E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
Healthy volunteers trial, intended indication: Colitis ulcerosa in phase of remission, Chronic constipation |
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E.1.1.1 | Medical condition in easily understood language |
Colitis ulcerosa in phase of remission, Chronic constipation |
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E.1.1.2 | Therapeutic area | Diseases [C] - Digestive System Diseases [C06] |
MedDRA Classification |
E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | No |
E.2 Objective of the trial |
E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial |
To assess the clearance of Escherichia coli strain Nissle 1917 in the gastrointestinal tract after administration of an oral test preparation containing 2.5-25 x 10^9 CFU (Test IMP: Mutaflor® capsules) after single or multiple dose administrations of one capsule three times daily for 28 days (48 volunteers) or for 1 day (10 volunteers) taken together with meals |
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
1. No pre-existing medical conditions based on medical history and physical examination 2. Non-smoking 3. Male and female volunteers, aged 18-55 years 4. Normal weight according to the BMI (accepted range 18.5 to 30.0 kg/m2) 5. Regular bowel habits including consistency, frequency (4-14 stools per week) 6. Willingness to commit to no major dietary changes to daily carbohydrate and protein intake during the trial and until 2 weeks after last administration 7. Negative pregnancy test for all females of childbearing potential at entry visit 8. Signed written informed consent by subject
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
1. Use of Mutaflor (or any other probiotic product) within 12 months prior to study initiation 2. Use of any investigational drug or antibiotics within 60 days prior to study initiation 3. Baseline EcN positivity by PCR assay of stool sample 4. Active infection (viral or bacterial) 5. Active GI disease (current or within past 6 months) including nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, abdominal pain, malabsorption, GI bleeding, inflammatory bowel disease, or any other condition that could affect Mutaflor passage or activity in the GI tract or cause fluctuations in GI signs/symptoms 6. Any previously diagnosed inflammatory bowel disease or irritable bowel syndrome 7. Major surgery of the gastrointestinal tract except for appendectomy 8. History of immune-compromised condition (e.g., AIDS, lymphoma, subjects undergoing corticosteroid treatment) 9. Positive serologic findings for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibodies, hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), and/or hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibodies 10. Hypersensitivity to the active substance in Mutaflor or to any of the excipients 11. Allergic diathesis or any clinically significant allergic disease (i.e. asthma or bronchial hyperreactivity) 12. Laboratory values outside the normal range that are determined to be clinically significant by the investigator 13. Other severe chronic medical conditions or other active diseases that should be excluded, based on clinical assessment of the investigator 14. Systolic blood pressure outside the range of 100 to 140 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure outside the range of 60 to 90 mmHg at entry visit 15. Heart rate outside the range of 50 to 90 beats/min at entry visit 16. Body temperature (axillary) outside the interval of 35.5 to 37.1°C at entry visit 17. Any clinically significant abnormality of the resting ECG (12-lead) (i.e. AV block, 2° to 3°, sinus bradycardia, sick sinus syndrome, SA block) 18. Special diet due to any reason, e.g. vegetarians 19. Subjects expected not to be able to fulfil study specific restrictions given in chapter 9.4 Restrictions of the study protocol 20. Pregnant and/or nursing women. Positive pregnancy test on day 0 21. Fertile women without reliable contraception method. List of medically accepted contraceptive methods (used at least 4 weeks prior entry visit and not to be changed for the duration of the study): a. combination of 2 barrier methods: female/male condoms, diaphragms, spermicides b. hormonal methods: combined estrogen/progestin injectable and oral contraceptives, progestin injectable and oral contraceptives, Norplant implants, skin patches, NuvaRing® c. intrauterine devices (IUD): inert or copper-releasing or progestin-releasing IUD d. voluntary sterilization (female tubal occlusion) 22. History of drug abuse or use of illegal drugs: use of soft drugs, e.g. marihuana within 6 months of screening or hard drugs, e.g. cocaine, amphetamines, phencyclidine within 1 year of screening 23. Alcohol abuse, i.e. regular use of more than 2 units of alcohol per day or 10 units per week or a history of alcoholism (one unit of alcohol equals 250 ml beer, 125 ml wine or 25 ml spirits) or recovered alcoholics 24. Positive drug screening and/or positive alcohol test at entry screening or on day 0 25. Subjects who are known or suspected: a. not to comply with the study directives b. not to be capable of understanding and evaluating the information given to them as part of the formal information policy (informed consent), in particular regarding the risks and discomfort to which they would agree to be exposed c. to be in such a precarious financial situation that they no longer weigh up the possible risks of their participation and the unpleasantness they may be involved in
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
1. Percentage of volunteers with a stool sample positive for Escherichia coli strain Nissle 1917, 24 weeks after the start of treatment; 2. Time to no detection of EcN in the stool
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E.5.1.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
After completion of the clinical part of the trial and database lock |
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E.5.2 | Secondary end point(s) |
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E.5.2.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
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E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial |
E.6 | Scope of the trial |
E.6.1 | Diagnosis | No |
E.6.2 | Prophylaxis | No |
E.6.3 | Therapy | No |
E.6.4 | Safety | Yes |
E.6.5 | Efficacy | No |
E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | No |
E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | No |
E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No |
E.6.9 | Dose response | No |
E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | No |
E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic | No |
E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic | No |
E.6.13 | Others | Yes |
E.6.13.1 | Other scope of the trial description |
clearance of Escherichia coli strain Nissle 1917 in the gastrointestinal tract, assessment of changes in GI symptoms |
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E.7 | Trial type and phase |
E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) | No |
E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans | No |
E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | No |
E.7.1.3 | Other | No |
E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description | |
E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) | Yes |
E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | No |
E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | No |
E.8 Design of the trial |
E.8.1 | Controlled | No |
E.8.1.1 | Randomised | No |
E.8.1.2 | Open | Yes |
E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No |
E.8.1.4 | Double blind | No |
E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | No |
E.8.1.6 | Cross over | No |
E.8.1.7 | Other | No |
E.8.2 | Comparator of controlled trial |
E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) | No |
E.8.2.2 | Placebo | No |
E.8.2.3 | Other | No |
E.8.3 |
The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned
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E.8.4 | The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned | No |
E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | No |
E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA |
E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | No |
E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | No |
E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | No |
E.8.8 |
Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last
visit of the last subject undergoing the trial
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E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | 1 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | 0 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | 0 |