Microbial Community Transplantation on the Armpit.

University Ghent

Status: Completed

Conditions: Heavy, Bad Odour From Armpit

Treatments: Biological: Microbial transplant

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01944566

2013/681

Details and patient eligibility

About

The malodour generation of a person's armpit is caused by the bacteria thriving on that armpit. In order to alter or reduce once bad body odour, the living microbial community on the armpit of a non-malodorous person will be transmitted (or up scaled and transmitted) to the armpit of a malodorous person. The odour is evaluated by a trained smelling panel, the bacteria living on the armpit is examined by means of molecular techniques. The microbial transplantation and its follow-up happens under the supervision of a medical doctor.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• bad armpit odour

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 1 patient group

heavy armpit odour

Experimental group

Description:

subjects with heavy armpit odour

Treatment:

Biological: Microbial transplant