Active clinical trials for "Communicable Diseases"

The aim of the present study is to test the efficacy of the combination of two probiotic bacteria in reducing the severity of upper respiratory tract infections (common cold) in healthy children attending day care or school. The probiotic bacteria used are Lactobacillus plantarum strain DSM 15312 and Lactobacillus paracasei DSM 13434 at a total dose of 1 x 10^9 CFU/tablet and day and will be consumed for a period of 12 weeks.

Gut dysbiosis co-exists in patients with coronavirus pneumonia. Some of these patients would develop secondary bacterial infections and antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD). The recent study on using washed microbiota transplantation (WMT) as rescue therapy in critically ill patients with AAD demonstrated the important clinical benefits and safety of WMT. This clinical trial aims to evaluate the outcome of WMT combining with standard therapy for patients with 2019-novel coronavirus pneumonia, especially for those patients with dysbiosis-related conditions.

RV521 is to being developed to treat RSV infection and disease in susceptible individuals at high risk for complications. This is an international, multicenter, placebo-controlled study. Eligible subjects are adults with a documented symptomatic RSV infection who have undergone HCT transplantation and are moderately to severely immunocompromised. Qualified subjects will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive RV521 or placebo, twice daily for 10 days.

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common infection in nursing home residents, and symptomatic UTI in the nursing home setting is the most frequent reason for hospitalization and antimicrobial therapy in Taiwan. Increasing antimicrobial resistance has stimulated interest in non-antibiotic prophylaxis of UTI. The primary aim of this study is to test the efficacy of standardized concentrated herbal extract granules TRA in the reduction of the incidence of symptomatic UTI and associated hospitalization in high-risk nursing home residents. These aims were accomplished by conducting a double-blind randomized placebo-controlled efficacy trial of TRA daily versus placebo granules in a cohort of Changhua County nursing home residents in Taiwan. A total of 164 nursing home residents at high risk for UTI were be enrolled. A permuted block design with a block size of 6 were conducted. And a Stratification by nursing home accounted for potentially different standards of care. Subjects will be randomly assigned to receive either TRA (10 g) or the placebo two times per day for 42 consecutive days. All subjects in both groups will also continuously receive their daily medication without any dose or medicine change. Urinalysis was evaluated before and after administration. Independent statisticians performed the data analysis at the end of the trial.

Interventional non-randomized trial. The duration of study will be 47 months. After haploidentical transplantation, patients without complications, mainly a GVHD ≥ grade 2, will receive mDLI. mDLI consists of donor lymphocytes infusion, harvested by apheresis the day before the day planned for infusion (or up to -7 days) as outpatient basis in the Day Hospital using a cell separator. The mDLIs preparation will be performed using a CliniMACS® (Miltenyi). A CD45RA-depletion Product LineTM from Miltenyi, including disposable reagents and devices, will be used. The planned number of mDLI is 3. Day +50 (+/- 7 days) from allogenic transplant, 1st mDLI 5x105CD3+/kg of recipient. 4-6 weeks after 1st DLI, 2nd mDLI 1x106CD3+/kg of recipient. 4-6 weeks after 2nd DLI, 3rd mDLI 5x106CD3+/kg of recipient. Day +50 was chosen as the starting time-point because at that time over two thirds of all acute GvHD episodes have already occurred in the absence of DLI (internal data, median +49 after bone marrow, +27 after peripheral stem cells); acute GvHD will thus be less likely a confounding factor. The choice of a maximum number of 3 mDLIs is based on the relatively narrow time interval where outcome improvement is expected, that is mainly in the first 6 months after haplo-HSCT. The planned doses are those mainly used in conventional DLIs during haplo-HSCT setting. Stopping infusion rules: If GvHD ≥ Grade 2 or relapse occurs, mDLIs will not be administered at any time and patient will be permanently discontinued from treatment. If any severe adverse event (SAE) occurs after the first mDLI, the administration of mDLI will be interrupted for a maximum of 6 weeks until event resolution. If the SAE does not resolve after 6 weeks from last mDLI infusion, patient will be permanently discontinued. At any time, the experimental treatment may be stopped according to clinical judgement or patient's willing.

Gut microbiome manipulation to alter the gut-lung axis may potentially protect humans against respiratory infections. However, clinical trials of synbiotics, one of the microbiota-targeted intervention, in this regard is few. Therefore, this study aims to examine the effect of synbiotics on the incidence and severity of upper respiratory tract infection, gut microbiota composition and function, as well as biomarkers of immune function.

To assess the effectiveness of Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) testing and treatment during pregnancy to reduce adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes compared to the standard of care (treatment based on symptoms and signs).

It is known that the pretreatment with exogenous interferon blocks SARS-CoV-2 infection, but intervention is much more effective if administered prior to infection. In this study the primary aim is to investigate 28-day regime of nasal interferon gama use in healthy participants for COVID-19 and other respiratory infections prevention.

This study is designed to assess the safety and efficacy of Rosmalip® nutritional supplement compared to placebo in subjects with solid cancer for the prevention of infections including COVID-19.

This is a randomized, double-blinded, Phase 3, multi-center trial of the clinical and microbiologic response of patients with a respiratory tract infection (RTI) due to coronavirus treated with a combination of azithromycin and hydroxychloroquine. Approximately 200 patients with symptoms of an RTI who test positive for SARS-CoV-2 by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) will receive a combination of azithromycin 500 mg and hydroxychloroquine 600 mg or matching placebos for six consecutive days. There will be two treatment regimens into which patients are randomized so that all patients will receive some active therapy.