Can a single shot stop c. diff from returning?
NCT ID NCT07285213
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Sep 11, 2026 · Updated 7 times
Summary
This study tests a new drug called AZD5148 to see if it can prevent repeat C. diff infections in adults. About 230 people will get either the drug or a placebo as a single injection. The goal is to stop the infection from coming back after standard treatment.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- AZD5148
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a new way to prevent C. diff infections from coming back, reducing repeat illness and hospital visits.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early Phase 2 trial with only 230 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The drug may not work better than placebo, and side effects are still being studied.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 230 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: Participant must be ≥ 18 years of age at the time of signing the informed consent, capable of giving signed informed consent. Participants with a qualifying C. difficile infection episode at the time of providing informed consent defined by: * History of 3 or more unformed stools (Bristol stool scale 6 or 7) in ≤ 24 hours for 2 consecutive calendar days, (Note: Diarrhea is not required to be present on the day of IMP administration) and * Positive local C. difficile toxin test (eg, immune assay or CCNA) on a stool sample collected during this episode, as part of routine clinical care (Note: Toxin testing, where not part of routine clinical care, may be conducted as a pre- screening activity; if this occurs, participant consent is required), and * Planned initiation or receipt of antibacterial drug therapy for C. difficile infection (fidaxomicin, vancomycin or metronidazole) for this episode, Note: At the time of randomization and IMP administration, the participant must have started receiving the antibacterial drug therapy with a planned total treatment duration of at least 10 and at most 28 days at time of IMP administration. IMP can be administered at any point during the antibacterial drug therapy. Body weight ≥ 35 kg Exclusion Criteria: Participants with a history of uncontrolled inflammatory bowel disease. Participants with a history of inflammatory bowel disease may be included if, in the opinion of the Investigator, their disease is clinically controlled and presenting symptoms are more likely attributable to CDI than to a flare of inflammatory bowel disease. Participants with a non - CDI (C. difficile infection) condition such that the participant routinely passes loose stool (eg, patients with an ostomy) Planned surgery for C. difficile infection within 24 hours of enrollment Current toxic megacolon and/or small bowel ileus Any history of total colectomy Major gastrointestinal surgery as assessed by the Investigator (eg, significant bowel resection or diversion) within 90 days before enrollment (this does not include appendectomy or cholecystectomy) Due to receive more than 28 days of antibacterial drug therapy for the qualifying C. difficile infection episode Participants receiving a fecal microbiota transplant, fecal microbiota product, or live biotherapeutic product for the qualifying CDI episode, or planned administration during the 180 days after IMP administration. Treatment with bezlotoxumab in the 180 days before IMP administration, are receiving or planned administration for the qualifying episode of CDI, or planned administration during the 180 days after IMP administration.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
99 sites in 13 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
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WITHDRAWNPhoenix, Arizona, 85032, United States
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WITHDRAWNChula Vista, California, 91911, United States
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WITHDRAWNMiramar, Florida, 33027, United States
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WITHDRAWNVictoria, British Columbia, V8T 5G4, Canada
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NOT_YET_RECRUITINGHalifax, Nova Scotia, B3K 6R8, Canada
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NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNewcastle, NE14LP, United Kingdom
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