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Transplantation of Microbes for Treatment of Metabolic Syndrome & NAFLD

NCT02496390 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1/PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 21

Last updated 2018-12-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) occurs when excess fat is deposited in the liver. Almost all patients also have obesity and insulin resistance (the inability of the body to effectively use insulin). Obesity and NAFLD are intricately intertwined and are increasing in incidence. While weight loss is the most effective therapy for NAFLD, the investigators' efforts are failing and in the next generation it will become the most common cause of liver failure in Canada. Recently, researchers have focused on the potential use of altering the composition of bacteria in the gut (microbiome) to alter absorption of energy from food, deposition of fat and resistance to insulin. This study will determine if transplantation of bacteria from the stool of a healthy volunteer into an individual with metabolic syndrome and NAFLD (i.e. fecal microbiota transplant/FMT) can alter insulin resistance and reduce the amount of fat deposited in the liver. FMT is being studied to treat several clinical conditions and is now standard of care for the treatment of refractory Clostridium difficile infection. Investigators are proposing a randomized controlled pilot study of FMT in 21 patients to determine the feasibility and to inform us of changes needed for a larger study.

Conditions

Interventions

BIOLOGICAL

Autologous

Patients will have their normal microbiome reduced using an oral preparation (pico-salax) as used for routine colonic preparation for colonoscopy. • Administration of the FMT will be via a nasoduodenal tube inserted at the time of gastroscopy. Dosage - approx 100ml previously frozen fecal sample obtained from the patient prior to colonic preparation.

BIOLOGICAL

Allogeneic

Patients will have their normal microbiome reduced using an oral preparation (pico-salax) as used for routine colonic preparation for colonoscopy. • Administration of the FMT will be via a nasoduodenal tube inserted at the time of gastroscopy. Dosage - approx 100ml previously frozen fecal sample obtained from a lean donor prior to colonic preparation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Michael Silverman, MD · London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-06-30
Primary Completion
2018-04-30
Completion
2018-12-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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