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临床试验/NCT01579591
NCT01579591Unknown3 期

A Phase III, Randomized, Double-Blind Placebo Controlled Study of the Probiotic Preparation VSL#3® Versus Placebo in Increasing the Pathological Major Response Rate in Patients Receiving Concurrent Chemotherapy and Pelvic Radiation Therapy

Catholic University of the Sacred Heart2 个研究点 分布在 1 个国家目标入组 160 人开始时间: 2012年3月最近更新:
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试验速览

阶段
3 期
入组人数
160
试验地点
2
主要终点
The impact of the probiotic preparation on increasing the TRG1-2 rate.

研究概览

简要总结

This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III study involving 160 patients designed to assess the efficacy of the high potency probiotic preparation VSL#3® versus placebo in increasing the pathological major response rate in patients undergoing concurrent CT and pelvic RT.

研究设计

研究类型
Interventional
分配方式
Randomized
干预模型
Parallel
主要目的
Treatment
盲法
Double (Participant, Investigator)

入排标准

年龄范围
18 Years 至 —(Adult, Older Adult)
性别
All
接受健康志愿者

入选标准

  • Age > 18 years
  • Ability to sign informed consent and understand the nature of a placebo- controlled trial.
  • Ability to complete questionnaire(s) by themselves or with assistance.
  • Life expectancy ≥ 6 months.
  • Current diagnosis of cancer that supports the use of continuous definitive or adjuvant external-beam RT to the pelvis to a minimum dose of 4500 cGy delivered with conventional multi-field photon radiotherapy, 3-D conformal photon radiotherapy or intensity modulated photon therapy.
  • Will receive concurrent administration of chemotherapy (5-FU, capecitabine, cisplatin, oxaliplatin, carboplatin, and/or mitomycin) during pelvic RT
  • The following laboratory values obtained > 28 days prior to registration:
  • Hemoglobin > 10.0 g/dL WBC > 3,500 Absolute neutrophil count > 1,500 Platelets > 100,000
  • ECOG Performance Status (PS) of 0, 1 or 2
  • Willing to abstain from ingestion of yogurt products and/or any product containing probiotics during study drug treatment.

排除标准

  • Current or prior metastases beyond regional lymph nodes.
  • Undergone abdominal-perineal resection, Hartmann procedure, or other surgical procedure leaving the patient without a functioning rectum.
  • Known allergy to a probiotic preparation.
  • Any history of inflammatory bowel disease.
  • > grade 3 diarrhea, rectal bleeding, abdominal cramping, or incontinence of stool, ≤7 days prior to registration.
  • Any medical condition that may interfere with ability to receive protocol treatment.
  • Planned use of leucovorin (because of the risk of secretory diarrhea).
  • Split-course RT is planned.
  • Prior pelvic RT.
  • Proton RT.
  • Any of the following:
  • Pregnant women Nursing women Men or women of childbearing potential who are unwilling to employ adequate contraception
  • Use of probiotics ≤ 2 weeks prior to registration.
  • Use of antibiotics ≤ 1 week prior to registration.
  • Planned continuous antibiotic treatment during RT.
  • History of gastrointestinal or genitourinary obstruction or porphyria.

结局指标

主要结局

The impact of the probiotic preparation on increasing the TRG1-2 rate.

时间窗: From the date of randomization until to the date of surgery, up to 18 weeks

次要结局

  • Determine whether VSL#3® can have an impact on reduction of acute bowel toxicity(12-36 months)
  • pathological complete response (pCR)(12-36 months)
  • impact on reduction of sphincter saving surgery (SSS)(12-36 months)
  • disease free survival (DFS) at 36 months(36 months)
  • Determine whether VSL#3® can have an impact on reduction of late toxicity at 12 and 36 months.(12, 36 months)

研究者

申办方类型
Other
责任方
Principal Investigator
主要研究者

Vincenzo Valentini

Associated professor

Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

研究点 (2)

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