This is a prospective observational cohort study, over 52 weeks, evaluating the the use of faecal microbiota transplantation amongst patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Microscopic Colitis
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
50
Faeces acquired from a healthy donor
St Vincent's Hospital
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
RECRUITINGClinical remission as defined by Crohn's disease activity index less than 150
CDAI \<150
Time frame: 8 weeks
Clinical remission in Ulcerative colitis: Total MAYO score </= 2
Total Mayo score of \</=2, with all mayo sub-scores being 1 or less
Time frame: 8 weeks
Clinical remission in Microscopic colitis
Mean of \<3 stools/day, including a mean of \<1 watery stool/day over 1 week and if steroid dependent, the ability to cease steroids without increasing symptoms over baseline disease activity assessment.
Time frame: 8 weeks
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