Status:

RECRUITING

Characterization of Vaginal, Urinary and Fecal Microbiomes in Women with Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections

Lead Sponsor:

Hadassah Medical Organization

Conditions:

Urinary Tract Infections

Menopause

Eligibility:

FEMALE

Brief Summary

The objectives are to evaluate whether variations in vaginal and/or urinary and/or fecal microbiome predispose postmenopausal women to recurrent cystitis. This will be explored using comparison of mic...

Detailed Description

Patients and age-matched control subjects will be recruited from the Urogynecology clinic in Hadassah Mt Scopus and the gynecology clinic, respectively. After assessment of inclusion and exclusion cr...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients' inclusion criteria:
  • Menopausal status
  • Two or more documented, culture-positive infections in the last six months or ≥3 infections in the last year Patients' exclusion criteria
  • Neurogenic bladder condition
  • Known immunodeficiencies
  • Usage of antibiotics or probiotics within the previous month
  • Known renal calculi or anatomic malformations
  • Control subjects- Inclusion criteria:
  • Menopausal status
  • Sterile urine cultures, normal urinalysis, and negative sexually-transmitted PCR urine assay
  • Control subjects- Exclusion criteria:
  • \- A prior history of UTIs or other urologic abnormalities.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    August 1 2021

    Trial Type :

    OBSERVATIONAL

    Allocation :

    ESTIMATED

    End Date :

    December 30 2025

    Estimated Enrollment :

    40 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT04305808

    Start Date

    August 1 2021

    End Date

    December 30 2025

    Last Update

    March 19 2025

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    Hadassah Medical Center

    Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, 9765422