Phase 2 study for people with Crohn's Disease and Colitis

Recruiting Phase 2

Sources: ClinicalTrials.gov Checked: 11 October 2026 Not medical advice

This trial at a glance

Status Recruiting
Phase Phase 2
Sponsor St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
Registry number NCT04970446
Started 1 May 2022 Today 16 October 2026 Estimated completion 1 April 2025

Past estimated completion. The registry still lists this trial as open, and the date it gave for finishing has been and gone. Confirm with the official record before you act on it.

Where this trial is running

Trial sites and the status recorded for each
SiteCityState or countryStatus at this site
St Vincents Hospital Melbourne VIC Recruiting

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Who can join

Age 18 Years to 70 Years
Sex Anyone, regardless of sex
Healthy volunteers Not accepted
Enrolment target 120

The official eligibility criteria

Registry text, reproduced exactly. These are the words the trial's sponsor published on ClinicalTrials.gov. They have not been edited, shortened or rewritten, and they are written for researchers rather than for patients.

Inclusion Criteria:

Active Crohn's disease

* Confirmed endoscopic active inflammation (unless isolated small bowel disease that is inaccessible by endoscopy in which case sonographic inflammation is sufficient) within 6 months of study entry AND

* CDAI score of 220-450 AND

* One of the following:

* CRP ≥5mg/L

* faecal calprotectin ≥100μg/g

* inflammation on imaging (either intestinal ultrasound or magnetic resonance imaging)

* Willing and able to attend the study sites for regular endoscopic procedures.

Exclusion Criteria:

Active perianal or fistulising disease; Pregnant or intending to become pregnant within 12 months; Enteropathy or colitis other than Crohn's disease; Symptomatic intestinal stricture likely to require surgical treatment; Presence of a stoma; Presence of an ileoanal pouch; Total white cell count less than 3.0 x 109/L; Albumin less than 20g/L; Immunodeficiency (beyond that caused by immune suppressants used for the treatment of IBD) e.g. HIV or Common variable immune deficiency; Anaphylaxis/severe allergy to food; Thiopurine, methotrexate, biologic agent or small molecule inhibitors or aminosalicylates whose dose has been modified within the past two months, 1 month and two weeks of study entry, respectively; Prebiotic, probiotic or antibiotic therapy, or over-the-counter supplements therapy in the two weeks prior to study entry; Rectal topical Crohn's disease therapy in the 2 weeks prior to study entry; Prednisolone dose \>20mg or budesonide dose \>6mg; Unwilling or unable to taper corticosteroids to zero within 8 weeks of initial FMT; Active gastrointestinal infection; Alcohol consumption of a dependent nature; Primary sclerosing cholangitis; Any condition that the treating gastroenterologist deems to pose a theoretical risk to the patient undertaking FMT; Any patient that the treating clinicians feel is incapable of participating in the safe use of FMT.

Dates on the record

Started 1 May 2022
Estimated completion 1 April 2025
Registry last updated 26 February 2025
Checked by Voxsanity 11 October 2026

Results, publications and the official record

Sources and dates

  • ClinicalTrials.gov – the record this page reformats
  • ClinicalTrials.gov processing date: 26 February 2025.
  • This page last checked by Voxsanity: 11 October 2026.

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Letter for your doctor

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