Protecting Preterm Infants From Respiratory Tract Infections and Wheeze by Using Bacterial Lysates.
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Protecting Late-moderate Preterm Infants From Respiratory Tract Infections and Wheeze in Their First Years of Life by Using Bacterial Lysates.
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interventional
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1 country
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Brief Summary
The primary objective of this study is to reduce respiratory tract infections and wheezing in moderate-late preterms in the first years of life by bacterial lysate administration. Next to determine the correlation of biological markers with respiratory symptoms, immune protection and treatment effect.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for phase_3
Started Jan 2022
Longer than P75 for phase_3
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
August 24, 2021
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
September 30, 2021
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
January 18, 2022
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
December 1, 2025
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
December 1, 2026
ExpectedAugust 22, 2024
August 1, 2024
3.9 years
August 24, 2021
August 20, 2024
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Total number of physician diagnosed lower RTI and wheezing episodes in the first year of life
Recorded by frequent questionnaires
In the first year of life.
Secondary Outcomes (11)
Time to first lower RTI or wheezing episode
In the first and second year of life.
Total number of RTI
In the first and second year of life.
Total number of wheezing episodes
In the first and second year of life.
Distribution of viruses
In the first year of life.
Medication use (bronchodilators, corticosteroids, antibiotics)
In the first and second year of life.
- +6 more secondary outcomes
Other Outcomes (9)
Gut and respiratory microbiome composition
In the first year of life.
Secretory IgA in saliva
In the first year of life
Immune maturation: immune cells in nasal epithelium
In the first year of life
- +6 more other outcomes
Study Arms (2)
Broncho-Vaxom treatment
ACTIVE COMPARATORInfants in this arm will be given 3,5mg bacterial lysate (OM-85) 10 days per month from 6 weeks after birth until 12 months of age. At age 12 months they will be (if informed consent for Protea-2 is provided) randomised over Broncho-Vaxom treatment and placebo again.
Placebo
PLACEBO COMPARATORInfants in this arm will be given a placebo powder from a capsule that will be indistinguishable from the active study drug.
Interventions
Broncho-Vaxom is a bacterial extract comprising lyophilised fractions of 21 different inactivated bacterial strains, which are frequently causing RTI.
Placebo powder from a capsule will be given, which will be indistinguishable from the active study drug.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Gestational age at delivery between 30+0 and 35+6 weeks
- Postnatal age at least 6 weeks at randomization \& postmenstrual age at least 37 weeks
- Written informed consent by both parents or formal caregivers
You may not qualify if:
- Underlying other severe respiratory disease such as broncho-pulmonary dysplasia (unexpected in this group); hemodynamic significant cardiac disease; immunodefi-ciency; severe failure to thrive; birth asphyxia with predicted poor neurological out-come; syndrome or serious congenital disorder.
- Lower RTI before randomization
- Dysmaturity and/or weight \< 2.5 kg at age of randomization.
- Maternal TNF-alpha inhibitors or other immunosuppression during pregnancy and/or breastfeeding
- Parents unable to speak and read Dutch/English language
- Known allergic hypersensitivity to the active ingredients/substance or to any of the excipients.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Franciscus Gasthuislead
- Leiden University Medical Centercollaborator
- Maastricht University Medical Centercollaborator
Study Sites (1)
Franciscus Gasthuis & Vlietland
Rotterdam, South Holland, 3045PM, Netherlands
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MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- phase 3
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- QUADRUPLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Masking Details
- Study subjects, all study investigators including the principal investigator and treating physicians will be blinded for the allocation during the complete study period. A sealed envelope with the treatment allocation per code is present at the pharmacy to be used only when 1) crucial for a medical emergency, 2) the participant will continue with Protea-2 and the database concerning year 1 is locked for this specific participant, and 3) at trial completion after the last patient last visit.
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Pediatrician/clinical researcher, principal investigator
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
August 24, 2021
First Posted
September 30, 2021
Study Start
January 18, 2022
Primary Completion
December 1, 2025
Study Completion (Estimated)
December 1, 2026
Last Updated
August 22, 2024
Record last verified: 2024-08
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will share
- Time Frame
- Data will come available after publication of the data in articles by initating researchers.
- Access Criteria
- Data will be available under restricted access. A request for data sharing will include at least the reason for request (for what will the receiver use the data?) and agreements about authorship.
Researchdata will be shared in data repositories according to the FAIR principle. Clinical data about respiratory health will be shared in the DANS repository. Inlcuding metadata which will ensure reusability. Sequencing data will be shared online in the ENA repository which will provide an unique global identifier. All used bioinformatics pipelines for data analysis will be made accessible on a GitHub account. Immunological data will be shared in NCBI Gene Expression omnibus and ImmPort. Used analysis pipelines for the transcriptomics data will also be tracked and can be shared using a Github account. All data shared will be pneudonymized.