Clinical Protocol CERN Feasibility Study
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Cern Device.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Bacterial Vaginosis, Fungal Vaginal Infections. Basic parameters: from 18 years · Female.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Feasibility/First in Human Study of Visible Spectrum, Low Level, Microbicidal Light-based Intravaginal Therapy for Treatment of Yeast and Bacterial Vaginitis
Overview
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if the intravaginal Cern device works to treat bacterial vaginosis and fungal vaginitis in premenopausal women. It will also learn about the safety of the device. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does the device accomplish symptom resolution and negative diagnostic tests post-treatment? What medical problems do participants have when using the intravaginal device? Participants will use the investigational intravaginal device for 5 consecutive days, participate in teleconferences and weekly follow-ups, attend in-clinic visits, and maintain a study diary.
Detailed description
The CERN Feasibility Study is an interventional clinical trial designed to evaluate the Cern Medical Device in the treatment of bacterial vaginosis and fungal vaginitis. The study assesses both the efficacy and safety of this innovative technology, which combines 450nm visible spectrum light with a natural photosensitizer (carboxy methyl cellulose and curcumin). The primary objective is to determine the device's effectiveness by measuring symptom resolution and negative diagnostic tests post-treatment. The secondary objective focuses on safety, monitoring adverse effects and patient tolerance during and after treatment. The study design involves recruiting up to 30 premenopausal women with culture-confirmed bacterial vaginosis or fungal vaginitis. Participants are divided into two groups, in the bacterial vaginosis group, the device is used for 30 minutes daily for 5 consecutive days. And in the fungal vaginitis group, the device is used for 60 minutes daily for 5 consecutive days. Following treatment, participants undergo a 45-day follow-up period, which includes daily telecom check-ins during treatment, weekly follow-ups, and a final assessment at 28 days post-treatment. Adherence is tracked through daily diaries and telecom follow-ups, ensuring treatment compliance, effectiveness monitoring, and adverse reaction tracking. Treatment success is determined by self-reported symptom resolution and negative diagnostic cultures, while safety is assessed through self-reported adverse events and clinical examinations.
Interventions
- Device Cern Device
The Cern Device is an Intravaginal device utilizing low level microbicidal visible light at a 450nm low level microbicidal light, in visible spectrum for treatment of vaginitis, including both bacterial vaginosis and fungal vaginitis.
Primary outcome measures
- Resolution of Clinical Symptoms [Time frame: Day 1 to Day 28 (post-treatment)]
- Negative Diagnostic Test Result [Time frame: Within 7 days after treatment completion]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- Safety of the Cern Device [Time frame: Day 1 to Day 45]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Confirm symptomatic and laboratory-confirmed bacterial vaginosis or fungal vaginitis
Exclusion criteria
- Postmenopausal status, current use of intravaginal devices, concurrent medical therapy for fungal vaginitis or bacterial vaginosis, recent medical therapy for vaginitis in past 7 days, immunosuppressive medication ≤ 3 months before screening, radiation therapy ≤ 3 months before screening, known allergy to curcumin, acrylic, or silicone, major organ disease or clinically significant infection or conditions that may affect clinical assessment of vaginitis, pregnancy or plans for pregnancy, history of intolerance to intravaginal devices, symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse stage 2 or greater.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- N/A
- Model
- Single group
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
United States · 3 centers
- Akerman Med — Irvine
- Akerman Med — Orange
- Akerman Med — Santa Ana
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06933420 · CERN-PR-001