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Colonizing Neurogenic Bladders With Benign Flora

NCT00371631 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 13

Last updated 2014-11-24

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Summary

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.

Conditions

Interventions

BIOLOGICAL

Insertion of urinary catheters coated with E. coli 83972

All patients in this pilot study were in the treatment arm, which consisted of receiving a urinary catheter that had been pre-coated with a biofilm of E. coli.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Barbara Trautner, MD · Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-10-31
Primary Completion
2008-02-29
Completion
2008-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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