Changes of Oropharyngeal Flora

• Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
• Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
• Main ID: NCT02303301
• Date of registration: 25/11/2014
• Prospective Registration: No
• Primary sponsor: Region Skane
• Public title: Changes of Oropharyngeal Flora
• Scientific title: Changes in the Oropharyngeal Flora in Hospitalised Patients
• Date of first enrolment: October 2014
• Target sample size: 145
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02303301
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Single Group Assignment. Primary purpose: Prevention. Masking: Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator).
• Phase: N/A

Countries of recruitment

Sweden

Contacts

• Name: Bengt Klarin, MD, PhD
• Affiliation: Lund University Hospital

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Admitted to hospital

- Anticipated length of hospital stay 3 days or more

Exclusion Criteria:

- Immune insufficiency

- Prior participation in the study

- Not being able to understand study information



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Pharyngeal Bacterial Colonization

Pneumonia

Intervention(s)

Dietary Supplement: Probiotics

Dietary Supplement: Placebo

Primary Outcome(s)

New appearing pathogenic bacteria in the oropharynx [Time Frame: During hospital stay, Average 7 days]

Secondary Outcome(s)

Length of hospital stay [Time Frame: During hospital stay, Average 7 days]

Pneumonia [Time Frame: During hospital stay, Average 7 days]

Secondary ID(s)

ProOro

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors

Secondary Sponsor(s)

Probi AB