Friendly bacteria vs. transplant danger: can a probiotic shield kids?

NCT ID NCT03057054

Summary

This study is testing whether a specific probiotic (Lactobacillus plantarum) can prevent a serious complication called acute graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) in children, teens, and young adults getting a stem cell transplant from a donor for cancers like leukemia or lymphoma. About 173 participants were randomly assigned to receive either the probiotic or a placebo daily, starting before the transplant and continuing for about two months. The main goal is to see if the probiotic reduces gut-related GvHD in the first 120 days after transplant.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Alberta Children's Hospital

    Calgary, Alberta, T3B 6A8, Canada

  • Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children

    Wilmington, Delaware, 19803, United States

  • C S Mott Children's Hospital

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine

    Montreal, Quebec, H3T 1C5, Canada

  • Children's Hospital Colorado

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States

  • Children's Hospital Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, California, 90027, United States

  • Children's Hospital New Orleans

    New Orleans, Louisiana, 70118, United States

  • Children's Hospital of Alabama

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35233, United States

  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

  • Children's Hospital of San Antonio

    San Antonio, Texas, 78207, United States

  • Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics

    Kansas City, Missouri, 64108, United States

  • Children's National Medical Center

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20010, United States

  • City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Duarte, California, 91010, United States

  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States

  • Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals - Helen DeVos Children's Hospital

    Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503, United States

  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States

  • Hackensack University Medical Center

    Hackensack, New Jersey, 07601, United States

  • Hospital for Sick Children

    Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X8, Canada

  • Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital

    St. Petersburg, Florida, 33701, United States

  • Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States

  • Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children

    Honolulu, Hawaii, 96826, United States

  • Medical City Dallas Hospital

    Dallas, Texas, 75230, United States

  • Methodist Children's Hospital of South Texas

    San Antonio, Texas, 78229, United States

  • NYP/Columbia University Medical Center/Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10032, United States

  • Nationwide Children's Hospital

    Columbus, Ohio, 43205, United States

  • Nemours Children's Clinic-Jacksonville

    Jacksonville, Florida, 32207, United States

  • Nemours Children's Hospital

    Orlando, Florida, 32827, United States

  • New York Medical College

    Valhalla, New York, 10595, United States

  • Oregon Health and Science University

    Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States

  • Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego

    San Diego, California, 92123, United States

  • Riley Hospital for Children

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202, United States

  • Roswell Park Cancer Institute

    Buffalo, New York, 14263, United States

  • The Children's Hospital at TriStar Centennial

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37203, United States

  • UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland

    Oakland, California, 94609, United States

  • UCSF Medical Center-Mission Bay

    San Francisco, California, 94158, United States

  • UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, United States

  • University of Florida Health Science Center - Gainesville

    Gainesville, Florida, 32610, United States

  • University of Mississippi Medical Center

    Jackson, Mississippi, 39216, United States

  • University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104, United States

  • University of Rochester

    Rochester, New York, 14642, United States

  • University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center - University Hospital

    Madison, Wisconsin, 53792, United States

  • Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States

  • Yale University

    New Haven, Connecticut, 06520, United States

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