Microbial Community Transplantation on the Armpit/Foot

University Ghent

Status: Completed

Conditions: Heavy, Bad Body Odour From Foot; Heavy, Bad Body Odour From Armpit

Treatments: Biological: Microbial transplant

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01581112

2012/256

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Enrollment: 4 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Bad armpit or foot odour

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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4 participants in 2 patient groups

Heavy armpit odour

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects with heavy armpit odour.

Treatment:

Biological: Microbial transplant

Heavy foot odour

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects with heavy foot odour.

Treatment:

Biological: Microbial transplant