Colonizing Neurogenic Bladders With Benign Flora
Completed · Phase 1
Conditions studied: Spinal Cord Injury, Urinary Tract Infection
In brief
The purpose of the research is to determine whether we can get harmless bacteria to live in the bladders of persons with spinal cord injury who practice intermittent bladder catheterization. We will also look at whether having the harmless bacteria in the bladder prevents urinary tract infections from occurring.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00371631
- Run by
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
- People needed
- 13
- Starts
- 2006-10-01
- Expected to finish
- 2008-04-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2014-11-24
Who can join
Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Patients followed at the MEDVAMC who have sustained spinal cord injury > 12 months earlier, suffer from neurogenic bladder, practice intermittent bladder catheterization, and who have had at least 1 symptomatic UTI in the past will be enrolled.
You may not qualify if…
- Exclusion criteria will include obstructive urolithiasis, indwelling bladder or nephrostomy catheters, supravesical urinary diversion, vesicoureteral reflux, active malignancy, uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, AIDS, requirement for immunosuppressive medication, or current antibiotic therapy. Women of childbearing age must have a negative pregnancy test before enrolling in the study, and they must utilize effective birth control methods during the study and for 3 months after the study is concluded.
Where it is running
- Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center — Houston, Texas, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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