Eradication of Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria Through Antibiotics and Fecal Bacteriotherapy

NCT ID: NCT02472600

Last Updated: 2017-12-07

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

39 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-02-29

Study Completion Date

2018-03-31

Brief Summary

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This investigator initiated,international, multicenter open-label, randomized controlled trial aims to assess whether a 5 day course of oral nonabsorbable antibiotics (colistin sulfate 2 million IU per os 4x/day and neomycin sulfate 500 mg (salt) per os 4x/day ) followed by fecal microbiota transplantation (administered either via nasogastric administration or via capsules) is effective at eradicating intestinal carriage of beta-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-E) and carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE). compared to no intervention (current standard of care) in adult non-immunosuppressed patients .

Detailed Description

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In recent years a certain family of bacteria (Enterobacteriaceae) that colonizes the human gastrointestinal tract but can also cause severe infections has increasingly become resistant to antibiotics by acquiring enzymes that can inactivate a wide array of these valuable drugs. Depending on the class of beta-lactam antibiotics that these enzymes can inactivate, these bacteria are either designated as extended spectrum beta-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-E) or carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE).

The R-GNOSIS project which is financed by the European Commission combines five separate international clinical studies (work packages 2 to 6) that examine intervention strategies to reduce carriage, infection and spread of these bacteria. This study (work package 3 of R-GNOSIS) will be conducted in 4 centers in 3 European countries (Switzerland, France, The Netherlands) and Israel. The study will examine whether it is possible to eradicate intestinal carriage with ESBL-E and CPE by administering a 5 day course of oral nonabsorbable antibiotics (colistin sulfate and neomycin sulfate) followed by administration of "healthy" stool flora obtained from a healthy volunteer donor ("fecal microbiota transplantation" or FMT). The "healthy" stool flora for this procedure will be obtained from carefully selected healthy volunteers that have been tested for a wide variety of infectious diseases and do not show any risk factors or risky behavior for transmittable diseases. Once the fecal material has been processed it will be frozen at -80°C for up to six months until administration to patients (via capsules or via a nasogastric tube). FMT has been successfully used to treat recurrent infections with a specific pathogen (Clostridium difficile) and has proven safe and effective for this indication but has never been studied with the aim of eradicating multidrug-resistant organisms.

Conditions

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Intestinal Colonization With Multidrug-resistant Bacteria

Keywords

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extended spectrum beta-lactamase producing enterobacteriaceae carbapenemase producing enterobacteriaceae multidrug resistant bacteria

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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colistin + neomycin followed by FMT

CAPSULE APPROACH:

Treatment days 1-5

* Colistin sulphate 2 million IU per os 4x/day (for 5 days)
* Neomycin sulphate 500 mg (salt) per os 4x/day (for 5 days) Treatment day 6: no treatment

Treatment days 7 and 8:

-15 capsules of capsulized Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) per os per day

NASOGASTRIC TUBE APPROACH:

Treatment days 1-5

* Colistin sulphate 2 million IU per os 4x/day (for 5 days)
* Neomycin sulphate 500 mg (salt) per os 4x/day (for 5 days)

Treatment day 6 and 7:

\- Omeprazole 20 mg per os 1 dose on the evening of day 6 and on the morning of day 7

Treatment day 7:

\- Infusion of 80 ml of a standardized stool suspension through a nasogastric tube - Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT)

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Colistin

Intervention Type DRUG

Neomycin

Intervention Type DRUG

Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT)

Intervention Type DRUG

FMT consist in the administration of fecal material obtained from healthy donors that has been diluted, homogenized, filtered and reconcentrated. In this study the processed fecal material will be frozen at -80°C after processing and will be administered to patients for up to six months after freezing via a nasogastric tube or via capsules.

Omeprazole

Intervention Type DRUG

Administered to inhibit gastric acid secretion before FMT administration if FMT administered via nasogastric tube approach (not used for capsule approach).

No intervention

Control arm without any intervention

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Colistin

Intervention Type DRUG

Neomycin

Intervention Type DRUG

Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT)

FMT consist in the administration of fecal material obtained from healthy donors that has been diluted, homogenized, filtered and reconcentrated. In this study the processed fecal material will be frozen at -80°C after processing and will be administered to patients for up to six months after freezing via a nasogastric tube or via capsules.

Intervention Type DRUG

Omeprazole

Administered to inhibit gastric acid secretion before FMT administration if FMT administered via nasogastric tube approach (not used for capsule approach).

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Polymyxin E Diarönt® mono A07AA10 Neomycin Sulfate X-Gen A01AB08 Fecal bacteriotherapy Feces transplantation A02BC01

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Adult patients (\>= 18 years at date of inclusion)
* Ability to provide informed consent
* Documented intestinal carriage of ESBL-E and / or CPE by stool culture at baseline (visit 0)
* IF COLONIZED WITH ESBL-E ONLY (WITHOUT CPE): At least one episode of symptomatic infection with ESBL-E requiring systemic antibiotic therapy within the last 180 days before date of inclusion (based on the last day of antibiotic therapy for that infection)

Exclusion Criteria

* Pregnancy or planned pregnancy
* Breastfeeding
* Difficult / impossible follow-up
* Allergy or other contraindication to one of the study drugs
* Recurrent aspirations / chronic dysphagia
* Resistance to colistin (defined as MIC\> 2 mg/l) of any of the ESBL-E or CPE strains isolated at baseline
* Estimated life expectancy \< 6 months
* Treatment with any systemic antibiotic on the day of inclusion
* Severe immunodeficiency

* Systemic chemotherapy ≤30 days from baseline or planned chemotherapy within the next 6 months
* Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) with CD4 count \< 250/mcl
* Prolonged use of steroids (prednisone equivalent ≥ 60 mg per day for \>= 30 days) or other immunosuppressive medications
* neutropenia with absolute neutrophil count \<1000/μL,
* Solid organ transplant
* Hematopoeitic stem cell transplant recipients
* Other causes of severe immunodeficiency
* Current hospitalization in an Intensive Care Unit
* Estimated glomerular filtration rate (CKD-EPI) \< 15 ml/min/1.73m2
* Severe food allergy (anaphylaxis, urticaria)
* Unavailability of compatible FMT preparation (with regard to donor / recipient cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus and toxoplasma serology)
* Anatomic contraindication to the placement of a nasogastric tube (only if FMT application via nasogastric tube)
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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European Commission

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Stephen Harbarth

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Stephen Harbarth

Professor

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Stephan J Harbarth, MD, MS

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Geneva University Hospitals and University of Geneva

Locations

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Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Beaujon

Clichy, , France

Site Status

Sourasky Medical Center

Tel Aviv, , Israel

Site Status

Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht,

Utrecht, , Netherlands

Site Status

Geneva University Hospitals

Geneva, , Switzerland

Site Status

Countries

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France Israel Netherlands Switzerland

References

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Huttner B, Haustein T, Uckay I, Renzi G, Stewardson A, Schaerrer D, Agostinho A, Andremont A, Schrenzel J, Pittet D, Harbarth S. Decolonization of intestinal carriage of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae with oral colistin and neomycin: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2013 Oct;68(10):2375-82. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkt174. Epub 2013 May 29.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 23719234 (View on PubMed)

Youngster I, Russell GH, Pindar C, Ziv-Baran T, Sauk J, Hohmann EL. Oral, capsulized, frozen fecal microbiota transplantation for relapsing Clostridium difficile infection. JAMA. 2014 Nov 5;312(17):1772-8. doi: 10.1001/jama.2014.13875.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 25322359 (View on PubMed)

de Lastours V, Poirel L, Huttner B, Harbarth S, Denamur E, Nordmann P. Emergence of colistin-resistant Gram-negative Enterobacterales in the gut of patients receiving oral colistin and neomycin decontamination. J Infect. 2020 May;80(5):578-606. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.01.003. Epub 2020 Jan 15. No abstract available.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 31954100 (View on PubMed)

Huttner BD, de Lastours V, Wassenberg M, Maharshak N, Mauris A, Galperine T, Zanichelli V, Kapel N, Bellanger A, Olearo F, Duval X, Armand-Lefevre L, Carmeli Y, Bonten M, Fantin B, Harbarth S; R-Gnosis WP3 study group. A 5-day course of oral antibiotics followed by faecal transplantation to eradicate carriage of multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae: a randomized clinical trial. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2019 Jul;25(7):830-838. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2018.12.009. Epub 2019 Jan 4.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 30616014 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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http://www.r-gnosis.eu/

Official website of the R-GNOSIS project

Other Identifiers

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2014-003727-22

Identifier Type: EUDRACT_NUMBER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

13-266

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id