Clinical Study on the Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in the Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis With Depression

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• Conditions: Ulcerative Colitis
• Interventions: Drug: Intestinal flora capsule; Procedure: placebo capsule

• Registration Number: NCT05030064
• Lead Sponsor: Third Military Medical University

Brief Summary

This is a single-center trial, randomized, single-blind, placebo-controlled clinical intervention study which intends to explore the safety and effectiveness of FMT capsule for the treatment of ulcerative colitis with depression.

Detailed Description

A total of 54 patients with definite diagnosis of ulcerative colitis (light-to-moderate active period) with depressive state were included. According to the random table, patients were randomly divided into the FMT capsule group and the placebo group, and received the FMT capsule and placebo interventions once a week for 4 consecutive times, respectively. The patients were followed up at the 4th, 8th and 12th week of intervention, and a simple physical examination was performed to evaluate the patient's condition changes (abdominal pain degree score, diarrhea frequency, stool characteristics and extraintestinal manifestations such as skin and joints) and modified Mayo score , IBD-QOL scale, PHQ9, SDS, HADS, HAMA, HAMD scale, etc. The improvement and effective colonization of the intestinal flora in the FMT capsule group or the placebo group of patients with depression and IBD were observed by methods such as 16S rRNA analysis of the intestinal flora In the 12th weeks.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2021-08
• Study First Submitted: 2021-08-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-08-30
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-08-30
• Study First Posted: 2021-09-01
• Last Update Posted: 2021-09-01
• Study Start: 2021-09-10
• Primary Completion: 2021-12-31
• Study Completion: 2022-08-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 54

Inclusion Criteria

1. The course of the disease is more than 6 months, and it is clearly diagnosed as ulcerative colitis with depression.【Diagnostic criteria: (2020) "JSGE Evidence-based Clinical Practice Guidelines: Inflammatory Bowel Disease" and "Chinese Mental Disorders Classification and Diagnostic Standards" (CCMD) -3) The relevant standards in the above, and also meet the improved Mayo score ≤ 10 points, PHQ9 score ≥ 5 points】;
2. There is no restriction on men and women, aged between 18-65 years old;
3. BMI is between 18-30kg/m2;
4. Have basic reading comprehension skills;
5. No other serious diseases such as heart, brain, lung, liver, and kidney are complicated;
6. Have not traveled abroad in the past month, and have no history of alcoholism, drug abuse, or smelting;
7. No antibiotics and probiotic preparations have been used within one month;
8. Agree to participate in this study and sign an informed consent form.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Age <18 years old or >65 years old;
2. Patients with unspecified ulcerative colitis;
3. Authors with bipolar disorder, persistent mood disorder, and mania;
4. Malignant tumors such as gastrointestinal infection, irritable bowel syndrome, bowel cancer and other gastrointestinal diseases;
5. A history of gastrointestinal surgery;
6. Patients during pregnancy and lactation;
7. Complicated with obesity, hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, stroke and other serious chronic diseases (hereditary, metabolic, endocrine diseases);
8. Infectious diseases: hepatitis B or C, HIV, syphilis (rapid recovery of positive plasma), Epstein-Barr virus and cytomegalovirus infection (IgM positive);
9. Abnormal liver function: AST or ALT higher than 2 times the upper limit of normal; renal insufficiency: serum Cr higher than 1.5 times the upper limit of normal or eGFR<60ml/min; dyslipidemia (TC> 4.0 mmol/L, TG >2.0 mmol/L, LDL-c>2.5 mmol/L, HDL-c<1.0 mmol/L), CRP>8mg/L;
10. Anticoagulation therapy;
11. Patients who were participating in other clinical trials at the time of enrollment;
12. Those who do not agree to join the group or have various factors affecting compliance and other people who are not suitable for participating in clinical trials.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intestinal flora capsule(FMT)	Intestinal flora capsule	The group includes 27patients.They will receive 16 capsules of intestinal bacteria each time, once a week, 4 times in a row.Each capsule contains 200mg of fecal bacteria.
Placebo group	placebo capsule	The group includes 27patients.They will receive 16 Placebo capsules each time, once a week, 4 times in a row.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
PHQ-9 score	12 Weeks after treatment.	Patien Health Questionnare.The total score is 0-27 points, 0-4 points: no depression; 5-9 points: mild depression; 10-14 points: moderate depression; 15-27 points: severe depression. The higher the score, the worse the depression.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
HAMA-score	12 Weeks after treatment.	Hamilton Anxiety Scale.The total score is 0-56, among which, physical anxiety: 7-13 items; mental anxiety: 1-6 and 14 items.The higher the score, the greater the anxiety.
HAMD-score	12 Weeks after treatment.	Hamilton Depression Scale.The total score is 0-35 points: \>35 points: severe depression; \>20 points: mild or moderate depression; 8-20 may have depression; \<8 points: no depression. The higher the score, the greater the depression.
IBD-QoL	12 Weeks after treatment.	Quality of Life Analysis Table for Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: There are 32 questions in total. Each question has a different level of answer from 1 to 7, 1 generation The table has the heaviest degree, and 7 represents the least degree.Total score 0-224,The higher the score, the higher the quality of life.
Modified Mayo score	12 Weeks after treatment.	Modified Mayo score for ulcerative colitis: a total of 0-12 points, scores ≤ 2 points and no single sub-item score\> 1 points to clinical remission, 3 to 5 points to mild activity, 6 to 10 points to moderate activity, 11 \~12 is divided into heavy activity.The higher the score, the more severe the condition.
SDS-score	12 Weeks after treatment.	Self-Rating Depression Scale.Standard total score: normal \<53 points; 53-62 for mild depression; 63-72 for moderate depression; \>72 for severe depression.The higher the score, the worse the depression.
HADS-score	12 Weeks after treatment.	Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale.It consists of 14 (7 anxiety and 7 depression-related) scoring items, all ranging from 0-21. The higher the score, the more severe the anxiety and depression.
GSRS-score	12 Weeks after treatment.	Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale . The score varies from 1 6 to 1 1 2 . Higher scores suggest more severe gastrointestinal pathology .

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Gastroenterology, Research Institute of Surgery, Da ping Hospital, The Third Military Medical University; 🇨🇳 Chongqing, Chongqing, China