Study to Evaluate the Safety of Lactobacillus Rhamnosus GG ATCC 53103 (LGG) in Elderly Subjects

Summary

This is a phase I, open label clinical trial to evaluate the safety of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG) in elderly subjects. Lactobacilli are part of the normal flora of the intestine. LGG is one of several strains of Lactobacilli that is used as a probiotic or microorganism administered to confer "health benefits". Our research is focused on studying the possible therapeutic effects of LGG. The study hypotheses are: * LGG administered twice daily will be safe and well tolerated in elderly subjects * LGG will colonize the stool of elderly subjects and will modify the diversity and richness of the microbiota in their nasopharyngeal and stool specimens

Timeline

Start

2010-12

Primary completion

2011-08

Completion

2011-08

Publications

• Solano-Aguilar G, Molokin A, Botelho C, Fiorino AM, Vinyard B, Li R, Chen C, Urban J Jr, Dawson H, Andreyeva I, Haverkamp M, Hibberd PL. Transcriptomic Profile of Whole Blood Cells from Elderly Subjects Fed Probiotic Bacteria Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG ATCC 53103 (LGG) in a Phase I Open Label Study. PLoS One. 2016 Feb 9;11(2):e0147426. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147426. eCollection 2016.
• Hibberd PL, Kleimola L, Fiorino AM, Botelho C, Haverkamp M, Andreyeva I, Poutsiaka D, Fraser C, Solano-Aguilar G, Snydman DR. No evidence of harms of probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG ATCC 53103 in healthy elderly-a phase I open label study to assess safety, tolerability and cytokine responses. PLoS One. 2014 Dec 1;9(12):e113456. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113456. eCollection 2014.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.