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Clinical Trials/NCT07602751
NCT07602751Not yet recruitingPhase 1

Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for the Treatment of Steroid-refractory Graft-versus-host Disease.

Bambino Gesù Hospital and Research Institute3 sites in 1 country20 target enrollmentStarted: May 18, 2026Last updated:

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Phase 1
Status
Not yet recruiting
Sponsor
Enrollment
20
Locations
3

Study Overview

Brief Summary

This is a pilot, prospective, non-profit, multicenter, uncontrolled, open-label study to evaluate the safety and feasibility of FMT in patients aged between 3 months and 25 years suffering from acute intestinal GVHD resistant to conventional steroid therapy.

Eligible patients will receive 1-3 FMT via naso-jejunal tube or endoscopy.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Na
Intervention Model
Single Group
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Masking
None

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
3 Months to 25 Years (Child, Adult)
Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria

  • Diagnosis of hematological disease, malignant or non-malignant;
  • Patients undergoing allogeneic stem cell transplantation from a familial or unrelated donor;
  • Presence of acute GVHD with intestinal involvement (grade II-IV), steroid-resistant (i.e., with progression after 3 days of high-dose steroid therapy (methylprednisolone > 2 mg/kg), no response after 7 days, progression during steroid tapering, or failure to achieve remission on day 28 from the start of steroid therapy), for those who have no indication for other second- or third-line therapies;
  • Signed informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Presence of concurrent bacterial infections requiring systemic antibiotic therapy;
  • Positivity for anti-HIV or anti-HCV antibodies, or for HbsAg with HBV-DNA positive by PCR;
  • Presence of severe mucositis;
  • History of chronic inflammatory bowel disease.

Investigators

Sponsor
Bambino Gesù Hospital and Research Institute
Sponsor Class
Other
Responsible Party
Sponsor

Study Sites (3)

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