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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 9 January 2017
Main ID:  NCT01497743
Date of registration: 20/12/2011
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: University of Michigan
Public title: Probiotics in Patients With Moderate-to-severe Distention/ Bloating From Systemic Sclerosis PRISS
Scientific title: Probiotics in Patients With Moderate-to-severe Distention/ Bloating From Systemic Sclerosis
Date of first enrolment: February 2012
Target sample size: 0
Recruitment status: Withdrawn
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01497743
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Adult patient =18 years.

2. Patients with SSc with moderate-to-severe distention/bloating on GIT 2. scale (scale
score >1.00).

3. Stable immunosuppressive therapy(ies) for = 1 month.

4. Stable PPI and/or other anti-reflux medications for = 1 month.

5. Stable calcium channel blocker for = 1 month.

6. Stable NSAID for = 1 month.

7. Stable dose of pro-motility agent for = 1 month.

Exclusion criteria:

1. Recent diagnosis for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) during last 1
month.

2. Treatment with antibiotics within last 2 weeks.

3. Currently receiving chemotherapy (pulse cyclophosphamide). It is acceptable to be on
methotrexate, mycophenolate mofetil, hydroxychloroquine, or azathioprine.

4. Severe diarrhea (Diarrhea scale score of = 1.01; may suggest untreated SIBO).

5. History of inherited or acquired immunodeficiency



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Scleroderma
Intervention(s)
Drug: Lactobacillus
Primary Outcome(s)
1. Proportion of patients with improvement in distention/bloating scale = 0.14 at the end of 4 weeks. A change of 0.14 is the minimally important difference for this scale(9) [Time Frame: 12 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
KhannaSN0000
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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Date Posted:
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