A Study of the New Medical Device Polybactum®

NCT ID: NCT02863536

Last Updated: 2019-10-02

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

56 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-09-08

Study Completion Date

2018-09-21

Brief Summary

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The POLARIS trial is designed as a multicenter, open label, non-comparative, 3 months, clinical study.

Interventional, non-controlled, multicenter trial with a prospective design on one cohort of patients

Detailed Description

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To evaluate the efficacy of Polybactum® administered for 3 cycles (one cycle/month) in reducing the rate of recurrence of BV in women cured with vaginal metronidazole and to compare the results of the treatment with the rate of recurrence reported in appropriate selected international literature. Therefore, the Polybactum® early administration should be able to modify the basal individual risk of BV recurrence.

Conditions

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Bacterial Vaginosis

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Polybactum®

Polybactum® ovules are administered intravaginally on 3 cycles, 1 cycle per month.

Polybactum is a medical device Class IIa used and marketed for the recurrence of Bacterial Vaginosis.

Group Type OTHER

Polybactum®

Intervention Type DEVICE

3 cycles treatment one per month.. Duration of one cycle: 1 week; administration for each cycle: 1 ovule at Day 1, 1 ovule at Day 4; 1 ovule at Day 7.In the two following cycles, the same treatment will be repeated immediately after the end of the first and second menstrual bleeding.

Interventions

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Polybactum®

3 cycles treatment one per month.. Duration of one cycle: 1 week; administration for each cycle: 1 ovule at Day 1, 1 ovule at Day 4; 1 ovule at Day 7.In the two following cycles, the same treatment will be repeated immediately after the end of the first and second menstrual bleeding.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Women above 18 years.
* BV diagnosed by Amsel criteria (see Annex 3) in the 6-9 days before study, and cured with metronidazole vaginal formulation (gel for 5 days or ovules for 7 days).
* Diagnosis of RBV (at least 2 episodes of BV in the last 12 months including the BV cured before baseline).
* Non lactating women or lactating non amenorrheic women.
* Read and signed informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

* Pregnancy.
* Candidiasis or mixed vaginitis.
* HIV or other immunodeficiency.
* Known allergy to metronidazole or to Polybactum® ingredients.
* Sex workers.
* Menstruation or pre-menopause/menopause.
* Patients concomitantly included in different interventional clinical trials.
* Unwillingness to provide the informed consent to the trial.
* Time between the last day of last menses and baseline visit \> 16 days or ≤5 days.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Opera CRO, a TIGERMED Group Company

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Effik Italia S.p.A.

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Filippo Murina, Prof.dr.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Servizio di Patologia del Tratto Genitale Inferiore U.O. Ostetricia e Ginecologia Ospedale Vittore Buzzi - Universita' degli Studi di Milano Milano (Italy)

Locations

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Opera Contract Research Organization Srl

Timișoara, Timiș County, Romania

Site Status

Countries

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Romania

References

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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Marrazzo JM. Interpreting the epidemiology and natural history of bacterial vaginosis: are we still confused? Anaerobe. 2011 Aug;17(4):186-90. doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2011.03.016. Epub 2011 Apr 16.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Bradshaw CS, Morton AN, Hocking J, Garland SM, Morris MB, Moss LM, Horvath LB, Kuzevska I, Fairley CK. High recurrence rates of bacterial vaginosis over the course of 12 months after oral metronidazole therapy and factors associated with recurrence. J Infect Dis. 2006 Jun 1;193(11):1478-86. doi: 10.1086/503780. Epub 2006 Apr 26.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Senok AC, Verstraelen H, Temmerman M, Botta GA. Probiotics for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2009 Oct 7;(4):CD006289. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006289.pub2.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Murina F, Inghirami P, Biris M, Sirbu D, Barattini DF, Sbrocca F, Ardolino LI, Mangrella M, Casolati E, Rosu S, Crisan CD. Performance and Safety of a New Medical Device (Polybactum) for Reducing the Recurrence Rate of Bacterial Vaginosis: Protocol for a Multicenter, Open-Label, Noncontrolled International Clinical Trial (POLARIS Study). JMIR Res Protoc. 2023 Jul 20;12:e42787. doi: 10.2196/42787.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 37471117 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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OPEFF/0116/MD

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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