A Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in a Population With Major Depressive Disorder

Who is this study for? Patients with treatment resistant depression
What treatments are being studied? FMT
Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Biological
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Phase 2/Phase 3
SUMMARY

The primary goals of this proof of concept clinical trial are to determine the effectiveness, safety and tolerability of oral FMT in adults with Treatment Resistant Depression (TRD).

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Maximum Age: 65
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Between 18-65 years of age:

• Participants should be at least 18 years old and not older than 65 years at the day of screening

• Have a primary diagnosis of MDD according to the M.I.N.I. International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI)47

• Medical history suggestive of Treatment Resistant Depression (TRD). (inadequate response to at least 2 approved antidepressants. at least one of which is in the current episode of depression)48

• Have been on a current treatment with a approved antidepressant at an adequate dose for at least 8 weeks

• A MADRS score of ≥ 19 at screening and visit 2

⁃ Additional Inclusion Criteria:

⁃ \- Participants who will be included in the IBS-D cohort should have a confirmed diagnosis of IBS-D as indicated by the referring gastroenterologist.

Locations
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Canada
Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
RECRUITING
Calgary
Contact Information
Primary
Asem Bala, BDS, MSc
asem.bala@ucalgary.ca
403-210-7282
Backup
Vivek Kumar, MBBS
vivek.kumar@ucalgary.ca
403-210-8650
Time Frame
Start Date: 2021-03-04
Estimated Completion Date: 2024-12-04
Participants
Target number of participants: 80
Treatments
Active_comparator: FMT capsules
Each dose of FMT capsules consists of 20 capsules. The 20 over encapsulated capsules are derived from 100 grams of stool and each containing 0.67 ml of pelleted intestinal microbes.~PArticipants will recieve a loading dose of 60 capsules over 3 consecutive days followed by a booster dose of 20 caspules 1 month after and a second similar booster dose a month after that
Placebo_comparator: Placebo oral Capsules
Placebo casules are inactive capsules that look and weigh the same as the Active FMT caspules. Participants will follow the same schedule as the Active arm.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Collaborators: The W. Garfield Westin Foundation, Cumming school of medicine
Leads: University of Calgary

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