Experimental Phage Therapy of Bacterial Infections

NCT ID: NCT00945087

Last Updated: 2013-09-06

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2005-12-31

Brief Summary

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The primary purpose of this experimental therapy is to treat, with the aid of bacteriophages, patients with non-healing postoperative wounds or bone, upper respiratory tract, genital or urinary tract infections in whom extensive antibiotic therapy failed or the use of the targeted drug is contraindicated.

Detailed Description

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Bacterial infections of different tissues and organs that prove incurable by antibiotics are a serious clinical problem. Bacteriophages (phages) are bacterial viruses which attack, multiply within, and then destroy bacteria. They can efficiently destroy bacteria which have acquired resistance to antibiotics and which cause life-threatening infections. The method of treating bacterial infections using phages has been known since the beginning of the 20th century. This experimental treatment enables the use of phage preparations under the rules of a therapeutic experiment (on the basis of the respective Polish regulations) in cases where no effective available therapy exists or the use of the targeted drug is contraindicated. It is not a research study.

The bacteriophage preparations which are used in the treatment procedures contain phages from the Bacteriophage Collection of the Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Wrocław. For each patient only specific formulations of single phage or a phage mixture that are active against the pathogenic bacterial strain or strains isolated from the patient are used for the treatment.The isolation of live bacterial pathogen from the patient is necessary to carry out a phage-typing procedure to determine if the preparation of an active formulation is possible which is a prerequisite for receiving the treatment.

Conditions

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Bacterial Infections

Keywords

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bacteriophage bacteriophage preparation bacterial infection antibiotic-resistant infection multidrug-resistant bacteria MRSA

Interventions

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Bacteriophage preparation

Bacteriophage lysates or purified phage formulations containing phages lytic for Staphylococcus, Enterococcus, Pseudomonas, Escherichia, Klebsiella, Proteus, Citrobacter, Acinetobacter, Serratia, Morganella, Shigella, Salmonella, Enterobacter, Stenotrophomonas, or Burkholderia strains isolated from a patient used for oral, rectal and/or topical application.

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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Phage preparation, bacteriophage formulation

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 18 years of age or over.
* Men and women of reproductive age must use contraception during and one month after the therapy. Women of reproductive age must have negative result of a pregnancy test before beginning of the treatment.
* Signed informed consent.
* Antibiotic therapy-resistant, chronic, symptomatic bacterial infection of the skin, subcutaneous tissue, bone, bone marrow, joints, fistulas, wounds, bedsores, genital and/or urinary tract, digestive tract, middle ear, sinuses, tonsils, upper and lower respiratory tract, or a state in which a targeted antibiotic therapy is impossible to carry out due to other medical reasons.
* A putative pathogenic bacteria such as Staphylococcus, Enterococcus, Escherichia, Citrobacter, Enterobacter, Klebsiella, Shigella, Salmonella, Serratia, Proteus, Pseudomonas, Stenotrophomonas, Acinetobacter, Burkholderia, or Morganella present in the site of the said infection as confirmed by the result of microbiological culture.
* Ineffective antibiotic therapy of said infection and/or antibiogram-confirmed multidrug resistance of a putative pathogenic bacteria such as Staphylococcus, Enterococcus, Escherichia, Citrobacter, Enterobacter, Klebsiella, Shigella, Salmonella, Serratia, Proteus, Pseudomonas, Stenotrophomonas, Acinetobacter, Burkholderia, or Morganella.
* The presence in the Bacteriophage Collection of the Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy of the Polish Academy of Sciences of a phage able to lyse a bacterial strain cultured from a patient in the Bacteriophage Collection of the Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy of the Polish Academy of Sciences (positive result of a phage-typing procedure).

Exclusion Criteria

* Pregnant or breastfeeding women.
* Malabsorption syndrome, allergy to food or animal protein, or advanced hepatic insufficiency when it is impossible to apply the phage preparation using other route than oral.
* Allergy to components of phage preparations.
* A health condition which does not allow conducting the experimental therapy in the opinion of the qualifying physician.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy of the Polish Academy of Sciences

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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Andrzej Górski, M.D. Ph.D.

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Locations

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Phage Therapy Unit at the Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Wroclaw, , Poland

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Poland

Central Contacts

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Andrzej Górski, M.D. Ph.D.

Role: CONTACT

Phone: +48 71-3709905

Email: [email protected]

Ryszard Międzybrodzki, M.D. Ph.D.

Role: CONTACT

Phone: +48 71-3709901

Email: [email protected]

References

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Miedzybrodzki R, Borysowski J, Weber-Dabrowska B, Fortuna W, Letkiewicz S, Szufnarowski K, Pawelczyk Z, Rogoz P, Klak M, Wojtasik E, Gorski A. Clinical aspects of phage therapy. Adv Virus Res. 2012;83:73-121. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-394438-2.00003-7.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 22748809 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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http://surfer.iitd.pan.wroc.pl/pl/OTF/

Click here for more information about this study: Experimental phage therapy of drug-resistant bacterial infections, including MRSA infections (in Polish)

http://surfer.iitd.pan.wroc.pl/en/Phages/

Bacteriophage research and therapy

Other Identifiers

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OTF-1

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id