NCT02154867 Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT) (feces from healthy donor) vs Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT)(own feces) & Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

Aim of study:

• To test the clinical effect of FMT in patients with IBS


• To describe the fecal microbiome in IBS patients


• To describe changes in the fecal microbiome of IBS patients following FMT

Johnson et al. (2018a) published the results of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT) vs. placebo on 90 patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) with diarrhea or with diarrhea and constipation (excluding dominating constipation) defined by the ROME III criteria from a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, single-cen…