Status:

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Effects of a Probiotic Intervention on the Gut and Vaginal Microbiome in Patients With Advanced or Recurrent Ovarian Cancer Undergoing Treatment With Platinum Chemotherapy

Lead Sponsor:

Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

Conditions:

Advanced Ovarian Carcinoma

Recurrent Ovarian Carcinoma

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18+ years

Phase:

EARLY_PHASE1

Brief Summary

This clinical trial evaluates the effects a probiotic intervention has on the gut and vaginal microbiome in patients undergoing chemotherapy for ovarian cancer that may have spread from where it first...

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. To evaluate changes to the gut microbiome composition in ovarian cancer patients randomized to a probiotic intervention versus placebo during platinum chemotherapy. SECONDARY O...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Ability to understand and willingness to sign a written consent form. In patients who do not speak English, ability to have informed consent form translated in their native language and have their native language translator present for consenting process
  • Age \> 18 years old
  • Patient with advanced (stage II, III or IV) or recurrent ovarian cancer who will receive platinum-based chemotherapy as standard of care (cisplatin, carboplatin containing regimens)
  • Agreeable to participate in all research activities defined in the study
  • Agreeable to not take any other probiotic and/or prebiotic supplements outside of study intervention during the study
  • Agreeable to not make significant changes to their diet throughout the course of the study
  • Patients with ileostomy, colostomy are permitted to participate

Exclusion

  • Borderline ovarian tumors
  • Prior allergy or food intolerance to any probiotic product
  • History of chronic inflammation or active structural abnormality of the digestive tract (e.g., inflammatory bowel disease requiring medications, active duodenal or gastric ulcer, complete large or small bowel intestinal obstruction, active fistula)
  • Patients who do not meet laboratory parameters for platinum-based chemotherapy, including absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \< 1500
  • Known hypersensitivity to any component of study product (Akkermansia muciniphila, Anaerobutyricum hallii, Clostridium beijerinckii, Clostridium butyricum and Bifidobacterium infantis, chicory inulin, magnesium stearate, grape food color, and silica)
  • Known hypersensitivity to \> 4 first-line antimicrobial therapies against Akkermansia muciniphila, Clostridium beijerinckii, Clostridium butyricum, Anaerobutyricum hallii: penicillin, piperacillin, tetracycline, amoxicillin, ampicillin
  • Known hypersensitivity to \> 4 first-line antimicrobial therapies against Bifidobacterium infantis Bi-26\^Trademark (TM): gentamicin, kanamycin, streptomycin, tetracycline, erythromycin, clindamycin, ampicillin, vancomycin

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 9 2026

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

July 9 2027

Estimated Enrollment :

161 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT07144826

Start Date

January 9 2026

End Date

July 9 2027

Last Update

November 12 2025

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Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43210