of the underlying condition might be reasonably anticipated given the
nature and severity of the underlying condition, then the progression of the underlying
condition per se will not constitute an adverse experience. However, if the progression of
the underlying condition is fatal, then the progression of the underlying condition should be
reported as an adverse experience.
Recording and documenting adverse experience
The Investigator must completely and promptly record each new adverse experience and serious
adverse experience, even if the relationship of adverse experience to the procedure is
assessed by the Investigator to be "unlikely" or "not related". In addition, the investigator
must document and follow serious adverse experiences that occur from the procedure through 3
years after the FMT. The Investigator should attempt, if possible, to establish a diagnosis
based on the presenting signs and symptoms. If an adverse experience meets the definition of
a serious adverse experience then the Investigator must also complete the serious adverse
experience, and also send any supporting source documents directly to the University of Texas
Health Science Center IRB as soon as the event is discovered. At each visit, after the
patient has had an opportunity to mention any problems spontaneously, the Investigator (or
designee) will inquire about adverse experience by asking the standard questions listed in,
such as:
- Have you had any medical problems since your last visit?
- Have any medical problems present at your last visit changed, i.e., stopped, worsened,
or improved?
- Have you taken any new medicines, other than study drug, since your last visit? Any
spontaneous adverse experience information provided by the patient will be reported. If
an adverse experience has not resolved at the time of the Final Visit, the Investigator
should evaluate the status of the adverse experience at the Follow-Up telephone/email
contact (day 60) and update to reflect the status of the adverse experience (e.g.
ongoing or resolved).
Investigator reporting of serious adverse experience All serious adverse experience must be
reported to the University of Texas Health Science IRB using the serious adverse experience
facsimile or email or by telephone/email as soon as the serious adverse experience is
discovered, and within 24 hours after the Investigator recognizes or classifies the event as
a serious adverse experience. A brief description of the event must be provided at the time
of the initial serious adverse experience report. The initial serious adverse experience
report should be followed up by additional information using the serious adverse experience
within 48 hours. The reports should identify the patient by their unique patient number
instead of names. The completed serious adverse experience Form will be used by the
investigators in regulatory filings. The investigator is responsible for continuing to report
to the University of Texas Health Science IRB any new or relevant follow-up information
obtained concerning the serious adverse experience. The results of any additional assessments
conducted must be also reported to the University of Texas Health Science IRB.
Notification of post-study serious adverse experience Investigators are not obligated to
actively seek follow-up information for patients with adverse experience after the conclusion
of the study (i.e., > 3 years after the FMT procedure). However, if the investigator becomes
aware of an adverse experience that occurs after the patient completes and the adverse
experience is considered by the Investigator to be at least possibly related to study
procedure, the investigator must notify the University of Texas Health Science Center IRB.
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