- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT03377374
L. Reuteri ATCC PTA 5289 & L. Reuteri DSM 17938 for the Treatment of Children With Pharyngitis and/or Tonsillitis
Randomized Controlled Trial on the Safety and Efficacy of L. Reuteri ATCC PTA 5289 & L. Reuteri DSM 17938 for the Treatment of Children With Pharyngitis and/or Tonsillitis: A Proof of Concept
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Rationale. Acute respiratory infections (ARIs) are a common problem in the first decade of life. The yearly prevalence of respiratory tract infections in an otherwise healthy 3-year old child is about three to 10 infections. Children between 6 months and 5 years are more prone to develop pharyngitis and tonsillitis compared to older children. 60-70% of children with F/T lies within this age group. Aetiology the pharyngitis and tonsillitis is viral in 70% of all cases In developing countries 6/10 cases are treated using antibiotics, regardless of clinical guidelines or standard of care documents recommending only to use symptomatic drugs (NSAID).
Primary outcome. Duration of symptoms and reduction of pain (odynophagia) severity Secondary outcomes. Days with fever secondary to RTIs; Number of children receiving antibiotic treatment in each treatment group; Days of medical office visits or emergency visits; Total amount of medical office visits or emergency visits during the study, secondary to episodes of RTI; Days of absences from day care centre; Direct and Indirect costs Total costs of treatments including visit to private office, visit to emergency department, cost of treatment (NSAIDs + Probiotics vs NSAIDs + Placebo); Frequency of adverse events; Viral/bacterial load (multiplex-PCR); IgA in saliva and Change in salivary inflammatory biomarkers.
Interventions. L. reuteri DSM 17938 + L. reuteri ATCC PTA 5289) will be given at a dose of 2x10^8 Colony Forming Units (CFU). Five drops are to be taken twice a day (in the morning and in the evening) giving a daily dose of 4x108 CFU/day. The placebo drops will have identical ingredients except for lacking the bacteria. Five drops are to be taken twice a day (in the morning and in the evening).
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Tlalpan
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Mexico city, Tlalpan, Mexico, 14080
- Hospital General Dr. Manuel Gea Gonzalez
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Healthy Infants suffering from pharyngitis and/or tonsillitis
- Born at term (36 weeks of gestation)
- Any gender
- 6 months to 5 years old
- Birth weight >2500 g
- Same socioeconomic background
- Written informed consent from at least one parent or legal guardian
Exclusion Criteria:
- Use of antibiotics or probiotic products 2 weeks' prior inclusion in the study
- Eight or more new ear infections (otitis media) within 12 months
- Two or more serious sinus infections within 12 months
- Two or more episodes of pneumonia within 12 months
- Two or more invasive infections in the history (meningitis, cellulitis, osteomyelitis, septicaemia)
- Failure to gain weight or grow normally
- Chronic diarrhoea
- Recurrent deep skin or organ abscesses,
- Persistent superficial candidiasis after 1 year of age
- Use of two or more months on antibiotics for respiratory infections on the last year before considered eligible
- Gastroesophageal reflux
- Allergy
- Asthma
- A1-antitrypsin deficeincy
- Primary or secondary ciliary dyskenisia
- Congenital anomalies of respiratory tract
- Supplementation of probiotics 2 weeks before inclusion in the study and during the whole study period
- If the mother is breastfeeding the child participating in the trial the mother should not use supplementation of probiotics 2 weeks before and during the study period
- Concurrent participation in other clinical trials
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Quadruple
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Probiotic
L. reuteri ATCC PTA 5289 + L. reuteri DSM 17938 at a dose of 2x10^8 Colony Forming Units (CFU)
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L. reuteri Prodentis oil drops (L.
reuteri DSM 17938 and L. reuteri ATCC PTA 5289) will be given at a dose of 2x108 Colony Forming Units (CFU).
Five drops are to be taken twice a day (in the morning and in the evening) giving a daily dose of 4x108 CFU/day.
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Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Five drops of Placebo taken twice a day (in the morning and in the evening).
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Five drops of Placebo taken twice a day (in the morning and in the evening).
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Clinical Improvement
Time Frame: 10 days
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Duration of respiratory symptoms
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10 days
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Fever improvement
Time Frame: 10 days
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Total number of hours during the study that the child is with temperature >37.5oC measured twice a day since the moment they start to use the interventions and until the last visit into the study
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10 days
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Use of antibiotics
Time Frame: 10 days
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Total amount of days of antibiotic use during the study, secondary to the presence of episodes of RTI, reported since the beginning of the study products administration until the last visit occur
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10 days
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Medical/Emergency visits
Time Frame: 10 days
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Total amount of medical office visits or emergency visits during the study, secondary to episodes of RTI, reported since the beginning of the study products administration until the last visit occurs
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10 days
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Abseentisim
Time Frame: 10 days
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Total amount of days of absences from the day care centre during the study, secondary to the presence of episodes of RTI, reported since the beginning of the study products administration until the last visit occurs.
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10 days
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Costs of intervention
Time Frame: 10 days
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Total costs of treatments including visit to private office, visit to emergency department, cost of treatment (NSAIDs + Probiotics vs NSAIDs + Placebo)
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10 days
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Adverse events
Time Frame: 10 days
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Total number of adverse events which be reported by parents starting after randomization and finishing at the moment of last visit
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10 days
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Inflammatory improvements
Time Frame: 10 days
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Changes in IgA in saliva
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10 days
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Collaborators and Investigators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Pedro Gutierrez Castrellon, MD, MSc, DSc, Innovacion y Desarrollo de Estrategias en Salud
Publications and helpful links
General Publications
- Laursen RP, Larnkjaer A, Ritz C, Hauger H, Michaelsen KF, Molgaard C. Probiotics and Child Care Absence Due to Infections: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Pediatrics. 2017 Aug;140(2):e20170735. doi: 10.1542/peds.2017-0735. Epub 2017 Jul 3.
- Gerasimov SV, Ivantsiv VA, Bobryk LM, Tsitsura OO, Dedyshin LP, Guta NV, Yandyo BV. Role of short-term use of L. acidophilus DDS-1 and B. lactis UABLA-12 in acute respiratory infections in children: a randomized controlled trial. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2016 Apr;70(4):463-9. doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2015.171. Epub 2015 Oct 14.
- Taipale TJ, Pienihakkinen K, Isolauri E, Jokela JT, Soderling EM. Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12 in reducing the risk of infections in early childhood. Pediatr Res. 2016 Jan;79(1-1):65-9. doi: 10.1038/pr.2015.174. Epub 2015 Sep 15.
- Maldonado J, Canabate F, Sempere L, Vela F, Sanchez AR, Narbona E, Lopez-Huertas E, Geerlings A, Valero AD, Olivares M, Lara-Villoslada F. Human milk probiotic Lactobacillus fermentum CECT5716 reduces the incidence of gastrointestinal and upper respiratory tract infections in infants. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2012 Jan;54(1):55-61. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e3182333f18. Erratum In: J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2012 Apr;54(4):571.
- Merenstein D, Murphy M, Fokar A, Hernandez RK, Park H, Nsouli H, Sanders ME, Davis BA, Niborski V, Tondu F, Shara NM. Use of a fermented dairy probiotic drink containing Lactobacillus casei (DN-114 001) to decrease the rate of illness in kids: the DRINK study. A patient-oriented, double-blind, cluster-randomized, placebo-controlled, clinical trial. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2010 Jul;64(7):669-77. doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2010.65. Epub 2010 May 19.
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More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- CSUB0140
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
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