This is a proof-of-principle research study designed to determine whether fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) can eliminate highly drug-resistant bacteria from the intestinal tract of renal transplant patients. The primary goal of this study is to test whether oral gut decontamination followed by FMT by enema delivery will result in decolonization of the intestinal tract of renal transplant patients shortly after solid organ transplantation, thereby preventing difficult to treat post-transplant infections.
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Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
3
Fecal microbiota transplantation after antibiotic pretreatment
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
The primary outcome of the study will be the proportion of successfully decolonized patients out of all study patients evaluated, defined as the sustained elimination of a MDR target organism over a minimum of ≥ 2 study visits.
Time frame: 6 months
Determine the number of patients with treatment-related adverse events, as defined by the study adverse event questionnaire (including the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (v4.0)).
Time frame: 6 months
Estimate the proportion of patients who become re-colonized following FMT.
Time frame: 6 months
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