The Safety and Efficacy of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in a Population With Major Depressive Disorder

PHASE2/PHASE3RecruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

80

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

March 4, 2021

Primary Completion Date

March 4, 2024

Study Completion Date

December 4, 2024

Conditions
DepressionTreatment Resistant Depression
Interventions
BIOLOGICAL

FMT oral Capsules

Each dose of FMT capsules consists of 20 capsules. The 20 over encapsulated capsules are derived from 100 grams of stool donated by a healthy indvidual that was screened to have no mental health issues or chronic or contagious doseases. Each capsule will contain 0.67 ml of pelleted intestinal microbes. Therefore it is considered that the 20 capsules are equivalent to 100 grams of stool

BIOLOGICAL

Placebo Capsules

Placebo Capsules that will look and weigh the same as the FMT oral capsules.

Trial Locations (1)

T2N 4 Z6

RECRUITING

Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Cumming school of medicine

UNKNOWN

collaborator

The W. Garfield Westin Foundation

UNKNOWN

lead

University of Calgary

OTHER