FMT Delivered by Capsule Versus Colonoscopy for Recurrent C. Diff

Summary

Delivery of FMT by upper route, including gastroscopy, nasogastric/ nasojejunal tube, and lower route, including retention enema, sigmoidoscopy, or colonoscopy have all been utilized successfully. Endoscopic delivery requires significant health care utilization and associated cost. Therefore, it is extremely desirable if FMT can be infused by a non invasive modality, which would significantly reduce patient discomfort, procedure related risks and health care costs, while offering similar efficacy to colonoscopic delivery in the range of 90%.

Timeline

Start

2014-09-18

Primary completion

2016-12-12

Completion

2017-09-13

Publications

• Kao D, Roach B, Silva M, Beck P, Rioux K, Kaplan GG, Chang HJ, Coward S, Goodman KJ, Xu H, Madsen K, Mason A, Wong GK, Jovel J, Patterson J, Louie T. Effect of Oral Capsule- vs Colonoscopy-Delivered Fecal Microbiota Transplantation on Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2017 Nov 28;318(20):1985-1993. doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.17077.

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