Novel Probiotic Treatment for Prevention of Recurrent UTIs in Children (Nissle 1917)

October 13, 2014 updated by: Elizabeth Lucas, Nationwide Children's Hospital

Targeted Pathogen Replacement With Novel Probiotic Treatment for Prevention of Recurrent UTIs in Children

Background:

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are a common and costly cause of doctor visits for children. Frequent UTIs trigger kidney damage that leads to serious diseases like high blood pressure, pregnancy complications, and kidney failure. Treating UTIs with preventative antibiotics has not shown improvement of the risk of these diseases, and contributes to the growing public health issue of antibiotic resistant bacteria. Bacteria that cause UTIs originate from the bowel. In an effort to reduce the number of UTIs, investigators want to exchange the bacteria living in our bowels for a more harmless variety.

Hypothesis and specific aims:

Investigators hypothesize a probiotic comprised of a probiotic bacteria will change the bowel bacteria, thereby reducing the numbers of infection-causing bacteria, thus reducing frequency of UTIs in healthy patients with recurrent UTIs and those patients with urinary tract problems that require use of catheters to empty their bladders.

Aim 1: Investigators plan to challenge infection-causing bacteria like Pseudomonas species, Enterococcus species, and Klebsiella species to live in the same environment with the probiotic bacteria to see how the numbers of each bacteria change.

Aim 2: Investigators will culture bacteria that live on urinary catheters and then challenge them to live in the same environment as the probiotic bacteria.

Potential Impact:

This novel treatment prevents UTIs by exchanging a patient's bowel bacteria for a harmless bacteria and reduces the use of antibiotics overall in the community.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

50

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Ohio
      • Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43206
        • Nationwide Children's Hospital

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients with urinary catheters that will be getting them removed

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with urinary catheters placed that will be getting them removed

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patient's currently getting treated for UTI

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Time Perspectives: Prospective

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
Nissle 1917
In vitro, Nissle 1917's ability to adversely affect the growth of uropathogens associated with urinary catheters and those with a known GI resevoir will be measured.
Drug: Nissle 1917
Uropathogens will be challenged to share the same in vitro environment with Nissle 1917.
Other Names:
  • Mutaflor
  • Probiotic

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Ability of Nissle 1917 to adversely affect the growth in vitro of identified uropathogens
Time Frame: 2 years
Uropathogens obtained from discarded clinical samples will be challenged to live in the same environment as the probiotic, Nissle 1917. Colonies of uropathogens and Nissle 1917 will be counted as a measure of the more successful organism as well as, zone of inhibition will be measured in co-cultures.
2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Collaborators

Thrasher Research Fund

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Elizabeth J Lucas, MD, Nationwide Children's Hospital

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

July 1, 2012

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2014

Study Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 26, 2012

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 26, 2012

First Posted (Estimate)

September 28, 2012

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

October 15, 2014

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 13, 2014

Last Verified

October 1, 2014

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • IRB12-00279

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