Probiotic Use in Children Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT)

Completed · Phase 1

Conditions studied: Hematopoietic Organs; Disorder

In brief

Primary Objective: 1\. To evaluate the safety of orally administered Lactobacillus plantarum strains 299 and 299v, a probiotic, in patients undergoing allogeneic myeloablative HSCT, as measured by incidence of Lactobacillus plantarum bacteremia. Secondary Objectives: 1. To investigate the feasibility of administering Lactobacillus plantarum 299 and 299v to children and adolescents undergoing HSCT. 2. To describe the overall incidence of bacteremia in HSCT patients who have been administered Lactobacillus plantarum. 3. To describe the overall incidence of acute graft versus host disease (GVHD) in HSCT patients who have been administered Lactobacillus plantarum.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01010867

Run by

Columbia University

People needed

31

Starts

2010-02-01

Expected to finish

2014-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-07-13

Who can join

Age: 2 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All patients undergoing myeloablative allogeneic HSCT will be eligible. The source of stem cells can be from bone marrow, umbilical cord blood or cytokine mobilized peripheral blood. Donor can be human leukocyte antigen (HLA) matched sibling or parent, a related donor mismatched for a single HLA locus (class I or II), unrelated marrow or peripheral blood stem cell donor, or unrelated cord blood at least 4/6 antigen match (Class 1 or II).
• Patients of either gender and between 2 and 17.99 years of age
• Patients receiving any type of GVHD prophylaxis are eligible.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients who have self-prescribed probiotics within 3 months of starting the conditioning regimen for stem cell transplant (consumption of yogurt products is allowed).
• Patients with known allergy to oats.
• Patients who have had any type of gut damage within the past three months; such as, previous bowel perforations; previous episode of Grade 4 neutropenic colitis or typhlitis.
• Patients with inflammatory bowel syndrome, short small bowel syndrome, Crohns Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, and patients with a history of bowel resections.
• Patients who have undergone a previous allogeneic HSCT.

Where it is running

• Nemours Children's Clinic — Jacksonville, Florida, United States
• All Children's Hospital — St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
• Columbia Universtiy Medical Center — New York, New York, United States

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