Efficacy and Safety of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Peripheral Psoriatic Arthritis (FLORA)

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03058900

Recruitment Status : Completed

First Posted : February 23, 2017

Last Update Posted : December 7, 2020

Sponsor:

Collaborators:

Region of Southern Denmark

University of Southern Denmark

The Danish Rheumatism Association

Odense Patient Data Explorative Network

The Psoriasis Association, Denmark

Manufacturer Vilhelm Pedersen Foundation

The Danish Regions (Medicinpuljen)

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

Torkell Ellingsen, Odense University Hospital

No Study Results Posted on ClinicalTrials.gov for this Study

About Study Results Reporting on ClinicalTrials.gov

Recruitment Status :	Completed
Actual Primary Completion Date :	June 2, 2020
Actual Study Completion Date :	June 2, 2020

Publications:

Coates LC, Conaghan PG, Emery P, Green MJ, Ibrahim G, MacIver H, Helliwell PS. Sensitivity and specificity of the classification of psoriatic arthritis criteria in early psoriatic arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 2012 Oct;64(10):3150-5. doi: 10.1002/art.34536.

Taylor W, Gladman D, Helliwell P, Marchesoni A, Mease P, Mielants H; CASPAR Study Group. Classification criteria for psoriatic arthritis: development of new criteria from a large international study. Arthritis Rheum. 2006 Aug;54(8):2665-73.

Kingsley GH, Kowalczyk A, Taylor H, Ibrahim F, Packham JC, McHugh NJ, Mulherin DM, Kitas GD, Chakravarty K, Tom BD, O'Keeffe AG, Maddison PJ, Scott DL. A randomized placebo-controlled trial of methotrexate in psoriatic arthritis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2012 Aug;51(8):1368-77. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kes001. Epub 2012 Feb 17.

Statnikov A, Alekseyenko AV, Li Z, Henaff M, Perez-Perez GI, Blaser MJ, Aliferis CF. Microbiomic signatures of psoriasis: feasibility and methodology comparison. Sci Rep. 2013;3:2620. doi: 10.1038/srep02620.

Eppinga H, Konstantinov SR, Peppelenbosch MP, Thio HB. The microbiome and psoriatic arthritis. Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2014 Mar;16(3):407. doi: 10.1007/s11926-013-0407-2. Review.

Jacques P, Elewaut D. Joint expedition: linking gut inflammation to arthritis. Mucosal Immunol. 2008 Sep;1(5):364-71. doi: 10.1038/mi.2008.24. Epub 2008 Jul 9. Review.

Scher JU, Sczesnak A, Longman RS, Segata N, Ubeda C, Bielski C, Rostron T, Cerundolo V, Pamer EG, Abramson SB, Huttenhower C, Littman DR. Expansion of intestinal Prevotella copri correlates with enhanced susceptibility to arthritis. Elife. 2013 Nov 5;2:e01202. doi: 10.7554/eLife.01202.

Brusca SB, Abramson SB, Scher JU. Microbiome and mucosal inflammation as extra-articular triggers for rheumatoid arthritis and autoimmunity. Curr Opin Rheumatol. 2014 Jan;26(1):101-7. doi: 10.1097/BOR.0000000000000008. Review.

Scher JU, Ubeda C, Artacho A, Attur M, Isaac S, Reddy SM, Marmon S, Neimann A, Brusca S, Patel T, Manasson J, Pamer EG, Littman DR, Abramson SB. Decreased bacterial diversity characterizes the altered gut microbiota in patients with psoriatic arthritis, resembling dysbiosis in inflammatory bowel disease. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2015 Jan;67(1):128-39. doi: 10.1002/art.38892.

Zhang X, Zhang D, Jia H, Feng Q, Wang D, Liang D, Wu X, Li J, Tang L, Li Y, Lan Z, Chen B, Li Y, Zhong H, Xie H, Jie Z, Chen W, Tang S, Xu X, Wang X, Cai X, Liu S, Xia Y, Li J, Qiao X, Al-Aama JY, Chen H, Wang L, Wu QJ, Zhang F, Zheng W, Li Y, Zhang M, Luo G, Xue W, Xiao L, Li J, Chen W, Xu X, Yin Y, Yang H, Wang J, Kristiansen K, Liu L, Li T, Huang Q, Li Y, Wang J. The oral and gut microbiomes are perturbed in rheumatoid arthritis and partly normalized after treatment. Nat Med. 2015 Aug;21(8):895-905. doi: 10.1038/nm.3914. Epub 2015 Jul 27.

Yeoh N, Burton JP, Suppiah P, Reid G, Stebbings S. The role of the microbiome in rheumatic diseases. Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2013 Mar;15(3):314. doi: 10.1007/s11926-012-0314-y. Review.

Scarpa R, Manguso F, D'Arienzo A, D'Armiento FP, Astarita C, Mazzacca G, Ayala F. Microscopic inflammatory changes in colon of patients with both active psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis without bowel symptoms. J Rheumatol. 2000 May;27(5):1241-6.

Van Praet L, Van den Bosch F, Mielants H, Elewaut D. Mucosal inflammation in spondylarthritides: past, present, and future. Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2011 Oct;13(5):409-15. doi: 10.1007/s11926-011-0198-2.

Lindqvist U, Kristjánsson G, Pihl-Lundin I, Hagforsen E, Michaëlsson G. Patients with psoriatic arthritis have an increased number of lymphocytes in the duodenal mucosa in comparison with patients with psoriasis vulgaris. J Rheumatol. 2006 May;33(5):924-7. Epub 2006 Mar 15.

Morgan XC, Huttenhower C. Meta'omic analytic techniques for studying the intestinal microbiome. Gastroenterology. 2014 May;146(6):1437-1448.e1. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2014.01.049. Epub 2014 Jan 28. Review.

Klingberg E, Carlsten H, Hilme E, Hedberg M, Forsblad-d'Elia H. Calprotectin in ankylosing spondylitis--frequently elevated in feces, but normal in serum. Scand J Gastroenterol. 2012 Apr;47(4):435-44. doi: 10.3109/00365521.2011.648953. Epub 2012 Jan 10.

van Nood E, Vrieze A, Nieuwdorp M, Fuentes S, Zoetendal EG, de Vos WM, Visser CE, Kuijper EJ, Bartelsman JF, Tijssen JG, Speelman P, Dijkgraaf MG, Keller JJ. Duodenal infusion of donor feces for recurrent Clostridium difficile. N Engl J Med. 2013 Jan 31;368(5):407-15. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1205037. Epub 2013 Jan 16.

Smith MB, Kelly C, Alm EJ. Policy: How to regulate faecal transplants. Nature. 2014 Feb 20;506(7488):290-1.

Toupin-April K, Barton J, Fraenkel L, Li L, Grandpierre V, Guillemin F, Rader T, Stacey D, Légaré F, Jull J, Petkovic J, Scholte-Voshaar M, Welch V, Lyddiatt A, Hofstetter C, De Wit M, March L, Meade T, Christensen R, Gaujoux-Viala C, Suarez-Almazor ME, Boonen A, Pohl C, Martin R, Tugwell PS. Development of a Draft Core Set of Domains for Measuring Shared Decision Making in Osteoarthritis: An OMERACT Working Group on Shared Decision Making. J Rheumatol. 2015 Dec;42(12):2442-7. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.141205. Epub 2015 Apr 15. Review.

Bruce B, Fries JF. The Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ). Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2005 Sep-Oct;23(5 Suppl 39):S14-8.

Faria JR, Aarão AR, Jimenez LM, Silva OH, Avelleira JC. Inter-rater concordance study of the PASI (Psoriasis Area and Severity Index). An Bras Dermatol. 2010 Sep-Oct;85(5):625-9.

Maksymowych WP, Mallon C, Morrow S, Shojania K, Olszynski WP, Wong RL, Sampalis J, Conner-Spady B. Development and validation of the Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada (SPARCC) Enthesitis Index. Ann Rheum Dis. 2009 Jun;68(6):948-53. doi: 10.1136/ard.2007.084244. Epub 2008 Jun 4.

Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):

Kragsnaes MS, Kjeldsen J, Horn HC, Munk HL, Pedersen FM, Holt HM, Pedersen JK, Holm DK, Glerup H, Andersen V, Fredberg U, Kristiansen K, Christensen R, Ellingsen T. Efficacy and safety of faecal microbiota transplantation in patients with psoriatic arthritis: protocol for a 6-month, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2018 Apr 27;8(4):e019231. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019231.

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