Treatment of Initial Clostridium Difficile Infection
Fecal Microbiota Transplant Versus Vancomycin for Treatment of Initial Clostridium Difficile Infection
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interventional
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Brief Summary
Investigators designed an open, two-arm study to compare oral vancomycin with a fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) from a fecal donor-unrelated donor mix (FURM) as treatments for the first Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) episode among hospitalized patients.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
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participants targeted
Target at below P25 for not_applicable
Started Feb 2015
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
February 1, 2015
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
September 30, 2015
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
September 30, 2015
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
March 21, 2017
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
April 11, 2017
CompletedApril 18, 2017
April 1, 2017
8 months
March 21, 2017
April 15, 2017
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Decrease in number of evacuations
The cure of CDI was measured
up to a 2 days
Study Arms (2)
Vancomycin
ACTIVE COMPARATORPatients in this arm received vancomycin 250mg every 6 hrs for 10-14 days
FMT-FURM
EXPERIMENTALPatients in this arm receive FMT-FURM
Interventions
Patients in the FMT group received FMT-FURM
Patients in the vancomycin group received oral vancomycin (250 mg every 6 h for 10-14 days)
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Clinical diagnosis of CDI (first episode)
- Older than 18 years old
You may not qualify if:
- Patients younger than 18 years old
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT
- Masking Details
- Patients were randomized by a closed envelope method in a 1: 1 ratio to either oral vancomycin (every 6 h for 10-14 days) or a FMT-FURM
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Dr.
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
March 21, 2017
First Posted
April 11, 2017
Study Start
February 1, 2015
Primary Completion
September 30, 2015
Study Completion
September 30, 2015
Last Updated
April 18, 2017
Record last verified: 2017-04
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share