- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT03880448
Metronidazole vs Placebo as Adjuncts to Periodontal Surgery for Patients Positive to Porphyromonas Gingivalis
Clinical and Microbiological Evaluation of Metronidazole as a Systemic Antimicrobial Adjunct to Periodontal Surgery in the Treatment of Patients With Periodontitis Positive to Porphyromonas Gingivalis
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Design: pilot, randomized, parallel, placebo controlled and triple blind clinical trial.
Sample: Patients with generalized severe chronic periodontitis (stages III and IV) and positive to Porphyromonas gingivalis who potentially need periodontal surgery were recruited from those who attended the postgraduate program in periodontics at the Complutense University in Madrid.
Patients were randomly assigned to the test group (periodontal surgery + metronidazole) or control group (periodontal surgery + placebo).
Study visits:
- Examiner calibration
- Recruitment of patients. Screening. Data collection (clinical and microbiological variables)
Phase I
- Non surgical periodontal therapy (2 visits) performed by second year students.
- Reevaluation at 6 weeks. Data collection (clinical and microbiological variables).
Identification of study participants (patients with probing pocket depth > 5mm in ≥ 2 teeth per sextant or those presenting multiple sites with probing pocket depth ≥ 5mm and bleeding on probing in ≥ one mouth quadrant and positive to Porphyromonas gingivalis.
The need of the surgical procedure was supervised in every case by more than one experienced periodontist (clinical teachers). Finally patients were randomly assigned to their study groups.
Phase II. Surgical Periodontal Therapy
- Periodontal surgery sessions performed by second year students. In the last surgery the patient received a recipient containing the pills (metronidazole or placebo according to randomization) and the instructions for use.
- Suture removal 1 week after the surgery. Data collection 1 week after antibiotic consumption after the last surgery (patient-centered variables on the side effects of antibiotics). Pills recipients were collected in order to evaluate patient compliance. An individual not involved in the study protocol was in charge of doing the data and recipient collection.
Phase III. Periodontal Maintenance.
- Maintenance 1(3 months postsurgery). Data collection (clinical and microbiological variables)
- Maintenance 2 (6 months postsurgery). Data collection (clinical and microbiological variables)
- Maintenance 3 (9 months postsurgery).
- Maintenance 4 (12 months postsurgery). Data collection (clinical and microbiological variables)
Security protocol:
Any patient exhibiting worsening in periodontal clinical parameters during the maintenance phase were excluded from the study and inestable sites were re-treated. Inestable sites were considered those exhibiting clinical attachment loss > 2mm between two consecutive visits (Haffajee et al. 1983) after the treatment.
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Madrid, Spain, 28040
- Faculty of Dentistry, University Complutense
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
- Child
- Adult
- Older Adult
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosis of generalized severe chronic periodontitis (Armitage 1999) or periodontitis stages III or IV (Papapanou et al., 2018) that may require periodontal surgery.
- Have at least 10 teeth in function, excluding third molars.
- Present sites with pocket probing depth (PPD) ≥ 6mm in ≥ 2 teeth in ≥ one quadrant
- Present radiographic evidence of ≥ 30 % bone loss in ≥ 30% of the dentition
- Detection of Porphyromonas gingivalis in subgingival samples taken at the screening visit as well as in the post-scaling and root planing visit and processed by culture.
- Systemically healthy patients.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant or lactating women.
- Systemic pathology and/or taking medication that may affect the periodontal situation and/or patients requiring antibiotic prophylaxis.
- Have received systemic antimicrobial treatment 6 months prior to the beginning of the study.
- Have received periodontal treatment 6 months prior to the beginning of the study.
- Patients allergic to metronidazole.
- Patients allergic to cornstarch.
- Patients who refuse to sign the informed consent.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Triple
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Metronidazole + periodontal surgery
Periodontal surgery + Metronidazole (metronidazole 500mg/8h/7days)
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Metronidazole 500mg/8h/7days
periodontal surgery
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Placebo Comparator: Placebo + periodontal surgery
Periodontal surgery + Placebo (cornstarch 500mg/8h/7days)
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periodontal surgery
Cornstarch 500mg/8h/7days
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Probing Pocket Depth (PPD)
Time Frame: 6 weeks after scaling and root planing compared to 12 months after the surgery
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Full mouth measurement at 6 sites per tooth with a manual periodontal probe University North Carolina 15 (UNC-15mm)
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6 weeks after scaling and root planing compared to 12 months after the surgery
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Probing Pocket Depth (PPD)
Time Frame: At baseline (before scaling and root planing), 6 weeks after scaling and root planing (Reevaluation Phase I) and during the maintenance Phase III (3, 6 and 12 months after periodontal surgery)
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Full mouth measurement of the distance in mm from the gingival margin to the bottom of the periodontal pocket at 6 sites per tooth with a manual periodontal probe University North Carolina 15 (UNC-15mm)
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At baseline (before scaling and root planing), 6 weeks after scaling and root planing (Reevaluation Phase I) and during the maintenance Phase III (3, 6 and 12 months after periodontal surgery)
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Gingival Recession (REC)
Time Frame: At baseline (before scaling and root planing), 6 weeks after scaling and root planing (Reevaluation Phase I) and during the maintenance Phase III (3, 6 and 12 months after periodontal surgery)
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Full mouth measurement of the distance in mm from the cemento-enamel junction to the gingival margin at 6 sites per tooth with a manual periodontal probe University North Carolina 15 (UNC-15mm)
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At baseline (before scaling and root planing), 6 weeks after scaling and root planing (Reevaluation Phase I) and during the maintenance Phase III (3, 6 and 12 months after periodontal surgery)
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Full mouth plaque score (FMPS)
Time Frame: At baseline (before scaling and root planing), 6 weeks after scaling and root planing (Reevaluation Phase I) and during the maintenance Phase III (3, 6 and 12 months after periodontal surgery)
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Full mouth measurement at 6 sites per tooth of the presence/abscence of dental biofilm (plaque) with a manual periodontal probe University North Carolina 15 (UNC-15mm).
Dichotomous evaluation: 0: absence of plaque; 1: presence of plaque)
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At baseline (before scaling and root planing), 6 weeks after scaling and root planing (Reevaluation Phase I) and during the maintenance Phase III (3, 6 and 12 months after periodontal surgery)
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Full mouth bleeding score (FMBS)
Time Frame: At baseline (before scaling and root planing), 6 weeks after scaling and root planing (Reevaluation Phase I) and during the maintenance Phase III (3, 6 and 12 months after periodontal surgery)
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Full mouth measurement of the bleeding on probing at 6 sites per tooth with a manual periodontal probe University North Carolina 15 (UNC-15mm).
Dichotomous evaluation: 0: absence of bleeding on probing; 1: presence of bleeding on probing)
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At baseline (before scaling and root planing), 6 weeks after scaling and root planing (Reevaluation Phase I) and during the maintenance Phase III (3, 6 and 12 months after periodontal surgery)
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Furcation lesions
Time Frame: At baseline (before scaling and root planing), 6 weeks after scaling and root planing (Reevaluation Phase I) and during the maintenance Phase III (3, 6 and 12 months after periodontal surgery)
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Measurement of the degree of furcation lesions (0,I,II,III) with a Nabers periodontal probe
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At baseline (before scaling and root planing), 6 weeks after scaling and root planing (Reevaluation Phase I) and during the maintenance Phase III (3, 6 and 12 months after periodontal surgery)
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Clinical attachment level (CAL)
Time Frame: At baseline (before scaling and root planing), 6 weeks after scaling and root planing (Reevaluation Phase I) and during the maintenance Phase III (3, 6 and 12 months after periodontal surgery)
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Full mouth measurement of the distance in mm from cemento-enamel junction to the bottom of the periodontal pocket (REC+PPD) at 6 sites per tooth with a manual periodontal probe University North Carolina 15 (UNC-15mm)
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At baseline (before scaling and root planing), 6 weeks after scaling and root planing (Reevaluation Phase I) and during the maintenance Phase III (3, 6 and 12 months after periodontal surgery)
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Total Bacterial Counts
Time Frame: At baseline (before scaling and root planing), 6 weeks after scaling and root planing (Reevaluation Phase I) and during the maintenance Phase III (3, 6 and 12 months after periodontal surgery)
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A microbiological sample is taken with sterilized paper points from the gingival crevicular fluid and the total bacterial counts (expressed in colony forming units/ml) are analyzed by culture.
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At baseline (before scaling and root planing), 6 weeks after scaling and root planing (Reevaluation Phase I) and during the maintenance Phase III (3, 6 and 12 months after periodontal surgery)
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Percentage of periodontal pathogens
Time Frame: At baseline (before scaling and root planing), 6 weeks after scaling and root planing (Reevaluation Phase I) and during the maintenance Phase III (3, 6 and 12 months after periodontal surgery)
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Determination of the percentage of the following periodontal pathogens:
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At baseline (before scaling and root planing), 6 weeks after scaling and root planing (Reevaluation Phase I) and during the maintenance Phase III (3, 6 and 12 months after periodontal surgery)
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Counts of periodontal pathogens
Time Frame: At baseline (before scaling and root planing), 6 weeks after scaling and root planing (Reevaluation Phase I) and during the maintenance Phase III (3, 6 and 12 months after periodontal surgery)
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Determination of the percentage of the following periodontal pathogens:
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At baseline (before scaling and root planing), 6 weeks after scaling and root planing (Reevaluation Phase I) and during the maintenance Phase III (3, 6 and 12 months after periodontal surgery)
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Ocurrence of side effects
Time Frame: 1 week after the last surgery + pills intake (placebo or metronidazole)
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The patient was asked if the had experience any adverse effect and a questionnaire was filled in.
(Yes/No)
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1 week after the last surgery + pills intake (placebo or metronidazole)
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Adverse Effect Description
Time Frame: 1 week after the last surgery + pills intake (placebo or metronidazole)
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The patient was asked to freely describe the adverse effect he had experienced in the case he had.
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1 week after the last surgery + pills intake (placebo or metronidazole)
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Degree of affectation of an adverse effect
Time Frame: 1 week after the last surgery + pills intake (placebo or metronidazole)
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The patient was asked to categorize the degree of affectation of the adverse effect (mild, moderate or severe) in case he had experience any.
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1 week after the last surgery + pills intake (placebo or metronidazole)
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Patient Compliance
Time Frame: 1 week after the last surgery + pills intake (placebo or metronidazole)
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The patient was asked to bring the recipient with the pills 1 week after the last surgery in order to evaluate how many of them were left and so evaluate their compliance to the prescription dosage.
We calculate the percentage of pills the patient takes according to the prescription (1 pill every 8 hours for 7 days - Total of 21 pills)
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1 week after the last surgery + pills intake (placebo or metronidazole)
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Collaborators and Investigators
Investigators
- Study Director: Mariano Sanz Alonso, University Complutense Madrid (UCM)
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Terms related to this study
Keywords
- Metronidazole
- Microbiota
- Disease Progression
- Porphyromonas gingivalis
- Periodontitis/surgery
- Periodontitis/therapy
- Periodontitis/drug effect
- Periodontitis/drug therapy
- Periodontal diseases/surgery
- Periodontal diseases/therapy
- Periodontal pocket/drug therapy
- Metronidazole/therapeutic use
- Systemic antimicrobial/periodontal surgery
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- 12/207
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
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