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Last refreshed on: 25 March 2024
Main ID:  NCT03948919
Date of registration: 10/05/2019
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: University of Minnesota
Public title: Low Sulfur Fecal Transplant for Ulcerative Colitis
Scientific title: Low Sulfur Fecal Transplant for Ulcerative Colitis
Date of first enrolment: July 31, 2019
Target sample size: 26
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03948919
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Basic Science. Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 1
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Byron Vaughn, MD
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Affiliation:  University of Minnesota
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Able and willing to provide consent

- English speaking

- Diagnosis of ulcerative colitis based on typical clinical-histopathic diagnosis

- Diagnosis of ulcerative colitis > 3 months

- Active disease on endoscopy (endoscopic Mayo subscore = 1)

- Evidence of inflammation extending beyond a minimum of 20cm

- Any ongoing ulcerative colitis therapy must be at stable doses for 4 weeks prior to
study and remain stable over the course of the study

Exclusion Criteria:

- Extensive bowel resection

- Presence of ileostomy or colostomy

- Suspicion of ischemic colitis, radiation colitis or microscopic colitis

- Diagnosis of Crohn's disease

- Diagnosis of per-anal fistula or abscess

- Adenomatous polyps that have not been removed

- Use of pre or probiotics within 30 days of randomization

- Pregnancy

- Severe food allergies

- End stage liver disease or cirrhosis

- An absolute neutrophil count < 500 cell/µL

- Life expectancy < 6 months



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 89 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Ulcerative Colitis
Intervention(s)
Drug: Fecal microbiota
Other: Placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
Engraftment of low sulfate reducing microbiota [Time Frame: 12 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Clinical efficacy of FMT versus placebo [Time Frame: 8 weeks]
Clinical efficacy of low sulfate reducing microbiota [Time Frame: 12 weeks]
Rate of change of sulfate reducing microbiota [Time Frame: 4 weeks]
Serious adverse events [Time Frame: 12 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
GI-2019-27285
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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