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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN57305201
ISRCTN57305201Completed未知

Clostridium difficile - adjuvant therapy with high dose VSL#3® will shorten hospital stay and reduce relapse rates in Clostridium difficile associated diarrhoea: a multicentre double blind randomised placebo controlled trial

niversity Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (UK)0 sites114 target enrollmentStarted: February 13, 2008Last updated:

Trial Snapshot

Phase
未知
Status
Completed
Sponsor
Enrollment
114

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • Any consenting adult patient over the age of 18 years admitted to a Clostridium difficile Cohort Ward in either Gloucester Royal Hospital or Cheltenham General Hospital. Male and female genders will be included.

Exclusion Criteria

  • There is no upper age limit and patients with IBD will not be excluded. Apart from this, the following patients will be excluded:
  • 1. Those with evidence of dilated colon on plain abdominal film on admission
  • 2. Any patient known to be immunosuppressed (including those on steroids)
  • 3. Any patient refusing the VSL#3® as part of their treatment regime
  • 4. Patients with lactose intolerance or allergy
  • 5. Any patient with a history of rheumatic heart disease or prosthetic heart valve
  • 6. Any patient with a history of endocarditis

Investigators

Sponsor
niversity Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (UK)

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