Can good bacteria beat bladder infections? new study investigates
NCT ID NCT05895578
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 14, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether taking a probiotic (a 'good' bacteria) can help women who get frequent urinary tract infections (UTIs). About 90 women with a history of repeat UTIs will take either a probiotic or a placebo (a dummy pill) for 6 months. The goal is to see if the probiotic reduces the number of infections and changes the bacteria in the urinary tract.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 90 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2023
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2026
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.
- Ages
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18 to 65 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- 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: * Adult women with aged between 18 and 65 years old, diagnosed with recurrent UTI (defined as at least two episodes during the last six months or three during the last 12 months). * Diagnosed, the last 7days, for a new UTI episode. * Written informed consent signed. Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant, breastfeeding or planning to become pregnant during the study. * Congenital abnormalities of the urinary tract. * Renal functional alterations, such as neurogenic bladder or vesicoureteral reflux. * Relevant renal disorders, such as interstitial cystitis, renal lithiasis, renal failure, kidney transplantation, pyelonephritis, renal nephropathy, etc. * Permanent catheter. * Immunocompromised (eg: cancer and/or transplant, patients who are taking immunosuppressive drugs, patients with hereditary diseases that affect or may affect the immune system). * Type I diabetes. * With a defect in the intestinal epithelium barrier (eg: chronic diarrhea, inflammatory bowel disease). * Heart failure and cardiac medical history (eg, artificial heart valve, medical history of infective endocarditis, rheumatic fever, or cardiac malformation). * Under antibiotics prophylactic treatment without willingness to leave it at the time of inclusion. * Probiotics supplementation during the previous 2 weeks. * To have received Urovac, Uro-Vaxom or equivalent vaccine during the last year. * Currently participating in another clinical trial.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hospital La Moraleja
Madrid, Spain
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Hospital La Zarzuela
Madrid, Spain
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Hospital San Francisco de Asís
Madrid, Spain
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Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.
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- Could a probiotic plus smart antibiotic use end the cycle of recurrent UTIs in children?
- Scientists create first tools to measure recurrent UTI burden
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