Study of Probiotic Potential of Lactobacillus Strains in the Upper Respiratory Tract After Nasal Spray Application

NCT ID: NCT03587545

Last Updated: 2020-04-08

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

120 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-06-01

Study Completion Date

2021-07-31

Brief Summary

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Probiotics are defined as "live micro-organisms that, when administered in adequate amounts, confer a health benefit to the host" (Hill et al, 2014). These microbes are generally applied in the gastrointestinal tract via fermented food products or capsules. In previous research, the investigators isolated bacterial strains with potential probiotic properties for the upper respiratory tract based on in vitro laboratory tests, in vivo mice experiments and genome sequencing.

In this study, the investigators want to deliver the Proof-of-Concept that the most promising isolated strain, Lactobacillus casei AMBR2 (LAMBR2) and the well-documented probiotic strain Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG) also have interesting properties in humans, i.e. that these strains are able to -temporarily- persist in the upper respiratory tract of healthy volunteers and CRS patients after daily nasal application via a nasal spray for 2 weeks. In addition, the investigators aim to explore whether the application of these strains has an impact on the nasopharyngeal microbiome via 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing and dedicated qPCR analysis.

Therefore, bacterial DNA from nasal swabs will be isolated via commercially available DNA extraction kits, followed by Illumina MiSeq sequencing in order to identify the bacterial species present in these samples. Furthermore, the concentration of the Lactobacillus and specific pathogens will be monitored via qPCR.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Healthy Volunteers Chronic Rhinosinusitis (Diagnosis) Probiotics Sprays Nasal Disease

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Investigators

Study Groups

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Healthy probiotic group LGG

Daily intake by healthy volunteers of 2 dosages of LGG spray during 2 weeks. Probiotic nasal spray.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Probiotic nasal spray

Intervention Type OTHER

Total daily nasal administration of 2\*10\^8 CFU of probiotic bacteria delivered via 2 servings.

Healthy probiotic group LAMBR2

Daily intake by healthy volunteers of 2 dosages of LAMBR2 spray during 2 weeks. Probiotic nasal spray.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Probiotic nasal spray

Intervention Type OTHER

Total daily nasal administration of 2\*10\^8 CFU of probiotic bacteria delivered via 2 servings.

Healthy placebo group

Daily intake by healthy volunteers of 2 dosages of placebo spray during 2 weeks.

Placebo nasal spray.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo nasal spray

Intervention Type OTHER

Two servings of nasal administration of placebo nasal spray (not containing probiotic bacteria)

CRS probiotic group LGG

Daily intake by CRS patients of 2 dosages of LGG spray during 2 weeks. Probiotic nasal spray.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Probiotic nasal spray

Intervention Type OTHER

Total daily nasal administration of 2\*10\^8 CFU of probiotic bacteria delivered via 2 servings.

CRS probiotic group LAMBR2

Daily intake by CRS patients of 2 dosages of LAMBR2 spray during 2 weeks. Probiotic nasal spray.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Probiotic nasal spray

Intervention Type OTHER

Total daily nasal administration of 2\*10\^8 CFU of probiotic bacteria delivered via 2 servings.

CRS placebo group

Daily intake by CRS patients of 2 dosages of placebo spray during 2 weeks. Placebo nasal spray.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo nasal spray

Intervention Type OTHER

Two servings of nasal administration of placebo nasal spray (not containing probiotic bacteria)

Interventions

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Probiotic nasal spray

Total daily nasal administration of 2\*10\^8 CFU of probiotic bacteria delivered via 2 servings.

Intervention Type OTHER

Placebo nasal spray

Two servings of nasal administration of placebo nasal spray (not containing probiotic bacteria)

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* CRS patient group: CRS diagnosed

Exclusion Criteria

* no patients with trisomy 21
* no pregnant women
* no breastfeeding women
* no acute or chronic airway infections (except for CRS patients in CRS patient group)
* no cancer
* no autoimmune diseases
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University Hospital, Antwerp

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Ethisch Comité, UZA

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Sarah Lebeer

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Universiteit Antwerpen

Locations

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Antwerp University Hospital

Edegem, Antwerp, Belgium

Site Status

Countries

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Belgium

Related Links

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Other Identifiers

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B300201835709

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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