Urinary Tract InfectionsPhase 2(SEM)NCT05023395
Safety and Efficacy of MEE-HU Medicus
A Phase 2 study testing MEE-HU Medicus in people with Urinary Tract Infections, run by Dr. Ahmed Ismail at 2 sites in Egypt.
Trial summary
Primary objective: is evaluation of the investigational product's safety and evaluation of its effect, in combination with antimicrobial treatment, on urine culture (microbiological cure, no microbial growth on 24-48 hrs culture). Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Urinary Tract Infections
- What is being tested?
- MEE-HU Medicus
- Type of treatment
- Pill or oral medicine
- Could I receive a placebo?
- Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
- How many people
- 200 participants
- Where
- 2 sitesEgypt
- Study dates
- 23 Oct 2021to 11 May 2024
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Male and female patients over 18 years old - Symptomatic urinary tract infection (pain, dysuria, frequency, urgency, fever) confirmed by urine analysis (Pyuria, which is defined as urine WBC >10). - Negative pregnancy test and absence of vaginal discharge. - Recurrent urinary tract infection 2 times or more in the last 6 months or 3time or more in the last year. - Signed informed consent.
- Exclusion Criteria Patients unable or unwilling to provide their free consent to participate in the study - Patients known or suspected to be hypersensitive to medications that will be used in the study. - Simultaneous participation in other studies. - Patients on palliative care, terminal illness. - Evidence of acute or chronic prostatitis or pyelonephritis. - History of antimicrobial use in the last 72 hrs. - Patients with renal transplantation.
Who cannot join
None listed.
Trial locations and contacts
2 sites in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Safety and Efficacy of an Investigational Medicinal Product "MEE-HU Medicus",in Combination With Antimicrobial, in Urinary Tract Infection A Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo Controlled, Multicenter Study (SEM)
Primary objective: is evaluation of the investigational product's safety and evaluation of its effect, in combination with antimicrobial treatment, on urine culture (microbiological cure, no microbial growth on 24-48 hrs culture). The secondary objective: is evaluation of the investigational product's effect, in combination with antimicrobial treatment, on disease related symptoms (Clinical cure, disappearance of symptoms and signs).
Read the detailed description
Design: Randomized, Double blind, Placebo controlled multicenter study. Recurrent urinary tract infection patients will blindly receive MEE-HU Medicus, or matching placebo, orally, daily, for 10 days, adjunct to the empirical antibiotic.
Population: Male and female patients over 18 years old diagnosed with recurrent urinary tract infection. Sample Size: 200 patients, 100 from each center.
- Conditions
- Urinary Tract Infections
- Being tested
- MEE-HU Medicus, Placebo
- Medical subject headings
- Urinary Tract Infections
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
MEE-HU MedicusDrug
This investigational medicinal product (MEE-HU Medicus) is a patented mixture of amino acids and pentose sugar. The mixture according to the invention in particular is suitable as medicine for resistance-breaking of antibiotic resistances of pathogens, in particular for resistance-breaking of multiple antibiotic resistances, a method for decreasing bacterial resistance to antibiotics.
PlaceboOther
Placebo
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Investigational Medicinal Product | Experimental | Patients will be assigned to receive oral MEE-HU Medicus with the empirical antibiotic. A study pharmacist will prepare visually matched packages in identical, sequentially numbered treatment packs according to a previously done computer-generated randomization list, using block randomization with variable blocks of length 4 and 6. To be dispended, in sequential order, as participants will be recruited. All participants, enrolling physicians and investigators will be blinded to the treatment allocations. Attending physicians will be responsible for enrolling the participants and ensuring that the study medications are given from the appropriate treatment pack. Selection bias is minimized by randomization, while performance bias is minimized by blinding. Receives: Drug: MEE-HU Medicus |
| Placebo | Placebo comparator | Patients will be assigned to receive oral matching placebo with the empirical antibiotic. A study pharmacist will prepare visually matched packages in identical, sequentially numbered treatment packs according to a previously done computer-generated randomization list, using block randomization with variable blocks of length 4 and 6. To be dispended, in sequential order, as participants will be recruited. All participants, enrolling physicians and investigators will be blinded to the treatment allocations. Attending physicians will be responsible for enrolling the participants and ensuring that the study medications are given from the appropriate treatment pack. Selection bias is minimized by randomization, while performance bias is minimized by blinding. Receives: Other: Placebo |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Complete response status
Clinical cure (disappearance of symptoms and signs) and microbiological cure (negative urine culture), 5-7 days after completion of treatment.
Measured: 5-7 days after completion of treatment
Secondary outcomes (1)
Incomplete response status
Clinical cure (disappearance of symptoms and signs) with positive bacterial culture, 5-7 days after completion of treatment.
Measured: 5-7 days after completion of treatment
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted26 Aug 2021
- Study start23 Oct 2021
- Primary completion24 Mar 2024 (estimated)
- Study completion11 May 2024 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Urinary Tract InfectionsStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Triple blind
- Who is masked
- Participant, Care provider, Investigator
- Enrolment
- 200 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Dr. Ahmed Ismail
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, The Cairo Kidney Center, Helwan University, Zagazig University
- Responsible party
- Sponsor-investigator, Dr. Ahmed Ismail, Heliopolis University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05023395
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 00012020
- Acronym
- (SEM)
- Status last verified
- Feb 2024
- First submitted
- 23 Aug 2021
- Last updated
- 8 Feb 2024
- Results posted
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 8 Feb 2024. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Safety and Efficacy of an Investigational Medicinal Product "MEE-HU Medicus",in Combination With Antimicrobial, in Urinary Tract Infection A Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo Controlled, Multicenter Study (SEM)
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05023395
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- (SEM) / 00012020
- Conditions
- Urinary Tract Infections
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Unknown status
- Enrolment
- 200 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Dr. Ahmed IsmailUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, The Cairo Kidney Center, Helwan University, Zagazig University
- Study start
- 23 Oct 2021 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 24 Mar 2024 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 11 May 2024 (estimated)
- First posted
- 26 Aug 2021 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Primary objective: is evaluation of the investigational product's safety and evaluation of its effect, in combination with antimicrobial treatment, on urine culture (microbiological cure, no microbial growth on 24-48 hrs culture). The secondary objective: is evaluation of the investigational product's effect, in combination with antimicrobial treatment, on disease related symptoms (Clinical cure, disappearance of symptoms and signs).
Detailed description
Design: Randomized, Double blind, Placebo controlled multicenter study. Recurrent urinary tract infection patients will blindly receive MEE-HU Medicus, or matching placebo, orally, daily, for 10 days, adjunct to the empirical antibiotic.
Population: Male and female patients over 18 years old diagnosed with recurrent urinary tract infection. Sample Size: 200 patients, 100 from each center.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Triple blind (participant, care provider, investigator)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Investigational Medicinal Product | Experimental | Drug: MEE-HU MedicusPatients will be assigned to receive oral MEE-HU Medicus with the empirical antibiotic. A study pharmacist will prepare visually matched packages in identical, sequentially numbered treatment packs according to a previously done computer-generated randomization list, using block randomization with variable blocks of length 4 and 6. To be dispended, in sequential order, as participants will be recruited. All participants, enrolling physicians and investigators will be blinded to the treatment allocations. Attending physicians will be responsible for enrolling the participants and ensuring that the study medications are given from the appropriate treatment pack. Selection bias is minimized by randomization, while performance bias is minimized by blinding. |
| Placebo | Placebo comparator | Other: PlaceboPatients will be assigned to receive oral matching placebo with the empirical antibiotic. A study pharmacist will prepare visually matched packages in identical, sequentially numbered treatment packs according to a previously done computer-generated randomization list, using block randomization with variable blocks of length 4 and 6. To be dispended, in sequential order, as participants will be recruited. All participants, enrolling physicians and investigators will be blinded to the treatment allocations. Attending physicians will be responsible for enrolling the participants and ensuring that the study medications are given from the appropriate treatment pack. Selection bias is minimized by randomization, while performance bias is minimized by blinding. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (2 listed)
- Male and female patients over 18 years old - Symptomatic urinary tract infection (pain, dysuria, frequency, urgency, fever) confirmed by urine analysis (Pyuria, which is defined as urine WBC >10). - Negative pregnancy test and absence of vaginal discharge. - Recurrent urinary tract infection 2 times or more in the last 6 months or 3time or more in the last year. - Signed informed consent.
- Exclusion Criteria Patients unable or unwilling to provide their free consent to participate in the study - Patients known or suspected to be hypersensitive to medications that will be used in the study. - Simultaneous participation in other studies. - Patients on palliative care, terminal illness. - Evidence of acute or chronic prostatitis or pyelonephritis. - History of antimicrobial use in the last 72 hrs. - Patients with renal transplantation.
Key exclusion criteria (0 listed)
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| MEE-HU MedicusThis investigational medicinal product (MEE-HU Medicus) is a patented mixture of amino acids and pentose sugar. The mixture according to the invention in particular is suitable as medicine for resistance-breaking of antibiotic resistances of pathogens, in particular for resistance-breaking of multiple antibiotic resistances, a method for decreasing bacterial resistance to antibiotics. | Drug | Investigational Medicinal Product |
| PlaceboPlacebo | Other | Placebo |
Primary outcome
Complete response status
Time frame: 5-7 days after completion of treatment
Clinical cure (disappearance of symptoms and signs) and microbiological cure (negative urine culture), 5-7 days after completion of treatment.
1 secondary outcome
Incomplete response status
Time frame: 5-7 days after completion of treatment
Results and safety
Results are not available in the source record.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 8 Feb 2024.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
2 sites in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 2 study testing MEE-HU Medicus in people with Urinary Tract Infections, run by Dr. Ahmed Ismail at 2 sites in Egypt.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 0 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 8 Feb 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 2 sites in Egypt. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
What does this phase mean?
Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.
Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.
Are results available for this study?
Results are not available in the source record.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Complete response status (time frame: 5-7 days after completion of treatment). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 8 Feb 2024.