Title

SER-109 Versus Placebo to Prevent Recurrent Clostridium Difficile Infection (RCDI)
ECOSPOR: A RandomizEd, Double Blind, Placebo COntrolled, Parallel Group Study of SER 109 to Prevent Recurrent ClOstRidium Difficile Infection
  • Phase

    Phase 2
  • Study Type

    Interventional
  • Study Participants

    89
The study will involve administering the study drug as a single dose of study drug or placebo. This study is designed to demonstrate the superiority of the experimental drug versus placebo in adult patients with recurrent CDI.
ECOSPOR is a Phase 2, multicenter, randomized, double blind, placebo controlled clinical study with 2 treatment arms (SER-109 or placebo). Patients who have diarrhea and a positive C. difficile test result on a stool sample, and who have responded to standard of care antibiotic treatment will receive study drug on Day 1.

Those patients who experience a recurrence of CDI up to 8 weeks after SER 109 or placebo treatment will be offered an opportunity to enroll in an open label SER 109 extension study (Study SERES 005).
Study Started
May 31
2015
Primary Completion
Jul 31
2016
Study Completion
Oct 31
2016
Results Posted
Jul 26
2018
Last Update
Jul 26
2018

Drug SER-109

SER 109 is a rationally designed ecology of bacterial spores enriched from stool donations obtained from healthy, screened donors.

  • Other names: Purified Eubacterial Spores, Encapsulated

Drug Placebo

Placebo will be identical to the investigator product but will not contain product spores or non-spore solids. Placebo will consist of 92% glycerol and 8% normal saline.

SER-109 Experimental

SER 109 (1 × 108 SporQs)

Placebo Placebo Comparator

Placebo

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Signed informed consent, indicating that the patient understands the purpose of and procedures required for the study. Patients who are unable to provide informed consent will not be included in the study.
Male or female patients ≥ 18 years.
≥ 3 episodes of CDI within the previous 9 months, inclusive of the current episode with documentation of ≥ 2 episodes.

Exclusion Criteria:

Female patients who are pregnant, breastfeeding, lactating, or planning to become pregnant during the study.
Known or suspected toxic megacolon and/or known small bowel ileus.
Active irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea within the previous 12 months.
Major gastrointestinal surgery (eg, significant bowel resection or diversion) within 3 months before enrollment (this does not include appendectomy or cholecystectomy) or any history of total colectomy or bariatric surgery.
History of inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, microscopic colitis) with diarrhea believed to be caused by active inflammatory bowel disease in the past 24 months.
Admitted to or expected to be admitted to an acute care facility or intensive care unit for medical reasons (not just boarding). Patients discharged from an acute care facility before Day 1 or residing in nursing homes or rehabilitation facilities may be enrolled.
Concurrent intensive induction chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or biologic treatment for active malignancy (patients on maintenance chemotherapy may only be enrolled after consultation with medical monitor).

Summary

SER-109

Placebo

All Events

Event Type Organ System Event Term SER-109 Placebo

Number of Subjects With CDI Recurrence

SER-109

26.0
participants

Placebo

16.0
participants

Time to Recurrence of CDI

Kaplan-Meier estimate of median number of days to recurrence

SER-109

Placebo

Number of Subjects With CDI Recurrence

SER-109

Placebo

Number of Subjects With CDI Recurrence

SER-109

Placebo

Number of Subjects With CDI Recurrence

SER-109

Placebo

Total

89
Participants

Age, Continuous

64.5
years (Mean)
Standard Deviation: 15.74

Body Mass Index (kg/m2)

27.70
kg/m^2 (Mean)
Standard Deviation: 6.150

Age, Categorical

Albumin < 2.5 mg/dL

Number of Previous CDI Episodes

Race (NIH/OMB)

Sex: Female, Male

Stool Frequency

White Blood Cells Category

Overall Study

SER-109

Placebo