Author:
Villano Stephen A.,Seiberling Michael,Tatarowicz Walter,Monnot-Chase Elizabeth,Gerding Dale N.
Abstract
ABSTRACTVP20621, spores of nontoxigenicClostridium difficile(NTCD) strain M3, is protective against challenge with toxigenic strains in hamsters. Human administration and colonization may prevent primaryC. difficileinfection (CDI) or recurrent CDI. Healthy adult subjects 18 to 45 years old or ≥60 years old received single or multiple doses of an oral suspension of VP20621 (104, 106, or 108spores) or placebo. Group 4 (≥60 years old) received oral vancomycin for 5 days, followed by 14 days of VP20621 or placebo. Subjects were monitored for safety and followed through day 28. Stool was cultured forC. difficilebefore, during, and after VP20621 administration. Isolates were tested for toxin by enzyme immunoassay, and VP20621 was confirmed by molecular typing. After single escalating doses, no subjects hadC. difficile-positive stool cultures. VP20621 was found in the stool of all subjects given 108spores twice a day. Following vancomycin administration, VP20621 was detected in the stool of all subjects given 104, 106, or 108spores daily beginning on day 2 to 6. Recovered isolates were toxin negative and confirmed to be VP20621. There were no serious adverse events, and no subjects prematurely discontinued study drugs. Following vancomycin administration, 2 placebo subjects became colonized with toxigenicC. difficileand 3 placebo subjects became colonized with VP20621. Persistent colonization with VP20621 was detected in stools on days 21 to 28 in 44% of subjects. VP20621 was well tolerated and able to colonize the gastrointestinal tracts of subjects pretreated with vancomycin. Further study of VP20621 to prevent CDI in patients is warranted.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Pharmacology (medical),Pharmacology
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