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Validation of the Short-term Antimicrobial Action of Transplanted Bacteria

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT01959113

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Official title

Phase 1 Study of the Short-term Antimicrobial Action of Transplanted Bacteria in Adult Patients With Atopic Dermatitis

Brief summary

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Unlike healthy control skin, the skin of patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) is frequently colonized by Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), putting these patients at increased risk of S. aureus skin infections. In addition, research in the investigator's lab has shown that these patients have fewer protective antimicrobial Staphylococcal species such as Staphylococcal epidermidis (S. epidermidis) that are known to produce antimicrobial peptides that play a role in protecting the skin from invading pathogens. In this study, the investigator will attempt to decrease S. aureus colonization and increase colonization by protective Staph species in AD patients. First the investigator will capture the bacteria on subjects' lesional AD skin. Next the investigator will selectively grow the subject's antimicrobial Staphylococcal colonies and place them into a base moisturizer. The moisturizer plus bacteria will be applied to one of the subject's arms, and the moisturizer alone (without bacteria) to the other arm. The investigator will then do a quantitative wash of the bacteria growing on each arm one day later in order to determine whether the S. aureus abundance was affected by the application of the transplanted bacteria.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT01959113
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 1
Enrollment
5 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Biological · Other

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Dec 31, 2014
Primary completion
May 31, 2016
Completion
May 31, 2016
Last update posted
Jun 16, 2020

2015 – 2016

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
UCSD Division of Dermatology San Diego California 92122

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