Status:

COMPLETED

The Impact of Proton Pump Inhibitors on the Fecal Microbiome

Lead Sponsor:

Mayo Clinic

Conditions:

Healthy

Clostridium Difficile Infection

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE1

Brief Summary

The investigators hypothesis is that daily use of a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) is associated with significant alterations in the healthy fecal microbiome that are similar to those seen in persons wit...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Table 1. Inclusion Criteria for Healthy Volunteers:
  • 1\. Healthy individuals without chronic gastrointestinal problems or using antisecretory medications.
  • Table 2. Inclusion Criteria for Clostridium difficile infection subjects:
  • 1\. Newly diagnosed first episode of CDI prior to being treated.
  • Table 3. Exclusion Criteria for Healthy Subjects:
  • Prior gastrointestinal surgery that has altered the anatomy of the esophagus, stomach, or small/large intestine including appendectomy and cholecystectomy.
  • Chronic daily use of any medications that could alter gastrointestinal secretory or motor function (see Table 2).
  • Gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, endocrine, renal, or other chronic disease likely to affect gastrointestinal motility (e.g., uncontrolled diabetes mellitus).
  • Females of childbearing age who are not practicing at least one form of birth control at least one month prior to starting the PPI or are pregnant or lactating (a pregnancy test will be performed on female subjects prior to PPI use).
  • Significant untreated psychiatric disease.
  • Table 4. Prohibited Medications:
  • Antibiotics within 2 months of the stool sample collection.
  • Probiotics (e.g., Florastor, Align, Flora-Q, VSL#3, lactobacillus, bifidobacterium) within 2 weeks of the stool sample collection.
  • Fiber supplements (e.g., Metamucil, Citrucel, Benefiber), unless maintained on a stable dose for the last 3 months.
  • Chronic use of medications that alter gastric pH: proton pump inhibitors (e.g., omeprazole, lansoprazole, esomeprazole, pantoprazole, rabeprazole, dexlansoprazole) and histamine2 receptor antagonists (e.g., cimetidine, famotidine, ranitidine).
  • Chronic use of medications that affect gastrointestinal motility and/or transit including prokinetic agents (e.g., metoclopramide (Reglan), tegaserod (Zelnorm), domperidone (Motilium), erythromycin), narcotic analgesic agents (e.g., methadone, fentanyl, oxycodone, codeine, morphine, hydromorphone), laxatives including mineral oil, anticholinergic agents (e.g., Bentyl, Levsin), and antidiarrheal agents (e.g., Kaopectate (donnagel), Pepto-Bismol (bismuth subsalicylate), Imodium (loperamide), Lomotil (atropine with diphenoxylate), codeine, tincture of opium).

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    March 1 2013

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    December 1 2013

    Estimated Enrollment :

    15 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT01822977

    Start Date

    March 1 2013

    End Date

    December 1 2013

    Last Update

    August 20 2014

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    Mayo Clinic in Arizona

    Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, 85259