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NCT02949427

The Oronasal Microbiota in Pediatric Oncology Patients

Completed Last updated 5 December 2025
What this trial tests

trial in Acute Myeloid Leukemia in 62 participants. Completed in 29 March 2023.

Timeline
6 March 2017
Primary endpoint
25 July 2022
29 March 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsorSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital
StatusCompleted
Study typeOBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment62
Start date6 March 2017
Primary completion25 July 2022
Estimated completion29 March 2023
Sites1 location across United States

Conditions studied

Sponsor

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Who can join

Adults 4 to 21, any sex, with Acute Myeloid Leukemia or Hematologic Malignancy. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The human microbiome is composed of unique groups of microorganisms occupying distinct habitats distributed throughout the human body. The Human Microbiome Project recently evaluated the bacterial composition of the microbiome in 18 (for women) and 15 (for men) body sites. Much initial attention in the field of microbiome research has focused on the bacterial contribution to a "healthy" microbiome. However, it is clear that other microorganisms, including fungi and viruses, are also distributed throughout the human body and serve as functional components of the microbiome. The populations of microorganisms residing within the oral and nasal cavities make important contributions to human health and disease. These contributions may be especially important in immunosuppressed patients, including those patients receiving myelosuppressive chemotherapy or undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. In these patients, organisms typically considered as commensals can become pathogenic, either locally or systemically. This observational study is primarily undertaken to evaluate the oral and nasal microbiota and to define the population of fungal organisms residing within the oral and nasal cavities in pediatric oncology patients before and after receiving protocol-directed chemotherapy and associated supportive care.

Publications & conference data

2 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

  1. Much More Than IL-17A: Cytokines of the IL-17 Family Between Microbiota and Cancer.
    Brevi A, Cogrossi LL, Grazia G, Masciovecchio D, et al · · 2020 · cited 81× · PMID 33244315 · DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2020.565470
  2. Microbial Crosstalk with Therapy: Pharmacomicrobiomics in AML-One Step Closer to Personalized Medicine.
    Nowicka A, Tomczak H, Szałek E, Karbownik A, et al · · 2025 · cited 1× · PMID 40722831 · DOI 10.3390/biomedicines13071761

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