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Filter by:The primary goal of this proposal is to study the outcome of patients with recurrent Clostridium Difficile Infection (CDI) treated with frozen Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT) in an open-labelled controlled trial. The specific objectives are to evaluate the safety of FMT and to determine the clinical response, treatment failure and relapse rate in patients treated with frozen-and-thawed FMT; to assess the functional health and well-being of patients in each arm using the validated tool, and to determine the feasibility of providing standardized FMT in multiple centres across Canada, including community hospitals. The metagenomics will also be conducted from the stool samples collected from select patients from each arm: pre and post treatment and the matching donors. The metagenomics data will be used to determine the bacteria which may have contributed to the cure of CDI.
This clinical trial studies how well inter-disciplinary educational methods work in improving adherence to isolation protocols in patients with Clostridium (C.) difficile infections. An inter-disciplinary educational method may help to prevent the spread of infection.
The primary purpose of this study is to compare the clinical outcomes of cure and recurrence of Clostridium difficile infection in spinal cord injured patients who are treated with oral Fidaxomicin vs. oral Vancomycin. The secondary aim of this study is to compare the overall costs of treatment of Clostridium difficile infection in the two study groups.
The investigators wish to compare Fecal Microbiota Transplant (FMT) capsules to placebo capsules in subjects with TWO episodes of C. difficile. The investigators have numerous subjects and physicians requesting FMT at the time of a second relapse, in order to prevent further hospitalizations, obtain a faster and more durable cure, avoid costly medications like fidaxomicin and oral vancomycin, and "fix" the underlying dysbiosis. In some instances, subjects feel like they are being asked to "get sick again" before they can pursue the most effective option. The investigators propose to study these subjects with a rigorous placebo controlled design, which will contribute significantly to our understanding of the utility of FMT, timing, and the real relapse rates in a tertiary referral center. Subjects who relapse with placebo will by definition have a third episode, meet consensus criteria for FMT, and will be offered "standard" FMT by capsule at that time. Additionally, this study will allow us to further capture safety data, in comparison to placebo capsules and further enhance our understanding of the microbiology of dysbiosis, earlier on in the illness course. Lastly, the investigators may decide to perform a cost analysis.
Phase 2, randomized, observer-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-centric study including 4 parallel study groups. 500 Subjects (thereof, 250 aged 50 - 64 years and 250 aged 65 years and older) will be randomized in a (3:3:3:1) ratio to receive either VLA84 75 µg w/o (without) Alum, VLA84 200 µg w/o Alum, VLA84 200 µg w/ (with) Alum (150 subjects each), or placebo (50 subjects), as i.m. (intramuscular) vaccinations into alternating arms, on Days 0, 7 and 28
The main objective of the study is to evaluate whether the extended duration fidaxomicin therapy is superior to the standard vancomycin therapy in sustained clinical cure of CDI at 30 days after end of treatment (Day 40 or Day 55).
The aim of this study is to determine whether antibiotics prophylaxis at the time of urinary catheter removal decreases the number of symptomatic urinary tract infections in patients after radical prostatectomy. In addition, the investigators aim to determine whether antibiotic prophylaxis is potentially harmful to patients (e.g. adverse reactions from antibiotic use, resistant bacteria in the urine, Clostridium difficile infections etc.). The investigators also aim to identify specific populations that may be at higher risk of developing urinary tract infections with urinary catheter use after radical prostatectomy.
The study is randomized, double-blinded and placebo-controlled with a duration of 24 weeks. Following randomization, healthy elderly are randomized into two groups receiving probiotics or placebo. Fecal samples are collected before and after the study. The samples are investigated for Clostridium difficile levels, changes in diversity of the gut microbiota as well changes in the fecal metabolome. The effects of the produced metabolites on mitochondrial activity will moreover be investigated using selected intestinal cell lines.
The primary objective of this study is to investigate the safety and efficacy of OPT-80 versus vancomycin in subjects with Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD).
In the recent past, a deep change in the epidemiology of C. difficile infection has occurred, with a rise in its frequency, severity, and mortality. Both the refractoriness of the infection to standard therapy and its probability of recurrence have also increased, representing a main clinical issue. Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) refers to the introduction of a liquid filtrate of stools from a healthy donor into the gastrointestinal tract of a patient for the treatment of specific diseases. FMT has shown outstanding results in the treatment of recurrent C. difficile infection. It can be performed through various routes: nasogastric or nasojejunal tube, upper endoscopy, retention enema, colonoscopy. In a recent systematic review of studies using FMT for the treatment of recurrent C. difficile infection, Cammarota et al. observed that lower gastrointestinal route (colonoscopy, enema) led to the achievement of higher eradication rates than upper delivery (gastroscopy, naso-gastric or naso-jejunal tube) (81-86% vs 84-93%, respectively). In a randomized clinical trial, Van Nood et al. showed the efficacy of FMT by nasojejunal tube in recurrent C. difficile infection. Up to now, data on FMT by lower route come out only by case series and case reports. The investigators' aim is to compare the efficacy of colonoscopic FMT and standard antibiotic therapy for the treatment of C. difficile infection in a randomized clinical trial