Choosing the Best Antibiotic to Protect Friendly Gut Bacteria During the Course of Stem Cell Transplant

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Overview

The purpose of this study is to see how different antibiotics affect the community of friendly bacteria existing in the intestinal tract (gut). 

SparkCures ID 1280
Trial Phase Phase 2
Enrollment 347 Patients
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Trial Sponsors
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
NCT Identifier

NCT03078010

Am I Eligible?

The following criteria is a partial list of reasons why patients may or may not be eligible to participate in this clinical trial. Further evaluation with a medical professional will be required to determine full eligibility.

The following criteria is provided for health care professionals.

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age ≥ 18 years
  • Patients with any hematologic malignancy undergoing

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with severe allergies to piperacillin-tazobactam, cefepime, aztreonam or vancomycin. Severe reactions include anaphylaxis and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS)/toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN).
  • Patients with unconfirmed allergies to piperacillin-tazobactam, cefepime, aztreonam or vancomycin can be evaluated by an Allergy/Immunology specialist, after which they may become eligible by a consensus of the treating physician, trial investigator and and the Allery
  • Prolonged antibiotic treatment ( ≥10 days, within 3 weeks of enrollment) as prevention or suppression of an ongoing infection, where treatment involves gut-perturbing anti anaerobic antibiotics
  • Patients with history of infection with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing organism. Patients known to be colonized with multi-drug resistant gram-negative organisms or with history of infection with multi-drug resistant organisms will be evaluated case by case and discussed with infectious disease specialist before enrollment
  • Febrile patients
  • Patients with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) < 30 mL/min/1.73m^2

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