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Not yet recruitingNCT06427863Updated May 24, 2024

Effect of Antibiotic Pretreatment on the Efficacy of WMT in the Treatment of Chronic Constipation

An interventional study of Ornidazole and Placebo in Chronic Constipation, sponsored by Faming Zhang. Not yet recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-05-24.

Sponsored by Faming Zhang · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
96
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This is a randomized controlled trial to explore the efficacy of antibiotic pretreatment on the efficacy of WMT in the treatment of chronic constipation in adults: a multi-center, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical study

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All included in the standard but do not accord with standard of any rule out subjects will be included in this study. Demographic characteristics, complete spontaneous bowel movements(CSBM), Constipation assessment scale (CAS), Patient-Assessment of Constipation Quality Of Life(PAC-QOL) and clinical outcomes were collected. After the treatment, the efficacy and safety were evaluated during the follow-up period.

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Conditions studied

  • Chronic Constipation

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Keywords

  • chronic constipation
  • washed microbiota transplantation
  • antibiotic pretreatment
  • randomized controlled trial
  • transendoscopic enteral tube
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In context

Constipation

1,046 studies on the registry are indexed under Constipation; 161 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 96 is above the median of 75 across 884 interventional studies indexed under Constipation.

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Lead sponsor

Faming Zhang is the lead sponsor of 3 studies on the registry; 3 are 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 and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

Subjects must meet all of the following inclusion criteria to enter the study:

  1. Male and female, aged ≥18 years old, provided written ;
  2. Subjects diagnosed with chronic constipation, with a duration of at least 6 months, and with the following conditions:
  1. spontaneous bowel movement frequency \<3 times/week (spontaneous bowel movement was defined as spontaneous bowel movement without rescue laxatives or manual assistance); 2) waste hard: at least 25% of defecation in Bristol stool traits scale type 1 or 2.
  1. The subjects or their legal representatives gave informed consent, fully understood the purpose of the study, were able to communicate well with the researchers, and understood and complied with the requirements of the study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

Subjects meeting any of the following exclusion criteria must be excluded fromthe study:

  1. Presence of outlet obstruction and constipation, such as rectal mucosal prolapse
  2. Combined with the results of colonoscopy in the past 24 months, those with intestinal stenosis caused by organic lesions of the digestive tract (such as tumor, inflammation, anal fissure, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, intestinal adhesion, intestinal tuberculosis, etc.) and constipation;
  3. Constipation caused by other systemic diseases involving the digestive tract, such as nervous system diseases (such as Parkinson's disease, spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, etc.), muscle diseases (such as amyloidosis, dermatomyositis, etc.), mental disorders (such as depression, etc.), metabolic and endocrine disorders (such as diabetes, hypothyroidism, etc.) or opioids, etc.
  4. Has a history of abdominal pelvic surgery, but after cystic resection, cesarean section, does not appear after appendectomy postoperative intestinal complications, and intestinal polyps except after treatment;
  5. Has a history of major surgery within 3 months or a history of severe trauma, and recovery is not completely;
  6. There are to colonic transendoscopic intestinal tube implantation, such as severe intestinal stenosis, obstruction, deep ulcer, and high risk of operation perforation; Severe ulcers or a large number of pseudopolyps exist in the fixed area of titanium clips, which are not suitable for fixation. The subjects' behavior was seriously uncontrolled.
  7. Any of the following abnormalities in cardiac function and performance:

    1. According to the (NYHA) cardiac function classification, cardiac function grade Ⅲ or above;
    2. new onset myocardial infarction or unstable angina pectoris within 6 months;
    3. showed prolongation (QTc≥ 450ms in men and ≥470ms in women);
    4. Drug- atrial arrhythmias and drug-refractory ventricular arrhythmias (including grade 2 or higher atrioventricular block).
  8. Patients with poor lung function that is considered by the investigator to have an impact on the study treatment, such as patients with acute exacerbation of or patients requiring long-term use of oral or intravenous for control (except inhalers/sprays);
  9. No control disease and/or need long-term use of hormone (except local external use sex);
  10. Patients with metabolic diseases and poorly controlled by drugs (such as thyroid dysfunction), or patients with metabolic diseases accompanied by gastrointestinal function complications (such as gastrointestinal autonomic nerve dysfunction, diabetic gastroparesis, etc.);
  11. Suffering from reproductive system diseases (including but not limited to ovarian cysts, endometriosis, primary dysmenorrhea, etc.) that may lead to abdominal pain;
  12. Significant laboratory abnormalities that, in the judgment of the investigator, may affect the safety of the subjects or the completion of the clinical study, including:

    A) the \< 100 g/L; B) Serum creatinine ≥1.5 times the (ULN) C) abnormal liver function, defined as >1.5×ULN and/or ALT>1.5×ULN and/or total >1.5×ULN; D) blood clotting function: acuities were 80 x 109 / L, > 1.5 x ULN, PT > 1.5 x ULN, INR > 1.5 x ULN; E) abnormal results or defecate occult blood stool and has prompted the clinical significance of the gastrointestinal tract.

  13. Have active hepatitis (requiring or taking long-term treatment), , or active tuberculosis;
  14. A history of drug or alcohol abuse (i.e., drinking more than 14 servings per week of beer, 45 mL of 40% spirits, or 150 mL of wine) or substance abuse;
  15. The known allergic to research similar drugs, drugs or accessories;
  16. Use of anti-infective drugs (antibiotics, antifungal, antiviral) within 14 days before enrollment, or need anti-infective treatment at enrollment evaluation;
  17. Drugs and supplements that affect gastrointestinal motility and function cannot be stopped during the study, including but not limited to: antibiotics such as erythromycin; Drugs that modulate the intestinal microecology, such as probiotics such as Bifidobacterium; The parasympathetic nerve inhibitors, some scopolamine and atropine, belladonna, etc; Muscle relaxants, such as succinylcholine; Antidiarrheal agents such as loperamide, smecta; Opioid preparations; Drugs that inhibit gastric acid secretion;
  18. Pregnant or lactating women, or refusing to use an effective method within 3 months after the last dose of treatment;
  19. 3 months prior to dosing involved in drug interventional clinical trials;
  20. Suffering from malignant tumors;
  21. There were other circumstances that the investigator considered inappropriate for participating in the study.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(17)

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Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

Contraindication

A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.

NYHA class (heart failure)

The New York Heart Association’s four classes of how much heart failure limits physical activity.

I
No limits: ordinary activity causes no undue tiredness or breathlessness.
II
Slight limits: comfortable at rest, ordinary activity causes symptoms.
III
Marked limits: comfortable at rest, less than ordinary activity causes symptoms.
IV
Symptoms even at rest; any activity makes them worse.

Studies set their own limit — many outside heart failure leave out class III–IV, while heart failure studies may ask for a particular class. Check the class this study names.

ECG (electrocardiogram)

A recording of the heart’s electrical activity, taken with stickers on the chest, arms and legs. It takes a few minutes and does not hurt.

QT and QTc

On an ECG, the QT interval is the time the heart’s lower chambers take to activate electrically and recover in each beat. QTc is that time adjusted for heart rate (QTcF by Fridericia’s formula, QTcB by Bazett’s). Some medicines lengthen it, and a long QTc can raise the risk of a dangerous heart rhythm.

The study may name a correction formula and a limit in milliseconds, often around 450–480.

Relapsed and refractory

Relapsed: the illness came back after treatment had worked. Refractory: it did not respond to treatment, or stopped responding while still on it.

COPD

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: long-term lung disease that makes it hard to breathe out, including emphysema and chronic bronchitis.

Corticosteroids (steroids)

Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.

Studies differ in what they allow: check which steroid medicines, routes (tablets, injections, creams, inhalers, eye drops) and doses this study accepts.

Autoimmune disease

A condition in which the immune system attacks the body’s own tissues, such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, psoriasis, type 1 diabetes or inflammatory bowel disease.

Immunotherapy studies often leave out active autoimmune disease, and some name exceptions, such as thyroid disease on replacement hormone. Check the exceptions this study lists.

Hemoglobin (Hb)

The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).

ULN (upper limit of normal)

The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.

“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.

ALT and AST (liver enzymes)

Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.

Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.

Bilirubin

A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.

Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.

Platelets

Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.

INR, PT and aPTT (clotting tests)

Blood tests of how long blood takes to clot. The INR is the prothrombin time (PT) put on a common scale; about 1 is usual for someone not taking a blood thinner.

Criteria often make an exception for people on a blood thinner such as warfarin, whose INR is raised on purpose.

HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.

Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
96 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Treatment

    Patients will receive three enemas of ornidazole 0.5g+50ml saline through the TET tube, followed by WMT once daily for a duration of 3 days.

    Drug: Ornidazole

  • Placebo comparator
    Control

    Patients will receive three enemas of a placebo of equal volume through the TET tube, followed by WMT once daily for a duration of 3 days.

    Drug: Placebo

Interventions

  • Patients will receive three consecutive enemas of ornidazole 0.5g+50ml saline through the TET tube, followed by WMT treatment once daily for a duration of 3 days

    Also known as: washed microbiota transplantation

  • DrugPlacebo

    Patients will receive three consecutive enemas of placebo of equal volume through the TET tube, followed by WMT treatment once daily for a duration of 3 days

    Also known as: washed microbiota transplantation

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Response rate of complete spontaneous bowel movements(CSBM)

    Overall CSBM respondents defined in the study of drug treatment in patients with the number of weeks of at least 50% of the time meet the CSBM weeks response week (4/8). Response was defined as a CSBM of at least three times in the week and an increase of at least one CSBM from baseline. CSBM was defined as the number of voluntary bowel movements with complete defecation sensation without taking remedial laxatives or manual assistance.

    Time frame: One-week, Four-week and Eight-week post-WMT

  2. The extent of change observed in Constipation assessment scale (CAS) of participants

    The CAS consisted of 8 items, including abdominal distension, changes in exhaust volume, decreased frequency of defecation, watery stool, rectal obstruction or pressure, rectal pain during defecation, thinness of stool, and unsuccessful defecation. Each item was scored from 0 to 2 according to the severity of symptoms. Each item score was summed, with 0 as no constipation and 16 as the most severe constipation.

    Time frame: One-week, Four-week and Eight-week post-WMT

  3. The extent of change observed in Patient-Assessment of Constipation Quality Of Life(PAC-QOL)of participants

    The Constipation Quality of Life Scale (PAC-QOL) contains 28 items, including physical discomfort, anxiety, psychosocial discomfort, and satisfaction. It reflects the impact of constipation on daily life in the past two weeks.

    Time frame: One-week, Four-week and Eight-week post-WMT

Secondary outcomes

  1. The extent of change observed in stool properties of participants

    Bristol stool form scale(BSFS) was used, which can be divided into seven types.

    Time frame: One-week post-WMT

  2. Rate of Adverse Events

    The rate of adverse events after antibiotic pretreatment

    Time frame: One-week, Four-week and Eight-week post-WMT

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Study locations

1 site
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References and documents

Publications

  • Keshteli AH, Millan B, Madsen KL. Pretreatment with antibiotics may enhance the efficacy of fecal microbiota transplantation in ulcerative colitis: a meta-analysis. Mucosal Immunol. 2017 Mar;10(2):565-566. doi: 10.1038/mi.2016.123. Epub 2016 Dec 21. No abstract available. PubMed 28000680 ↗
  • Singh P, Alm EJ, Kelley JM, Cheng V, Smith M, Kassam Z, Nee J, Iturrino J, Lembo A. Effect of antibiotic pretreatment on bacterial engraftment after Fecal Microbiota Transplant (FMT) in IBS-D. Gut Microbes. 2022 Jan-Dec;14(1):2020067. doi: 10.1080/19490976.2021.2020067. PubMed 35014601 ↗
  • Khalif IL, Quigley EM, Konovitch EA, Maximova ID. Alterations in the colonic flora and intestinal permeability and evidence of immune activation in chronic constipation. Dig Liver Dis. 2005 Nov;37(11):838-49. doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2005.06.008. Epub 2005 Oct 5. PubMed 16169298 ↗
  • Bazzocchi G, Giovannini T, Giussani C, Brigidi P, Turroni S. Effect of a new synbiotic supplement on symptoms, stool consistency, intestinal transit time and gut microbiota in patients with severe functional constipation: a pilot randomized double-blind, controlled trial. Tech Coloproctol. 2014 Oct;18(10):945-53. doi: 10.1007/s10151-014-1201-5. Epub 2014 Aug 5. PubMed 25091346 ↗
  • Xu J, Xu H, Guo X, Zhao H, Wang J, Li J, He J, Huang H, Huang C, Zhao C, Li Y, Zhou Y, Peng Y, Nie Y. Pretreatment with an antibiotics cocktail enhances the protective effect of probiotics by regulating SCFA metabolism and Th1/Th2/Th17 cell immune responses. BMC Microbiol. 2024 Mar 18;24(1):91. doi: 10.1186/s12866-024-03251-2. PubMed 38500062 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Start is estimated for Jun 2024; primary completion for Dec 2029, 66 months later.

Of 243 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Constipation, half reached primary completion within 17 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 7 and three quarters within 35. This study's planned 66 months is above that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 314 studies reached it within 14 months; a quarter within 6 and three quarters within 30.

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

Registered
May 20, 2024
First posted
May 24, 2024
StartEst.
Jun 2024
Primary completionEst.
Dec 31, 2029
CompletionEst.
Dec 31, 2029
Last update
May 24, 2024
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 May 24, 2024, 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
NCT06427863
Lead sponsor
Faming Zhang
Responsible party
Faming Zhang (Professor, Gastroenterology, The Second Hospital of Nanjing Medical University) — Sponsor-investigator
First posted
May 24, 2024
Start date
Jun 2024 (estimated)
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2029 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2029 (estimated)
Last update
May 24, 2024

Study contacts

Faming Zhang, PhD
Contact
fzhang@njmu.edu.cn
086-025-58509883
Bota Cui
Contact
cuibota@njmu.edu.cn
086-025-58509884
Faming Zhang, PhD
principal investigator · The Second Hospital of Nanjing Medical University

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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