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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03692299
Date of registration: 20/12/2016
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Coordinación de Investigación en Salud, Mexico
Public title: Effectiveness of Saccharomyces Boulardii for Gastrointestinal Bacterial-overgrowth in Systemic Sclerosis
Scientific title: Efectividad de Saccharomyces Oulardii Para Reducir Los síntomas Gastrointestinales y Evitar el Sobrecrecimiento Bacteriano en Esclerosis sistémica
Date of first enrolment: June 2015
Target sample size: 39
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03692299
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Mexico
Contacts
Name:     Maria Pilar Cruz-Domínguez, PhD
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Affiliation:  Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Social security beneficiaries affiliated to the "LA RAZA" UMAE HECMN

- Adults over 18 years old

- Male or female subjects

- Diagnosed with scleroderma (2013 ACR-EULAR)

- Score above the 25th percentile in NIH-PROMIS questionnaire

- Positive result (> 10 ppm) in the hydrogen breath test

- Normal leukocyte and lymphocyte profiles

- Patients who accept to participate in the study by signing the informed consent form

Exclusion Criteria:

- Gastrointestinal diseases already diagnosed and not associated to systemic sclerosis

- Comorbidities associated to visceral diseases (diabetes, amyloidosis or other
infiltrative diseases)

- Currently under biological treatment (or history of biological treatment in the last
year) with cyclophosphamide and > 10 mg prednisone or equivalent

- Allergy or contra-indications to metronidazole or to Saccharomyces boulardii,

- Central venous catheter carriers



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth
Systemic Sclerosis
Intervention(s)
Drug: Metronidazole
Drug: Saccharomyces Boulardii Oral Tablet
Primary Outcome(s)
Small intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (Presence or absence) [Time Frame: baseline, second month]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Intensity of gastrointestinal symptoms [Time Frame: baseline, second month]
Secondary ID(s)
R-2015-3501-72
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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