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CompletedNCT04236778Updated Jan 27, 2020

First-in-human Study of VE303 in Healthy Adult Volunteers

A Phase 1 interventional study of VE303 and Oral Vancomycin in Healthy Volunteers, sponsored by Vedanta Biosciences, Inc.. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 60 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-01-27.

Sponsored by Vedanta Biosciences, Inc. · Phase 1, Interventional, and Other

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was Mar 2019, 7 years 6 months ago, and no results have been posted to the registry.
  • Registered 2 years 1 month after the study started (first participant enrolled Nov 2017, registered Jan 2020).
Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
39
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years to 60 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study was designed to evaluate safety and tolerability of a range of doses of VE303 in healthy adult volunteers. The study also evaluated pharmacokinetics of intestinal colonization by the VE303 strains and pharmacodynamics of recovery of the gut microbiota after administration of antibiotics followed by a course of VE303.

Read the detailed description

VE303 is a rationally-defined bacterial consortium candidate being developed for the prevention of recurrent C. difficile infection. VE303 consists of 8 types of clonal human commensal bacteria strains selected for their ability to provide colonization resistance to C. difficile and manufactured under GMP conditions.

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Conditions studied

  • Healthy Volunteers
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In context

Lead sponsor

Vedanta Biosciences, Inc. is the lead sponsor of 5 studies on the registry; 1 is open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 60 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Eligibility criteria

Key Inclusion Criteria:

  • Subjects who are judged to be in general good health
  • Body mass index between 18.5 and 30 kg/m2
  • Women either of non-child bearing potential or using a highly effective form of contraception
  • Men using a highly effective method of contraception

Key Exclusion Criteria:

  • Past or present clinically significant diseases that may affect the outcome of the study
  • Taking any medications, herbal preparations, or natural substances, live bacteria products, or food that impacts or alter GI flora
  • Use of proton pump inhibitors or other short or long acting antacid medications
  • Taking or has received an investigation drug or treatment within 60 days of inpatient admission
  • Known allergies to involved study drugs
  • Chronic constipation or diarrhea
  • History of or active IBD
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Sequential assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
39 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Cohort 1

    Cohort 1 received oral vancomycin followed by a single dose of VE303.

    Drug: VE303 · Drug: Oral Vancomycin

  • Experimental
    Cohort 2

    Cohort 2 received oral vancomycin followed by a single day of 5 doses of VE303.

    Drug: VE303 · Drug: Oral Vancomycin

  • Experimental
    Cohort 3

    Cohort 3 received oral vancomycin followed by a single day of 10 doses of VE303.

    Drug: VE303 · Drug: Oral Vancomycin

  • Experimental
    Cohort 4

    Cohort 4 received oral vancomycin followed by 5 days of 10 doses daily of VE303.

    Drug: VE303 · Drug: Oral Vancomycin

  • Experimental
    Cohort 5

    Cohort 5 received oral vancomycin followed by 14 days of 10 capsules daily of VE303

    Drug: VE303 · Drug: Oral Vancomycin

  • Experimental
    Cohort 6

    Cohort 6 received 21 days of 10 doses daily of VE303

    Drug: VE303

  • Experimental
    Cohort 7

    Cohort 7 received oral vancomycin followed by 10 doses of VE303 daily for 2 days, followed by 2 doses of VE303 daily for 3 days

    Drug: VE303 · Drug: Oral Vancomycin

  • Experimental
    Cohort 8

    Cohort 8 received oral vancomycin followed by 10 doses of VE303 daily for 2 days, followed by 2 doses of VE303 daily for 3 days

    Drug: VE303 · Drug: Oral Vancomycin

  • Experimental
    Cohort 9

    Cohort 8 received oral vancomycin followed by 10 doses of VE303 daily for 2 days, followed by 2 doses of VE303 daily for 3 days

    Drug: VE303 · Drug: Oral Vancomycin

  • Placebo comparator
    Vancomycin only

    This cohort only received oral vancomycin.

    Drug: Oral Vancomycin

Interventions

  • DrugVE303

    The VE303 Drug Product is a live biotherapeutic product (LBP) consisting of 8 clonal human commensal bacterial strains manufactured under GMP conditions.

  • DrugOral Vancomycin

    Vancomycin, when taken by mouth, is used to treat Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Safety of VE303 measured by incidence adverse events (AEs)

    Measured in terms of incidence of AEs according to CTCAE V4.0

    Time frame: 12 months post-dose

  2. Tolerability of VE303 using modified PROMIS questionnaire (v1.0)

    Characterized the highest well tolerated dose regimen of VE303 using modified PROMIS questionnaire (v1.0)

    Time frame: 12 months post-dose

Secondary outcomes

  1. Evaluate the colonization of the intestinal microbiota with VE303 component bacteria

    Measurement of VE303 strain colonization in stool samples was performed using a metagenomic sequencing-based bioinformatic approach. A strain-specific marker panel was employed to characterize the relative abundance of VE303 strains in the intestinal microbiota.

    Time frame: 12 months post-dose

  2. Evaluate the changes in the intestinal microbiota due to VE303 dosing.

    Measurement of intestinal microbiota due to VE303 dosing was performed using metagenomic sequencing- and metabolomic analysis-based approaches. Thus, focusing on taxonomic and functional changes occurring in the gut.

    Time frame: 12 months post-dose

  3. Evaluate the metabolomic changes in stool due to VE303 dosing.

    Quantified changes in pool of metabolite levels (bile acids and short-chain fatty acids) from stool samples

    Time frame: 12 months post-dose

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Study locations

1 site
  • Pharmaron CPC
    Baltimore, Maryland 21201, United States
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 27, 2020, 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
NCT04236778
Lead sponsor
Vedanta Biosciences, Inc.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jan 22, 2020
Start date
Nov 28, 2017
Primary completion
Mar 11, 2019
Completion
Mar 11, 2019
Last update
Jan 27, 2020

Oversight

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