Title

Safety of FMT: OpenBiome Outcomes and Longitudinal Follow-up (STOOL) for Recurrent Clostridium Difficile Infection
Safety of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation: OpenBiome Outcomes and Longitudinal Follow-up (STOOL) for Recurrent Clostridium Difficile Infection
  • Phase

    Phase 2
  • Study Type

    Interventional
  • Study Participants

    17
The overarching objective of this study is to address the knowledge gap regarding the short-term and long-term safety of fecal microbiota transplants (FMT). The design will be a prospective, open-label, multi-center longitudinal cohort study to assess the short- and long-term safety of FMT as well as the clinical resolution of diarrhea among 150 patients with 3 or more episodes of clostridium difficile infection (CDI defined as 3 unformed stools over 24 hours for 2 consecutive days and either a positive stool test for CDI or pseudomembranes on colonoscopy/sigmoidoscopy). Subjects will be adult outpatients referred to one of the study centers after at least three recurrent episodes of CDI and previous treatment with at least one 10-day course of oral vancomycin or fidaxomicin. After FMT by colonoscopy/sigmoidoscopy or enema, patients will be followed prospectively and monitored for clinical resolution and adverse events at: 3 days (telephone), 3 weeks (clinical assessment), 8 weeks (telephone), 6 months (telephone), and 12 months (telephone) after FMT. Subjects who recur will be offered a second FMT by colonoscopy with a different donor. Microbiome analysis will be conducted from stool samples at baseline and each of the 5 follow-up intervals.
Study Started
Mar 31
2015
Primary Completion
Oct 31
2017
Study Completion
Jun 30
2018
Results Posted
Feb 23
2021
Last Update
Feb 23
2021

Drug Fecal Microbiota Preparation

Frozen processed human fecal material for treating recurrent Clostridium difficile infections.

Intervention: Fecal Microbiota Preparation Experimental

Open label single arm Dosage form: Screened human donor stool, sourced from human-derived microbes generated by healthy, screened donors. Route of administration: either colonoscopic/sigmoidoscopic FMT or retention enema FMT Dosing Regimen: 250 mL x 1 dose. In the event of a clinical non-response, a repeat single 250 mL dose will occur from a different donor

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Adult (age 18-75 years old)
Outpatient
Third or further documented CDI episode and

Unable to maintain CDI cure after standard therapy with oral vancomycin or fidaxomicin

Previous treatment with at least one course of tapered/pulse vancomycin or
Inability to taper or stop vancomycin or fidaxomicin without developing diarrhea requiring antibiotic therapy.
Improvement of CDI symptoms on vancomycin or fidaxomicin

Exclusion Criteria:

Unable to comply with study follow-up procedures at discretion of MD
Unable to provide informed consent at discretion of MD
Participating in another clinical trial
Pregnant or nursing currently or planned pregnancy in next 1 year
Evidence of toxic megacolon or gastrointestinal perforation
Peripheral white blood cell count >30 x 10^9/L and/or temperature >38 degrees Celsius
Admission to an intensive care unit within prior 7 days for any reason
Previously undergone FMT

Severely immunocompromised patients

HIV infection (any CD4 count)
AIDS-defining diagnoses
Inherited/primary immune disorder
Immunosuppressant medications:
Current or recent (<3 months) treatment with anti-neoplastic agents
Current or recent (<3 months) treatment with calcineurin inhibitors (tacrolimus, cyclosporine)
Current or recent (<3 months) treatment with mycophenolate mofetil
Current or recent (<3 months) treatment with monoclonal antibodies to B and T-Cells, anti-TNF, glucocorticoids, antimetabolites (azathioprine, 6-mercaptopurine)
Neutropenia with absolute neutrophil count (ANC) <0.5 x 10^9/L
Active gastroenteritis due to infectious cause other than CDI
Short gut syndrome
Colostomy
Ascites
End-stage liver disease
Untreated, in-situ colorectal cancer
Irritable bowel syndrome
Inflammatory bowel disease including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis
Microscopic colitis including collagenous colitis and lymphocytic colitis
Severe food allergy (anaphylaxis) that cannot be confirmed as having been excluded from a donor's diet within the five days prior to donation
Anorectal disorder/severe rectal sphincter tone abnormality or inability to retain enema material
Unable or unwilling to tolerate colonoscopy/sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy prep, or enema for any reason at discretion of MD
Severe underlying disease that the patient is not expected to survive for the subsequent 12 months at the discretion of the MD.
Any conditions for which, in opinion of MD, the treatment may pose a health risk

Summary

Intervention: Fecal Microbiota Preparation

All Events

Event Type Organ System Event Term Intervention: Fecal Microbiota Preparation

Short-term Safety of FMT as Measured by Absence or Presence of Related Serious Adverse Events

Determine the short-term safety of FMT for the prevention of further CDI recurrence. Short-term safety was measured by absence or presence of related serious adverse events

Intervention: Fecal Microbiota Preparation

Long-term Safety of FMT as Measured by Absence or Presence of Adverse Events

Determine the long-term safety of FMT for the prevention of further CDI recurrence

Intervention: Fecal Microbiota Preparation

Age, Customized

Race (NIH/OMB)

Region of Enrollment

Sex: Female, Male

Overall Study

Intervention: Fecal Microbiota Preparation