Fecal Transplant for Crohn's Disease
A Prospective Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT) to Placebo in the Treatment of Mild to Moderate Crohn's Disease
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1 country
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Brief Summary
To determine the efficacy and safety of serial FMT at inducing and maintaining clinical and endoscopic response in patients with mild to moderate Crohn's disease
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P25-P50 for phase_2
Started Mar 2017
Longer than P75 for phase_2
3 active sites
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
January 12, 2017
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
March 13, 2017
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
March 28, 2017
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
June 21, 2021
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
August 29, 2022
CompletedSeptember 7, 2022
September 1, 2022
4.2 years
January 12, 2017
September 2, 2022
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Clinical and Endoscopic Remission
Harvey Bradshaw Index \<5 and Simple endoscopic score \<5
Week 8
Secondary Outcomes (7)
Clinical response
Week 8
Clinical remission
Week 8
Endoscopic response
Week 8
Endoscopic remission
Week 8
Quality of Life 1
Week 8
- +2 more secondary outcomes
Study Arms (2)
Fecal microbiota transplant
EXPERIMENTALTransfer of healthy human gut bacteria
Placebo
PLACEBO COMPARATORWater
Interventions
FMT delivered by colonoscopy and oral capsules
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- mild to moderate ileal, ileo-colonic or colonic Crohns disease
- active ileal and/or colonic disease on endoscopy with or without elevated inflammatory markers i.e. C-reactive protein \>8mg/L, elevated fecal calprotectin \>250 ug/g
- If applicable, meds stable as follows: 5-ASA for 4 weeks, prednisone up to 20mg QD for 4 weeks, budesonide up to 6mg QD for 4 weeks, azathioprine, 6-MP and methotrexate for 12 weeks
- Use of effective contraception
You may not qualify if:
- Antibiotic exposure within 30 days and probiotic exposure within 14 days
- topical inflammatory bowel disease therapy within 2 weeks
- active perianal disease
- requirement for concurrent antibiotic therapy
- SES-CD score \<5
- severe CD HBI \>25 or need for hospitalization
- abdominal abscess
- extensive colonic resection, subtotal or total colectomy
- ileostomy, colostomy, known fixed symptomatic stenosis or complex fistulae
- evidence of or treatment for C. difficile or other intestinal pathogen including Cytomegalovirus within 28 days
- requiring or expected to require surgical intervention
- history or evidence of adenomatous colonic polyps not removed
- history of evidence of colonic dysplasia
- active substance abuse or psychiatric problems that may interfere with study
- chronic Hep B, C, or HIV infection
- +4 more criteria
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- University of Albertalead
- University of Calgarycollaborator
- McMaster Universitycollaborator
Study Sites (3)
Foothills Hospital
Calgary, Alberta, T2N2T9, Canada
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2X8, Canada
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Related Publications (1)
Kao D, Wong K, Jijon H, Moayyedi P, Franz R, McDougall C, Hotte N, Panaccione R, Semlacher E, Kroeker KI, Peerani F, MacDonald KV, Xu H, Narula N, Turbide C, Marshall DA, Madsen KL. Preliminary Results From a Multicenter, Randomized Trial Using Fecal Microbiota Transplantation to Induce Remission in Patients With Mild-to-Moderate Crohn's Disease. Am J Gastroenterol. 2024 Nov 12;120(6):1334-1344. doi: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000003196.
PMID: 39530534DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Dina Kao, MD
University of Alberta
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- phase 2
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- QUADRUPLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
January 12, 2017
First Posted
March 13, 2017
Study Start
March 28, 2017
Primary Completion
June 21, 2021
Study Completion
August 29, 2022
Last Updated
September 7, 2022
Record last verified: 2022-09
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share