Oral Vancomycin Vs Placebo in the Prevention of Recurrence of Clostridioides Difficile's Infection

NCT ID: NCT05320068

Last Updated: 2024-12-12

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

24 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-08-02

Study Completion Date

2024-03-01

Brief Summary

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A phase III randomized clinical trial in proportion 2:1 in favor of oral vancomycin (experimental treatment), multicentric, national, double-blinded, controlled with placebo. The main objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of treatment with oral vancomycin to reduce the incidence of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) in patients who suffered previous CDI and who need further hospitalization and treatment with systemic antibiotic therapy in the 90 days after the first CDI.

Detailed Description

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As secondary objectives the investigators intend to:

* Evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment with oral vancomycin as part of the prophylaxis arsenal to prevent ICD in patients with previous ICD episodes stratified by the number of previous recurrences.
* Compare the severity of recurrences in both study groups.
* Compare the effectiveness of the treatment with oral vancomycin depending on the type of systemic antibiotic therapy prescribed.
* Evaluate the tolerance and the safety of the treatment with oral vancomycin in terms of secondary effects and difficulty in therapeutic compliance.
* Evaluate if the treatment with oral vancomycin has an effect in diminishing the severity of ICD recurrences.

Conditions

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Clostridioides Difficile Infection

Keywords

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Vancomycin oral capsules

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Proportion 2:1 in favour to the intervention arm
Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators

Study Groups

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Intervention group

A group of patients will be treated with a blinded capsule that contains 125mg of vancomycin every 6 hours for 10 days.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Oral Vancomycin

Intervention Type DRUG

A blinded capsule that contains 125mg of vancomycin every 6 hours during 10 days.

Placebo group

A group of patients will be treated with a blinded capsule that contains a placebo every 6 hours for 10 days.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

A blinded capsule that contains no vancomycin every 6 hours during 10 days.

Interventions

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Oral Vancomycin

A blinded capsule that contains 125mg of vancomycin every 6 hours during 10 days.

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

A blinded capsule that contains no vancomycin every 6 hours during 10 days.

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age equal or superior to 18 years
* Previous history of Clostridioides difficile infection in the 90 days before the study enrolment
* Need for hospitalization and need of antibiotic therapy
* Signature of informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

* Woman of childbearing age, pregnant woman, or breastfeeding woman
* Hypersensitivity to vancomycin
* Inability to comply with study protocol
* Critically ill condition or life expectancy less than 30 days
* Patients with diagnosed inflammatory bowel disease or with any conditions that produce chronic diarrhea
* Fulfilment of the criteria for diarrhea or diagnosis of CDI at the time of assessment for eligibility or in the previous 3 days
* Therapy with oral vancomycin or any other agent with activity against C. difficile for \>48 hours in the previous 3 days;.
* Prophylaxis with oral vancomycin or any other agent with activity against C. difficile within the 70 days before the assessment for eligibility
* Systemic antibiotic therapy for 72 hours or more before the recruitment
* Ongoing enrolment in another RCT evaluating the effectiveness of other drugs
* Estimated use of systemic antibiotic therapy for more than 4 weeks
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Instituto de Salud Carlos III

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Julia Orígüen

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Julia Orígüen

Julia Origüen Sabater, MD, PhD, Principal Investigator.

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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RAFAEL SAN-JUAN

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

HOSPITAL 12 DE OCTUBRE

Locations

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Rafael San Juan

Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Site Status

Countries

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Spain

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Other Identifiers

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PREVAN-ICD

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