Infection Rates of Myeloablative Allo SCT Recipients Receiving Neutropenic Diets Versus Non-Neutropenic Diets
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Purpose
In the transplant community, there is debate regarding the most appropriate food services for stem cell transplant patients. Recommendations regarding the use of low bacterial diets have been based on theoretical concepts of reducing the risk of contracting infections from pathogens found in food sources rather than clinical trials. The evidence for the use of a neutropenic diet is weak. To date, there have been little to no randomized controlled studies addressing the question whether a neutropenic diet in addition to prophylactic antibiotics is necessary as infection prevention in myeloablative stem cell transplant patients. For this reason, our research is aimed at providing data to substantiate the use of neutropenic diets in preventing infections in recipients of myeloablative stem cell transplants.
| Condition | Intervention |
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Hematologic Malignancies |
Other: Non-neutropenic Diet |
| Study Type: | Interventional |
| Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Safety Study Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Prevention |
| Official Title: | A Randomized Pilot Study Comparing Infection Rates in Myeloablative Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant Patients Receiving a Non-Neutropenic Diet or a Neutropenic Diet |
- Incidence of Bacteremia [ Time Frame: Duration of hospitalization or neutropenia, an expected average of 5 weeks. ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]Participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay or until neutropenic, an expected average of 5 weeks. The time frame will be measured from the date of randomization until the date of discharge from the inpatient unit of the hospital or until they are assessed to be neutropenic, whichever came first, assessed up to 8 weeks.
- Assess nutritional status using PG-SGA [ Time Frame: Duration of hospitalization or neutropenia, an expected average of 5 weeks. ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]The participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay or until neutropenic, an expected average of 5 weeks. The time frame will measured from the date of randomization until the date of discharge from the inpatient unit of the hospital or until they are assessed to be neutropenic, whichever came first, assessed up to 8 weeks. The nutritional status will be assessed by the Scored Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) platform.
| Enrollment: | 47 |
| Study Start Date: | April 2009 |
| Study Completion Date: | December 2011 |
| Primary Completion Date: | December 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
| Arms | Assigned Interventions |
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No Intervention: Neutropenic Diet
This arm is the control and subjects will receive the standard of care neutropenic diet.
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Experimental: Non-neutropenic Diet
This arm is interventional and subjects will receive a non-neutropenic diet without restriction.
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Other: Non-neutropenic Diet
Non-neutropenic diet is without restriction.
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Detailed Description:
In the proposed pilot study, a randomized design will be used to address the primary and secondary aims. Subjects will be randomized to either the experimental group receiving a non-neutropenic diet without restriction, or to the control group receiving the standard neutropenic diet. While randomization will occur prior to, or on the day of their inpatient admission and the subjects will begin study procedures upon admission to the Adult Stem Cell Transplant Inpatient Unit at Duke University Medical Center.
The diet will continue until 1) the subject is no longer neutropenic, and/or 2) discharged from the inpatient unit to continue their care in the Adult Stem Cell Transplant Outpatient Clinic. By limiting the study to the time of care on the inpatient unit, we will minimize the opportunity for deviation from the assigned diet. Absence of neutropenia will be defined as an absolute neutrophil count of greater than 500/uL (manual differential) and a total white blood cell count of 1000/uL for three consecutive days.
All subjects enrolled will follow the standard prophylactic antibiotic regimen. Other supportive care will also be consistent in the two groups.
Eligibility| Ages Eligible for Study: | 20 Years to 70 Years |
| Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Scheduled to undergo a myeloablative allogeneic stem cell transplant for any cancer or non-cancer illness from any related or unrelated donor source including bone marrow, peripheral blood progenitor cell, or umbilical cord blood
- Age 20-70 years of age
- Karnofsky Performance Scale KPS> 80
- Ability to read and write English
Exclusion Criteria:
- Autologous stem cell transplant recipients
- Non-myeloablative or reduced intensity stem cell transplant recipients
- Pregnant women
- Patients with a documented active infection prior to starting their preparative regimen. This includes grade 3 or higher viral, bacterial, or fungal infection.
Contacts and Locations| United States, North Carolina | |
| Duke University Medical Center | |
| Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710 | |
| Study Chair: | Nelson Chao, MD, MBA | Duke University School of Medicine |
More Information
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| Responsible Party: | Duke University |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01687231 History of Changes |
| Other Study ID Numbers: | Pro00012374, Pro00012374 |
| Study First Received: | September 11, 2012 |
| Last Updated: | May 8, 2013 |
| Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
Keywords provided by Duke University:
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Neutropenic Diet, Non-Neutropenic Diet, Allogeneic SCT |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Neoplasms Hematologic Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Hematologic Diseases |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 21, 2013