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ArticleEClinicalMedicine2025

Clinical management of

Sara Ellegaard Paaske, Simon Mark Dahl Baunwall, Tone Rubak, Nina Rågård, Jens Kelsen, Mette Mejlby Hansen, Anders Bergh Lødrup, Lise Tornvig Erikstrup, Susan Mikkelsen, Christian Erikstrup and 2 more

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Article in EClinicalMedicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Sara Ellegaard PaaskeDepartment of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Simon Mark Dahl BaunwallDepartment of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Tone RubakDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Nina RågårdDepartment of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Jens KelsenDepartment of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Mette Mejlby HansenDepartment of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Anders Bergh LødrupDepartment of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Gødstrup Hospital, Herning, Denmark.
Lise Tornvig ErikstrupDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Susan MikkelsenDepartment of Clinical Immunology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Christian ErikstrupDepartment of Clinical Immunology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Jens Frederik DahlerupDepartment of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Christian Lodberg HvasDepartment of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Methods: We conducted a multi-site cohort study, including 1170 patients with CDI, treated with FMT through capsules, colonoscopy, or nasojejunal tube between May 2016 and December 2023. The primary outcome was cure of Findings: The 1170 patients received 1643 FMT treatments. Patients' median age was 71 years (interquartile range 56-80 years). Following their first FMT treatment, 699 patients (60% (95% confidence interval: 57-63%)) were cured of CDAD. After repeated FMT treatments, 944 patients (81% (78-83%)) were cured. Prolonged antibiotic pretreatment was associated with higher cure rates (65% (59-70%), odds ratio (OR): 1.22 (1.10-1.36), p < 0.001). FMT administration through oral, multi-dose capsules (69% (63-74%), OR: 1.19 (1.11-1.27), p < 0.001) or colonoscopy (69% (61-76%), OR: 1.14 (1.04-1.24), p = 0.01) resulted in the highest cure rates. Neither antibiotic pretreatment type nor prophylactic vancomycin during non-CDI antibiotics affected cure rates. In patients for whom FMT was initially unsuccessful, repeated FMT was more effective than antibiotic treatment alone. Interpretation: CDI outcomes could be improved by optimising antibiotic pretreatment duration, selecting appropriate FMT delivery methods, and repeating FMT. Funding: Innovation Fund Denmark (j.no. 8056-00006B).

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Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI)Faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT)Microbiome therapiesReal-world evidence

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PMID40606527
PMCPMC12221602

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