Efficacy and Safety of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease With Constipation

NCT ID: NCT04837313

Last Updated: 2021-08-03

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

30 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-05-01

Study Completion Date

2025-12-30

Brief Summary

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Parkinson's disease(PD) may cause the autonomic nervous system's improper functioning, which is responsible for regulating the intestinal tract movement. A certain degree of degeneration of digestive system function can cause PD patients to constipation symptoms. Studies have shown that up to 63 percent of people with Parkinson's disease experience constipation. What is more, medications for PD, including levodopa and dopamine agonist, can also cause constipation. In recent years, an increasing number of studies have been conducted to investigate gut microflora and their influence on the central nervous system. Furthermore, some studies of Parkinson's disease have confirmed that gut microflora plays a vital role in the occurrence and development of Parkinson's disease.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of fecal microbiota transplantation in the treatment of constipation symptoms in patients with Parkinson's disease receiving a steady dose of levodopa. We will also analyze intestinal flora diversity in patients with Parkinson's disease with constipation. The investigation of the gut microbiome may emerge as a new therapeutic measure to treat constipation associate with Parkinson's disease.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Parkinson's Disease Fecal Microbiota Transplantation

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Parkinson's Disease with Constipation

Fecal microbiota transplantation will be performed.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Fecal Microbiota Transplantation

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Fecal Microbiota Transplantation

Interventions

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Fecal Microbiota Transplantation

Fecal Microbiota Transplantation

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Between 18-75 years of age
* Signed informed consent form
* Clinical diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (according to 2016 edition of Chinese Parkinson's disease diagnostic criteria)
* Parkinson's disease duration of 1 year or more
* Hoehn \& Yahr stage 1-4 (including)
* Patients have following 2 or more symptoms, which appear for at least 6 months and exist in recent 3 months: A. at least 25% of defecation feel strenuous; B. At least 25% of defecation was not massive or hard; C. at least 25% of defecation had incomplete feeling; D. at least 25% of defecation had anorectal obstruction; E. at least 25% of defecation needed manual assistance; F. defecation less than 3 times a week, with or without abdominal pain
* Patients are taking oral L-dopa (with or without Benserazide, carbidopa, and O-methyltransferase inhibitors) at least 4 weeks, and be able to tolerate a steady dose of dopamine agonists, monoamine oxidase B inhibitors, anticholinergics, and / or adamantine.
* Patients are taking stable dosage of anti-PD drugs, antidepressant drugs and antipsychotics for more than 1 month.
* Be able to tolerate the FMT infusion method such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, capsule, nasoduodenal tube insertion, etc.
* Be able to receive follow-up visit, follow-up examination and specimen collection on time

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients with Parkinson's syndrome and Parkinsonism plus syndrome
* History of cerebrovascular accident, brain injury, epilepsy and other brain injury
* The "opening" stage was Hoehn \& Yahr 5
* Patient received neurosurgical intervention or stereotactic brain surgery for Parkinson's disease
* Patients with organic lesions of digestive tract
* Patients had major abdominal surgery
* History of infectious diarrhea and took antibiotics in recent 2 weeks
* Patients infected with Clostridium difficile and other pathogens
* Patients with HIV or compromised immune system (such as congenital immunodeficiency or currently taking immunosuppressive drugs)
* Patients with uncontrollable basic diseases of digestive system
* Patients could not fully understand and sign the informed consent form
* Patients who were not considered suitable for inclusion in the study
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Guangzhou First People's Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Hongli Huang, MM

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Guangzhou First People's Hospital

Locations

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Guangzhou First People's Hospital

Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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China

Central Contacts

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Yongjian Zhou, MM

Role: CONTACT

86-13503060150

Hongli Huang, MM

Role: CONTACT

86-13631316718

Facility Contacts

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Yongjian Zhou, MM

Role: primary

86-13503060150

Hongli Huang, MM

Role: backup

86-13631316718

References

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Baizabal-Carvallo JF. Gut microbiota: a potential therapeutic target for Parkinson's disease. Neural Regen Res. 2021 Feb;16(2):287-288. doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.290896. No abstract available.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 32859778 (View on PubMed)

Bhattarai Y, Kashyap PC. Parkinson's disease: Are gut microbes involved? Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2020 Nov 1;319(5):G529-G540. doi: 10.1152/ajpgi.00058.2020. Epub 2020 Sep 2.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 32877215 (View on PubMed)

Dutta SK, Verma S, Jain V, Surapaneni BK, Vinayek R, Phillips L, Nair PP. Parkinson's Disease: The Emerging Role of Gut Dysbiosis, Antibiotics, Probiotics, and Fecal Microbiota Transplantation. J Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2019 Jul 1;25(3):363-376. doi: 10.5056/jnm19044.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 31327219 (View on PubMed)

Mhyre TR, Boyd JT, Hamill RW, Maguire-Zeiss KA. Parkinson's disease. Subcell Biochem. 2012;65:389-455. doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-5416-4_16.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 23225012 (View on PubMed)

Yang D, Zhao D, Ali Shah SZ, Wu W, Lai M, Zhang X, Li J, Guan Z, Zhao H, Li W, Gao H, Zhou X, Yang L. The Role of the Gut Microbiota in the Pathogenesis of Parkinson's Disease. Front Neurol. 2019 Nov 6;10:1155. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2019.01155. eCollection 2019.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 31781020 (View on PubMed)

Stocchi F, Torti M. Constipation in Parkinson's Disease. Int Rev Neurobiol. 2017;134:811-826. doi: 10.1016/bs.irn.2017.06.003. Epub 2017 Jul 13.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 28805584 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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K-2020-107-02

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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