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Last refreshed on: 24 March 2025
Main ID:  NCT05739864
Date of registration: 13/02/2023
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Public title: Superdonor FMT in Patients With Ulcerative Colitis
Scientific title: Evaluation of the Efficacy of Superdonor Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Patients With Mild-to-moderate Ulcerative Colitis: a Double-blind Randomized Controlled Trial
Date of first enrolment: February 13, 2023
Target sample size: 42
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05739864
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 1/Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
Italy
Contacts
Name:     Gianluca Ianiro, MD, Phd
Address: 
Telephone: +39 0630157338
Email: gianluca.ianiro@unicatt.it
Affiliation: 
Name:     Gianluca Ianiro, MD
Address: 
Telephone: +39 0630157338
Email: gianluca.ianiro@unicatt.it
Affiliation: 
Name:     Gianluca Ianiro
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, IRCCS
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- Age between 18 and 75 years old

- Mild to Moderate Ulcerative Colitis (total Mayo score 3 -10 + endoscopic subscore =
1) in stable maintenance therapies (> 4 weeks with Aminosalicylates, > 6 weeks with
immunosuppressant or biologics agents);

- Recent diagnosis (< 12 months) of Ulcerative Colitis;

- Ability to provide written informed consent

- Ability to be compliant with the scheduled procedures

Exclusion Criteria:

- Age < 18 years old

- Known active gastrointestinal disorders (e.g. infectious gastroenteritis, coeliac
disease, Crohn disease, irritable bowel syndrome, chronic pancreatitis, biliary salt
diarrhoea)

- Previous colorectal surgery or cutaneous stoma

- Current or recent (< 2 weeks) therapy with drugs that could possibly alter gut
microbiota (e.g. antimicrobials, probiotics, proton pump inhibitors or metformin)

- Decompensated heart failure or heart disease with ejection fraction lower than 30%

- Severe respiratory insufficiency

- Psychiatric disorders

- Pregnancy or breastfeeding

- Unable to give informed consent



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 75 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Active Ulcerative Colitis
Intervention(s)
Biological: FMT
Other: Placebo FMT
Primary Outcome(s)
Number of patients who will obtain remission of disease 8 weeks after treatments [Time Frame: 2 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Number of patients who will obtain clinical response [Time Frame: 2 months]
Number of patients who will obtain endoscopic remission 1,4 and 8 weeks after treatments [Time Frame: 2 months]
Evaluation of changes in recipients' microbiome after treatments, at each time point. [Time Frame: 2 months]
Evaluation of changes in serum cytokines after treatments, at each time point. [Time Frame: 2 months]
Number of patients who will obtain clinical disease remission 1,4 and 8 weeks after treatments. [Time Frame: 2 months]
Number of patients who will obtain remission of disease 1 and 4 weeks after treatments. [Time Frame: 1 months]
Secondary ID(s)
5184
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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