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Fecal Transplantation for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

NCT02391012 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 9

Last updated 2016-06-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Fecal microbial treatment (FMT) is a treatment that utilizes the microbiota of a healthy intestine as a probiotic preparation. The feces of a healthy individual is fluidized and than inserted into the intestinal tract of a sick individual, assuming that the healthy flora will colonize and cure the intestine. There are reports of the efficacy of this treatment for inflammatory bowel disease but currently the numbers are small.

aim: To investigate whether use of FMT will bring improvement for colitis in IBD patients . Methods: The patients will undergo full colonoscopy, the stool preparation will be infused through the colonoscope during withdrawal of the instrument.

Conditions

Interventions

BIOLOGICAL

Fecal microbial l transplantation

infusion of preparation of fecal preparation from a healthy donor to a colitis patient

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Meir Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Timna Naftali, MD · Meir Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-04-30
Primary Completion
2016-06-30
Completion
2016-07-31

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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Diseases

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