Fecal Microbiota Transplant for Improvement of Metabolism
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Official title
Placebo Controlled Study of Fecal Microbiota Transplant (FMT) to Impact Body Weight and Glycemic Control in Adults Using a Frozen Encapsulated Inoculum
Brief summary
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The purpose of this study is to study the impact of gut bacteria on weight. Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) transfers intestinal bacteria by a "stool transplant" from a healthy, lean person to a person with obesity.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02530385
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 1, Phase 2
- Enrollment
- 24 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 25 Years to 60 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Jun 2016 (Type not available)
- Primary completion
- Jun 27, 2018 (Actual)
- Completion
- Jun 27, 2018 (Actual)
- Last update posted
- Jul 25, 2019
2016 – 2018
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston | Massachusetts | 02114 | — |
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- Last update posted Jul 25, 2019 · Synced Oct 19, 2026
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