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CompletedNCT03372395Updated Dec 13, 2017

Probiotic Implementation as Help in Solving Vaginal Infections

A Phase 2 interventional study of Lactobacillus rhamnosus BMX 54 in Vaginal Infection and ASC-US, sponsored by University of Roma La Sapienza. Completed. Open to female participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-12-13.

Sponsored by University of Roma La Sapienza · Phase 2, Interventional, and Supportive care

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 2 years 9 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Feb 2015, registered Nov 2017).
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
117
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
Female
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Study summary

Over recent years, a growing interest has developed in microbiota and in the concept of maintaining a special balance between Lactobacillus and other bacteria species in order to promote women's well-being. The aim of the study was to confirm that vaginal Lactobacilli long-lasting implementation in women with HPVinfections and concomitant bacterial vaginosis or vaginitis might be able to help in solving the viral infection, by re-establishing the original eubiosis.

Read the detailed description

A total of 117 women affected by bacterial vaginosis or vaginitis with concomitant HPV infections were enrolled at Department of Gynecological Obstetrics and Urological Sciences, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy between February 2015 and March 2016. Women were randomized in two groups, standard treatment (metronidazole 500 mg twice a day for 7 days or fluconazole 150 mg orally once a day for 2 consecutive days) plus short-term (3 months) vaginal Lactobacillus implementation (group 1, short probiotics treatment protocol group, n=60) versus the same standard treatment plus long-lasting (6 months) vaginal Lactobacillus rhamnosus BMX 54 administration (group 2, treatment group, n=57).

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Conditions studied

  • Vaginal Infection
  • ASC-US

Keywords

  • probiotics implementation
  • HPV infection
  • vaginosis
  • yeast vaginitis
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In context

Vaginitis

98 studies on the registry are indexed under Vaginitis; 12 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 117 is close to the median of 108 across 71 interventional studies indexed under Vaginitis.

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Lead sponsor

University of Roma La Sapienza is the lead sponsor of 398 studies on the registry; 56 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • age>18 years
  • documented BV or yeast vaginitis associated with HPV-infection documented as PAP-smear abnormalities (ASCUS, L-SIL or H-SIL histologically demonstrated as CIN1) and/or positive for HPV-DNA

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • pregnancy or breastfeeding
  • previous abnormal PAP-smear
  • CIN2-3
  • concomitant
  • immunological diseases
  • severe comorbidities
  • prolonged treatment.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(2)

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Corticosteroids (steroids)

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Sequential assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
117 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Other
    Group 1

    Standard treatment plus short-term (3 months) vaginal Lactobacillus rhamnosus BMX 54 implementation

    Other: Lactobacillus rhamnosus BMX 54

  • Experimental
    Group 2

    Standard treatment plus long-lasting (6 months) Lactobacillus rhamnosus BMX 54 administration

    Other: Lactobacillus rhamnosus BMX 54

Interventions

  • OtherLactobacillus rhamnosus BMX 54

    Given once a day for 10 days, once every 3 days for 20 days and then once every 5 days for other 2 months in all patients (probiotics implementation for 3 months comprehensively).

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Evaluation of a possible role of probiotics in vaginal infections resolution

    Changes in clinical responses (absence of typical symptoms associated with vaginal infections)

    Time frame: 9 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Treatment-related adverse events record

    Assessed by CTCAE v4.0

    Time frame: 9 months

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

Publications

  • Recine N, Palma E, Domenici L, Giorgini M, Imperiale L, Sassu C, Musella A, Marchetti C, Muzii L, Benedetti Panici P. Restoring vaginal microbiota: biological control of bacterial vaginosis. A prospective case-control study using Lactobacillus rhamnosus BMX 54 as adjuvant treatment against bacterial vaginosis. Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2016 Jan;293(1):101-107. doi: 10.1007/s00404-015-3810-2. Epub 2015 Jul 5. PubMed 26142892 ↗
  • Palma E, Recine N, Domenici L, Giorgini M, Pierangeli A, Panici PB. Long-term Lactobacillus rhamnosus BMX 54 application to restore a balanced vaginal ecosystem: a promising solution against HPV-infection. BMC Infect Dis. 2018 Jan 5;18(1):13. doi: 10.1186/s12879-017-2938-z. PubMed 29304768 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Ran from Feb 2015 to primary completion in Mar 2016, 13 months.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Nov 14, 2017
First posted
Dec 13, 2017
StartActual
Feb 2015
Primary completionActual
Mar 2016
CompletionActual
Apr 2016
Last update
Dec 13, 2017
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 13, 2017, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03372395
Responsible party
Pierluigi Benedetti Panici (Full Professor and Director of Dept Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Roma La Sapienza) — Principal investigator
First posted
Dec 13, 2017
Start date
Feb 2015
Primary completion
Mar 2016
Completion
Apr 2016
Last update
Dec 13, 2017

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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