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Effects of Faecal Microbiota Transplantation in Patients With IBS

NCT03822299 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 164

Last updated 2019-05-07

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Summary

Irritable bowel syndrom (IBS) is a common chronic gastrointestinal disorder that affects 10-20% of the world population. The prevalence of IBS in Norway is between 8% and 25%. The pathophysiology of IBS is incompletely understood, and there is no effective treatment for this condition. Imbalance (dysbiosis) of the gut microbiome has been found in patients with IBS. In the absence of effective method to restore the dysbiosis, transplantation of a microbiome from healthy individuals with well-functioning gut (FMT) to those with IBS has been performed. Two randomized double blind placebo-controlled (RCT) studies have been published recently. Whereas it was reported in one study that FMT reduced symptom and improved quality of life in patients with IBS, FMT had no effect in the other study. In order to clarify these contradictory results, a new RCT study that enrolled larger number of patients is required. In this study, the investigators intend to recruit 170 IBS patients from those attending outdoor clinic at Stord hospital in a randomized, double blind placebo trial. A single healthy donor with well-characterized microbiome is going to be used. The effects on symptoms, quality of life, fatigue as well as dysbiosis before and after FMT are going to be investigated. The possible mechanisms behind the effects if any of FMT such as changes in intestinal stem cells, enteroendocrine cells and local immune defense shall be also investigated. The patients are going to be randomized either to placebo (own faces), 30 g or 60 g of the donor faces in ratio 1:1:1.

Conditions

  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

healthy feces microbiota

Suspension of healthy feces microbiota in sterile saline solution

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Helse Fonna

    lead OTHER

  • Helse Vest

    collaborator OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Haldis Lier, MD, PhD · Head of Research Department at Helse Finna HF

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-01-01
Primary Completion
2019-04-30
Completion
2019-05-05

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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