TerminatedNot Applicable

The Influence of Probiotics on Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus

Stopped: Participant lost to followup

United States8 participantsStarted 2007-12

Plain-language summary

Drinking probiotics in a the form of a yogurt drink will restore normal gastrointestinal (GI) bacteria in patients whose colon are colonized with vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE).

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 70 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * VRE positive patients with GI colonization Exclusion Criteria: * Age less than 18 years * Patients who have had a bone marrow transplant * Extreme short bowel patients (less than 100 cm small bowel remaining) * Patients with active VRE infection but no GI colonization * Patients unable to eat and have no feeding access * Patients who do not have a power of attorney to give consent if they are unable to

What they're measuring

Whether a positive VRE colonized patient becomes VRE negative after drinking yogurt with probiotics

Timeframe: 4 weeks

Trial details

NCT IDNCT00591474

SponsorOregon Health and Science University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2010-01

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