Fecal microbiota transplantation restores gut microbiota diversity in children with active Crohn's disease: a prospective trial

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Authors
Zou B, Liu S, Dong C, Shen H, Lv Y, He J, Li X, Ruan M, Huang Z, Shu S
Journal
Journal of translational medicine
Year
2025
Keywords:
Children, Core functional genera, Crohn’s disease, Efficacy and safety, Oral fecal microbiota capsules
BACKGROUND: Clinical data on oral fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), a promising therapy for Crohn's disease (CD), are limited. Herein, we determined the short-term safety and feasibility of FMT for pediatric patients with active CD. METHODS: In this open-label, parallel-group, single-center prospective trial, patients with active CD were treated with oral FMT capsules combined with partial enteral nutrition (PEN) (80%). The control group comprised pediatric patients with active CD treated with PEN (80%) and immunosuppressants. Thirty-three patients (11.6 ± 1.82 years)-17 in the capsule and 16 in the control groups-were analyzed. Data regarding the adverse events, clinical reactions, intestinal microbiome composition, and biomarker parameters were collected and compared post-treatment. RESULTS: At week 10, the clinical and endoscopic remission rates did not differ between the two groups. By week 10, the mean fecal calprotectin level, C-reactive protein level, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, simple endoscopic score for CD, and pediatric CD activity index decreased significantly in the capsule group (all P < 0.05). The main adverse event was mild-to-moderate constipation. Core functional genera, Agathobacter, Akkermansia, Roseburia, Blautia, Subdoligranulum, and Faecalibacterium, were lacking pre-treatment. Post-treatment, the implantation rates of these core functional genera increased significantly, which positively correlated with the anti-inflammatory factor, interleukin (IL)-10, and negatively correlated with the pro-inflammatory factor, IL-6. The combination of these six functional genera distinguished healthy children from those with CD (area under the curve = 0.96). CONCLUSIONS: Oral FMT capsules combined with PEN (80%) could be an effective therapy for children with active CD. The six core functional genera identified here may be candidate biomarkers for identifying children with CD. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov, retrospectively registered, ID# NCT05321758, NCT05321745, date of registration: 2022-04-04.

Experiment 1


Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by KateRasheed on 2025-5-12

Curated date: 2025/03/24

Curator: EniolaAde

Revision editor(s): EniolaAde, Tosin

Subjects

Location of subjects
China
Host species Species from which microbiome was sampled. Contact us to have more species added.
Homo sapiens
Body site Anatomical site where microbial samples were extracted from according to the Uber Anatomy Ontology
Feces Cow dung,Cow pat,Droppings,Dung,Excrement,Excreta,Faeces,Fecal material,Fecal matter,Fewmet,Frass,Guano,Matières fécales@fr,Merde@fr,Ordure,Partie de la merde@fr,Piece of shit,Porción de mierda@es,Portion of dung,Portion of excrement,Portion of faeces,Portion of fecal material,Portion of fecal matter,Portion of feces,Portion of guano,Portion of scat,Portionem cacas,Scat,Spoor,Spraint,Stool,Teil der fäkalien@de,Feces,feces
Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
Crohn's disease Colitis, Granulomatous,CROHN DIS,Crohn Disease,Crohn disease,Crohn's associated gastritis,Crohn's disease,Crohn's disease of colon,Crohn's disease of large bowel,CROHNS DIS,Crohns Disease,Enteritis, Granulomatous,Enteritis, Regional,Gastritis Associated with Crohn Disease,Gastritis Associated with Crohn's Disease,granulomatous colitis,Ileitis, Regional,Ileitis, Terminal,Ileocolitis,pediatric Crohn's disease,regional enteritis,crohn disease,crohn's disease
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Healthy donors
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Crohn’s disease
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Patients with Crohn's disease
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
16
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
42

Lab analysis

Sequencing type
16S
16S variable region One or more hypervariable region(s) of the bacterial 16S gene
V3-V4
Sequencing platform Manufacturer and experimental platform used for quantifying microbial abundance
Illumina

Statistical Analysis

Data transformation Data transformation applied to microbial abundance measurements prior to differential abundance testing (if any).
relative abundances
Statistical test
Spearman Correlation
Significance threshold p-value or FDR threshold used for differential abundance testing (if any)
0.05
MHT correction Have statistical tests be corrected for multiple hypothesis testing (MHT)?
Yes


Signature 1

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by KateRasheed on 2025-5-12

Curated date: 2025/03/24

Curator: EniolaAde

Revision editor(s): EniolaAde, Tosin

Source: Within-text result of "Improvement in microbial dysbiosis following oral FMT administration"

Description: Relative abundance in patients with Crohns disease vs healthy donors

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Crohn’s disease

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Bacteroidota

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Source: Within-text result of "Improvement in microbial dysbiosis following oral FMT administration"

Description: Relative abundance in patients with crohns disease and healthy donor control

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Crohn’s disease

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Bacteroidota

Revision editor(s): EniolaAde, Tosin

Experiment 2


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Curated date: 2025/03/29

Curator: EniolaAde

Revision editor(s): EniolaAde, Tosin

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
Response to transplant Response to transplant,response to transplant
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Crohn’s disease (FMT0W) (Fecal microbiota transplantation before treatment)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Patients with Crohn's disease before fecal microbiota transplantation treatment (FMT0W)
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
17

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Statistical test
LEfSe
LDA Score above Threshold for the linear discriminant analysis (LDA) score for studies using the popular LEfSe tool
3.5

Alpha Diversity

Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
decreased
Chao1 Abundance-based estimator of species richness
decreased
Simpson Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species evenness
increased
Richness Number of species
decreased

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Curator: EniolaAde

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Source: Supplementary Figure 3

Description: LEfSe of the different genera in healthy donor control and patients with crohn’s disease before (fecal microbiota transplantation) FMT

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Crohn’s disease (FMT0W) (Fecal microbiota transplantation before treatment)

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Agathobacter
Anaerobutyricum hallii
Anaerostipes
Bacteroidales
Bacteroidia
Bacteroidota
Blautia
Clostridia
Dialister
Eubacteriales
Faecalibacterium
Negativicutes
Oscillospiraceae
Roseburia
Ruminococcus
Streptococcaceae
Streptococcus
Subdoligranulum
Sutterellaceae

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Curated date: 2025/03/29

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Source: Supplementary Figure 3

Description: LEfSe of the different genera in healthy donor control and patients with crohns disease before (fecal microbiota transplantation) FMT

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Crohn’s disease (FMT0W) (Fecal microbiota transplantation before treatment)

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Bifidobacteriaceae
Bifidobacteriales
Bifidobacterium
Coriobacteriaceae
Enterococcaceae
Enterococcus
Morganellaceae

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Experiment 3


Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by KateRasheed on 2025-5-12

Curated date: 2025/04/09

Curator: EniolaAde

Revision editor(s): EniolaAde, Tosin

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Patients with Crohn's disease before (fecal microbiota transplantation) FMT treatment

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Statistical test
Kruskall-Wallis
MHT correction Have statistical tests be corrected for multiple hypothesis testing (MHT)?
No
LDA Score above Threshold for the linear discriminant analysis (LDA) score for studies using the popular LEfSe tool
Not specified

Alpha Diversity

Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
decreased
Chao1 Abundance-based estimator of species richness
decreased
Simpson Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species evenness
increased
Richness Number of species
decreased

Signature 1

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Curated date: 2025/04/09

Curator: EniolaAde

Revision editor(s): EniolaAde, Tosin

Source: Supplementary figure 4

Description: Relative abundance of bacteria between healthy donor group and pre-FMT (pre-fecal microbiota transplantation)

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Crohn’s disease (FMT0W) (Fecal microbiota transplantation before treatment)

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Agathobacter
Akkermansia
Anaerostipes
Blautia
Faecalibacterium
Roseburia
Streptococcus
Subdoligranulum

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Source: Supplementary Figure 4

Description: Relative proportion of bacteria between healthy donor group and pre-FMT (pre-fecal microbiota transplantation)

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Crohn’s disease (FMT0W) (Fecal microbiota transplantation before treatment)

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Clostridioides

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Experiment 4


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Curated date: 2025/04/09

Curator: EniolaAde

Revision editor(s): EniolaAde, Tosin, MyleeeA

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
FMT0W (Fecal microbiota transplantation before treatment)
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
FMT5W (Fecal microbiota transplantation at week 5 after oral capsule treatment)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Patients given fecal microbiota transplantation treatment after five weeks
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
17
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
8

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Statistical test
Mann-Whitney (Wilcoxon)

Alpha Diversity

Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
unchanged
Chao1 Abundance-based estimator of species richness
increased
Simpson Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species evenness
unchanged
Richness Number of species
increased

Signature 1

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by KateRasheed on 2025-5-12

Curated date: 2025/04/09

Curator: EniolaAde

Revision editor(s): EniolaAde, Tosin

Source: Figure 6A

Description: Relative abundance genera between FMT0W (Fecal microbiota transplantation before treatment) and FMT5W (Fecal microbiota transplantation at week 5 after oral capsule treatment)

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in FMT5W (Fecal microbiota transplantation at week 5 after oral capsule treatment)

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Agathobacter
Blautia
Subdoligranulum

Revision editor(s): EniolaAde, Tosin

Experiment 5


Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by KateRasheed on 2025-5-12

Curated date: 2025/04/09

Curator: EniolaAde

Revision editor(s): EniolaAde, MyleeeA

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
FMT0W (Fecal Microbiota Transplantation before treatment)
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
FMT10W (Fecal microbiota transplantation at week 10 after oral capsule treatment)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Patients given fecal microbiota transplantation treatment after Ten weeks
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
17

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Alpha Diversity

Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
increased
Chao1 Abundance-based estimator of species richness
increased
Simpson Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species evenness
decreased
Richness Number of species
increased

Signature 1

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by KateRasheed on 2025-5-12

Curated date: 2025/04/09

Curator: EniolaAde

Revision editor(s): EniolaAde, MyleeeA

Source: Figure 6A

Description: Relative abundance of the core functional genera between FMT0W (Fecal microbiota transplantation before treatment) and FMT10W (Fecal microbiota transplantation at week 10 after oral capsule treatment) determined using the Wilcoxon rank-sum test.

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in FMT10W (Fecal microbiota transplantation at week 10 after oral capsule treatment)

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Agathobacter
Akkermansia
Blautia
Faecalibacterium
Roseburia
Subdoligranulum

Revision editor(s): EniolaAde, MyleeeA

Experiment 6


Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by KateRasheed on 2025-5-12

Curated date: 2025/04/10

Curator: EniolaAde

Revision editor(s): EniolaAde, MyleeeA

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Healthy donors
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Crohns disease-FMT0W (Fecal Microbiota Transplantation before treatment)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Patients with Crohns disease before Fecal Microbiota Transplantation treatment
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
16

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Alpha Diversity

Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
decreased
Chao1 Abundance-based estimator of species richness
decreased
Simpson Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species evenness
increased
Richness Number of species
decreased

Signature 1

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by KateRasheed on 2025-5-12

Curated date: 2025/04/10

Curator: EniolaAde

Revision editor(s): EniolaAde, MyleeeA

Source: Figure 6A

Description: Relative abundance of the core functional genera between Crohns disease-FMT0W (Fecal Microbiota Transplantation before treatment) and Healthy donor determined using the Wilcoxon rank-sum test.

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Crohns disease-FMT0W (Fecal Microbiota Transplantation before treatment)

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Agathobacter
Akkermansia
Blautia
Faecalibacterium
Roseburia
Subdoligranulum

Revision editor(s): EniolaAde, MyleeeA

Experiment 7


Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by KateRasheed on 2025-5-12

Curated date: 2025/04/10

Curator: EniolaAde

Revision editor(s): EniolaAde, MyleeeA

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
FMT0W (Fecal Microbiota Transplantation before treatment)
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
FMT10W (Fecal microbiota transplantation at week 10 after oral capsule treatment)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Patients given fecal microbiota transplantation treatment after Ten weeks
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
17

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Statistical test
Kruskall-Wallis
MHT correction Have statistical tests be corrected for multiple hypothesis testing (MHT)?
Yes

Alpha Diversity

Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
increased
Chao1 Abundance-based estimator of species richness
increased
Simpson Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species evenness
decreased
Richness Number of species
increased

Signature 1

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by KateRasheed on 2025-5-12

Curated date: 2025/04/10

Curator: EniolaAde

Revision editor(s): EniolaAde, MyleeeA

Source: Supplementary Table 6

Description: Relative abundance of the core functional genera between Fecal Microbiota Transplantation week 0 (FMT0W) and Fecal Microbiota Transplantation week 10 (FMT10W).

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in FMT10W (Fecal microbiota transplantation at week 10 after oral capsule treatment)

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Verrucomicrobiota

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