Intravesical Lactobacillus to Reduce Urinary Symptoms After Spinal Cord Injury

Medstar Health Research Institute1 个研究点分布在 1 个国家目标入组 182 人开始时间: 2020年5月20日最近更新: 2025年5月13日

适应症

干预措施

试验速览

阶段: 2 期
状态: 已完成
发起方
入组人数: 182
试验地点: 1
主要终点: Urinary Symptom Questionnaire for Neurogenic Bladder- Intermittent catheter

研究概览研究设计入排标准研究组 & 干预措施结局指标研究者研究点记录与标识符相似试验

研究概览

简要总结

The objectives of the proposed research among this population are: 1) to define clinically meaningful change (i.e. differentiating states of health and illness) with respect to urinary symptoms, urine inflammation, cultivable bacteria, and the urine ecosystem; and 2) to determine the optimal intravesical Lactobacillus RhamnosusGG (LGG®) dose to be used to reduce urinary symptoms in a future clinical trial.

详细描述

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most common outpatient infection world-wide, and for people with spinal cord injury (SCI) and neurogenic bladder (NB), it is the most common infection, secondary condition, cause for emergency room visits, and infectious cause of hospitalization. Despite its prevalence, attempts to ameliorate UTI among people with SCI are stymied by long-standing diagnostic challenges which arise from evidence gaps around "gold standard" diagnostic tests (urinalysis and urine culture) that have lower sensitivity and specificity for UTI in this population. A high prevalence of chronic inflammation leading to persistence of white blood cells (WBC) in the urine confounds the utility of WBC count, pyuria, and leukocyte esterase as biomarkers for UTI; nitrites in urine indicate the presence of only specific (but not all) organisms, many of which are present to a greater extent in the urine of people with SCI; and people with SCI have a high prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria. These physiologic changes render the gold standard diagnostic tests less useful for identifying UTI in persons with SCI.

SPECIFIC AIM 1

2 urine samples (sampling at least 2 weeks apart) for urinalysis, urine culture, uNGAL, and NGS (16S rRNA and shotgun) under the same conditions. In addition to completing the USQNB-IC prior to urine collection, participants will complete the USQNB-IC 3 days after urine collection

SPECIFIC AIM 2 Intravesical LGG dose (group: high or low) will be obtained, USQNB-IC, urine collection for urinalysis, culture, NGAL and next generation sequencing as described above. And patient satisfaction questions.

研究设计

研究类型: Interventional
分配方式: Randomized
干预模型: Parallel
主要目的: Prevention
盲法: None

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

•SCI at least 1-year duration;
•Neurogenic bladder;
•Utilizing intermittent catheterization for bladder management;
•Women must be premenopausal and not currently menstruating;
•Community dwelling

排除标准

•Use of prophylactic antibiotics;
•Instillation of intravesical antimicrobials to prevent UTI;
•Psychologic or psychiatric conditions influencing the ability to follow instructions;
•Use of oral or IV antibiotics within the past 2 weeks;
•Sexual activity within the previous 72 hours;
•Participation in another study with which results could be confounded.

研究组 & 干预措施

Low Dosage Group

Experimental

For the LGG® instillation, participants will be instructed to mix the contents of 1 LGG capsule into 45 cc sterile 0.9% saline. After mixing, participants will draw up the 45cc liquid LGG mixture into a 60cc syringe and instill via the intermittent catheter. Participants will receive 2 LGG capsules and will repeat this process the following day ("Low" dose). Subjects will remain in the study for up to 29 months, with participation ending after one completed intervention (2 doses) and post-intervention assessments are complete. If urinary symptoms do not occur warranting instillation during the ensuing 29 months, participants will be asked to return any remaining kits (including LGG®). Participants will be instructed to complete the USQNB-IDC weekly until study completion.

干预措施: Culturelle 10 Billion CFU Capsule (2 doses) (Drug)

High Dosage Group

Experimental

For the LGG® instillation, participants will be instructed to mix the contents of 1 LGG capsule into 45 cc sterile 0.9% saline. After mixing, participants will draw up the 45cc liquid LGG mixture into a 60cc syringe and instill via the intermittent catheter. Participants will receive 4 LGG capsules and will repeat this process the following day twice for a total of four doses ("High" dose). Subjects will remain in the study for up to 29 months, with participation ending after one completed intervention (4 doses) and post-intervention assessments are complete. If urinary symptoms do not occur warranting instillation during the ensuing 29 months, participants will be asked to return any remaining kits (including LGG®). Participants will be instructed to complete the USQNB-IDC weekly until study completion.

干预措施: Culturelle 10 Billion CFU Capsule (4 doses) (Drug)

结局指标

主要结局

Urinary Symptom Questionnaire for Neurogenic Bladder- Intermittent catheter

时间窗: (SA2) 24-48 hours after intervention completion

Will measure change in urinary symptoms for those that use an intermittent catheter. Higher scores may mean worse outcomes.

Change in Cultivable Bacteria