A Clinical Trial of Resistant Potato Starch for Gut MDRO Decolonization
试验速览
- 阶段
- 2 期
- 状态
- 尚未招募
- 入组人数
- 120
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Multidrug resistant organism (MDRO) Decolonization
研究概览
简要总结
Multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) cause serious infections that are difficult to treat, leading to increased morbidity and mortality, longer hospital stays, and increased healthcare costs. Many risk factors for MDRO infections are present in the Veteran population (such as older age, underlying medical conditions like diabetes, and stays in long-term healthcare settings). Some people can carry these organisms in their gut. Even without current symptoms, carrying these MDROs also increases risk of future infection. Effective, easy to use, and inexpensive interventions to reduce gut carriage of MDROs are needed to reduce risk of infection. Dietary fiber prebiotics have shown promise in improving the healthy gut microbiome, and the investigators have found that individuals with high fiber in their diets have reduced carriage of MDROs in the gut. The investigators propose a randomized controlled trial to test the effectiveness of a dietary fiber prebiotic intervention (resistant potato starch) in reducing gut MDRO carriage in Veterans with a history of MDRO carriage and/or infection. The investigators will also evaluate the effect on the gut microbiome as well as Veterans' experience with the fiber intervention.
详细描述
Multidrug resistant organisms (MDROs) are resistant to antimicrobials and cause difficult to treat infections. MDRO infections thus lead to increased morbidity and mortality, increased length of stay, and higher medical costs. Colonization with an MDRO is also a risk factor for future infection. While decolonization of the skin is a straightforward and commonly used practice to prevent MDRO infections, gut colonization with MDROs is also a major risk factor but is much more difficult to modify. There is a critical gap in identification of effective, inexpensive, and easy to use interventions to reduce MDRO colonization and promote a healthy gut microbiome to reduce MDRO infections.
This project will address a novel approach to prevention: use of a dietary fiber prebiotic that is easily administered as a dietary supplement, inexpensive, and well-tolerated. While evidence suggests that prebiotics and dietary fiber have potential to promote healthy gut microbiomes and reduce MDRO colonization in the gut, there have not yet been any published studies in humans on the effect of dietary fiber prebiotic in reducing MDRO colonization.
The investigators will conduct a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase II clinical trial in 120 Veterans with a history of MDRO colonization and infection. Veterans will be randomized to a 5-week intervention period of either a dietary fiber intervention (resistant potato starch) or placebo. Participants will submit weekly stool samples during the intervention period, and one follow-up stool sample 3 months after completing treatment. Stool samples will be tested for presence of MDROs (primary outcome), and shotgun metagenomic sequencing and targeted metabolomics will be done to evaluate the gut microbiome (secondary outcomes: changes in metabolites and composition of the gut microbiome). Participants will also answer surveys about their experience with the intervention, including ease of use and tolerability.
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 (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Presence of C. difficile, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE), and/or Multi-drug resistant Enterobacteriaceae (MDRE) in the gut as determined by a stool test
- •Ambulatory/not hospitalized at time of enrollment
排除标准
- •Allergy to any ingredient or source material in intervention or placebo product
- •Severe gastrointestinal condition that may be exacerbated by high dietary fiber intake (history of bowel obstruction, intestinal strictures, diverticulitis, active inflammatory bowel disease with structuring, gastroparesis, and/or severe gastrointestinal motility disorders)
- •Uncontrolled diabetes (hospitalized in previous 5 years due to diabetes)
- •Dysphagia
- •Fecal microbiome transplant in the last 30 days
- •Intestinal surgery in the last 30 days
- •Pregnancy or breastfeeding
- •Immunosuppression, defined as history of solid organ transplant or as receipt of ablative chemotherapy, steroids at the equivalent of ≥5 mg/day prednisone, antimetabolites, anti-TNF agents, calcineurin inhibitors, or mycophenolate at time of enrollment
- •Use of probiotics or fiber supplements in previous 30 days
- •Already on a decolonization protocol
- •Active infection requiring acute antibiotic treatment
研究组 & 干预措施
Placebo
Participants assigned to this arm will consume placebo (maltodextrin) powder as part of their standard diet for 5 weeks. On days 1-4 they will consume 4 grams (g) of product, on days 5-7 they will consume 7g of product, on days 8-35 they will consume 10g of product.
干预措施: Maltodextrin (Drug)
Prebiotic
Participants assigned to this arm will consume resistant potato starch prebiotic fiber powder as part of their standard diet for 5 weeks. On days 1-4 they will consume 4 grams (g) of product, on days 5-7 they will consume 7g of product, on days 8-35 they will consume 10g of product.
干预措施: Resistant Potato Starch (Drug)
结局指标
主要结局
Multidrug resistant organism (MDRO) Decolonization
时间窗: 3 years
Changes in prevalence of MDRO carriage with one or more MDRO of interest: C. difficile, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE), and/or multi-drug resistant Enterobacteriaceae (MDRE)
次要结局
- Alpha-1-antitrypsin (AAT) levels(3 years)
- Gut microbiome composition(3 years)
- Changes in gut microbiome metabolites(3 years)