Clinical trials: Bacterial Colonization
Bacterial Infection
Effect of Chlorhexidine Cleansing on Skin Flora of Newborns in Nepal
The purpose of this study is to compare the reductions in skin flora of newborns after a single cleansing of the body with three concentrations of chlorhexidine (0.25%, 0.5%, 1.0%) and to examine the safety of skin cleansing in…
- Trial name
- NNIPS-SFS (NCT00271440)
- Testing
- skin cleansing with chlorhexidine (0.25%, 0.5%, 1%)
- Where
- Nepal
- Volunteers
- 286 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Infection
Impact of Chlorhexidine Cleansing on Bacteria Colonizing the Umbilical Cord of Infants in Bangladesh
Background: In developing countries, many babies are born at home and the umbilical cord commonly becomes infected during the first week after birth, and can be deadly.
- Trial name
- NCT00719329
- Testing
- Chlorhexidine 4.0%, Dry Cord Care
- Where
- 3 sites in United States, Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 1,931 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Pertussis
Establishing a Controlled Human Infection Model of Bordetella Pertussis
This study aims to establish a Controlled Human Infection Model of Bordetella pertussis by determining a reproducible and safe infectious bacterial dose (challenge inoculum) that achieves colonization and mild symptomatic…
- Trial name
- NCT05136599
- Testing
- Bordetella pertussis D420
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 79 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dalhousie University
Streptococcus Pneumoniae Infection
A Controlled Human Pneumococcal Infection Model (PIM) Study
Infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus) is the leading cause of pneumonia, bacterial meningitis and bacteraemia worldwide in the very young and the elderly.
- Trial name
- PIM (NCT05361499)
- Testing
- Sp_6B, Amoxicillin 500 mg
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Radboud University Medical Center
COPD
Mechanisms and Impact of Bacterial Colonisation in COPD
COPD is a leading cause of lung disease and a common cause of hospitalisation, time off work and death. Smoking is the major factor associated with development of COPD.
- Trial name
- NCT03161561
- Testing
- capacity of primary phagocytes
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 37 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Group B Streptococcal Infection
Effect of Probiotics on GBS Colonization Status During Pregnancy: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is the leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality in Canada. It may be passed from a study participant colonized in the genital tract by GBS to their baby during vaginal birth.
- Trial name
- NCT02528981
- Testing
- Probiotic
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 114 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Toronto Metropolitan University
Bronchiectasis, Inflammation
Bronchiectasis and Long Term Azithromycin Treatment
1. SUMMARY Rationale: Patients with bronchiectasis often experience lower respiratory tract infections with progression of symptoms and decline in quality of life.
- Trial name
- BAT (NCT00415350)
- Testing
- Azithromycin
- Where
- 16 sites in Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- W.G.Boersma
Fungal Infection, Inflammatory Skin Disease
Microbiota in Skin and Mucosa of Patients With Inflammatory Skin Diseases
The pathogeneses of many inflammatory diseases are not completely understood, yet, dysregulation of the human microbiota is increasingly being investigated as a possible contributing factor.
- Conditions
- Fungal Infection, Inflammatory Skin Disease, Yeast Infection Skin
- Trial name
- NCT04215458
- Testing
- sample collection (swap or tape strip)
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 700 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Zealand University Hospital
Staph Aureus Colonization, Staph Aureus Infection
Treating Parents to Reduce NICU Transmission of Staphylococcus Aureus Trial
This trial will test the hypothesis that treating parents of neonates requiring NICU care with intranasal mupirocin and topical chlorhexidine bathing will reduce the spread of S. aureus from parents to neonates.
- Trial name
- TREAT PARENTS (NCT02223520)
- Testing
- Mupirocin and Chlorhexidine
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 307 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Clostridioides Difficile Infection
Clostridioides Difficile Colonisation
This study will investigate experimental colonisation with non-toxigenic C.difficile (NTCD) in healthy volunteers. Main outcomes will be safety, tolerability, dose needed to obtain colonisation with NTCD to ultimately determine…
- Trial name
- CloDiCo (NCT05693077)
- Testing
- 10E4 NTCD spores, 10E7 NTCD spores, Vancomycin Oral Capsule
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Leiden University Medical Center
Gestational Mother, Streptococcus Agalactiae Infection
Effect of a New Probiotic Strain in the Reduction of Group B Streptococcus Colonization in Pregnant Women
An interventional, randomized, multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study will be conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the strain Lactobacillus salivarius V4II-90 in the reduction of Group B…
- Trial name
- PROBIGEST (NCT03669094)
- Testing
- Lactobacillus salivarius V4II-90
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- ProbiSearch SL
Pneumococcal Infections, Pneumonia, Pneumococcal
Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy Study of Prophylactic S. Pneumoniae Vaccine Following Challenge With S. Pneumoniae
This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Eligible subjects will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive GEN-004 with adjuvant or placebo. Each subject will receive up to 3 doses at 4 week intervals.
- Trial name
- NCT02116998
- Testing
- GEN-004 with Aluminum Hydroxide Adjuvant, Streptococcus pneumoniae inoculation
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 98 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Genocea Biosciences, Inc.
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Colonization
Farm-originated Antimicrobial Resistance Modeling: Exploring Humans-to-Animal Dissemination
Antimicrobial resistance is a major public health issue. Methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the indicators that is monitored particularly closely.
- Trial name
- FARMHAND (NCT07898930)
- Testing
- Sample collection
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier de Saint-Brieuc
Early Childhood Caries (ECC), Dental Caries Prevention
Evaluating the Effect of Xylitol Wipes on Cariogenic Bacteria in Infants and Toddlers
This clinical study evaluates whether cleaning infants' and toddlers' teeth and gums with xylitol-containing wipes can help reduce oral bacteria associated with early childhood caries.
- Conditions
- Early Childhood Caries (ECC), Dental Caries Prevention, Oral Bacterial Colonization, Pediatric Oral Health
- Trial name
- NCT07245433
- Testing
- Xylitol Dental Wipes
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Alexandria University
Haemophilus Influenzae (NTHI)
Nontypeable H. Influenzae in Healthy Adults
The purpose of this study is to learn more about the safety of Haemophilus (H.) influenzae, its ability to produce adverse reactions and to live in the nose and throat.
- Trial name
- NCT00905385
- Testing
- NTHi Strain 2019
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Health Care Worker Patient Transmission
Decontamination of Incubators in a NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit)
Nosocomial infections are responsible for morbidity and mortality in hospitalized neonates. The environment of the neonates and especially the incubators can constitute the reservoir of pathogenic bacteria.
- Trial name
- DECONTA (NCT04337307)
- Testing
- Skin sampling of the hands of the healthcare workers involved in the decontamination of incubators
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Pneumococcal Infections
Long-term Impact of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine on Carriage
Pneumococcus is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. In 2000, a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) was licensed for use in children and is now part of the routine childhood vaccine schedule.
- Trial name
- NCT00294021
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Healthy
Inflammation, Intracellular Invasion and Colonization of the Nasal Mucosa by Staphylococcus Aureus
An inflammatory state of the nasal cells (very close to keratinocytes) could favour the internalization of Staphylococcus aureus and thus constitute a persistent reservoir for the carriage of this bacterium.
- Trial name
- I3COSa (NCT04469348)
- Testing
- nasal swab
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 157 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
Staphylococcus Aureus, Microbial Colonization
Comparing Single Versus Repeat NMT on the Diversity of the Neonatal Nasal Microbiome
This study aims to determine whether a parent-to-child nasal microbiota transplant (NMT) can seed and engraft parental organisms into the neonatal microbiome and increase the neonatal microbiome diversity.
- Conditions
- Staphylococcus Aureus, Microbial Colonization, Neonatal Infection
- Trial name
- NCT06283355
- Testing
- Nasal Microbiota Transplant (NMT)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 78 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University