Review Article
The Clinical and Steroid-Free Remission of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation to Patients with Ulcerative Colitis: A Meta-Analysis
Table 5
Characteristics and results of large case series (
) of FMT in UC.
| | Study | Sample | Country | Age (year) | Severity | Route | Donor | Fresh/frozen | Clinical response | Clinical remission | Steroid-free remission | Serious adverse events | Follow-up (months) |
| | Kunde et al. [46] | 10 | America | 7-21 | Mild-moderate | Colonoscopy | Family members or close friends | Fresh | 6 (60%) | 3 (30%) | NR | 0 | 1 | | Cui et al. [17] | 15 | China | 11-48 | Moderate-severe | Gastroscope | Patients’ healthy relatives or friends | Frozen | 12 (80%) | 4 (26.7%) | NR | 0 | 4-72 | | Nishida et al. [47] | 41 | Japan | NR | Mild-moderate | Colonoscopy | Family members | Fresh | 11 (26.8%) | 0 (0) | NR | 0 | 2 | | Wei et al. [48] | 20 | China | 18-70 | Mild-moderate | Colonoscopy | Healthy people | Fresh | 13 (65%) | 7 (35%) | NR | 0 | 3 | | Zhang et al. [49] | 19 | China | 19-60 | Moderate-severe | Gastroscope | NR | Fresh | 11 (57.9%) | 2 (10.5%) | NR | 0 | ≥3 |
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NR: not reported.
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