FMT via upper GI tract is provided to CS non-responders (NR) or non-eligible (NE) adult patients hospitalized with SAH (determined by the Lille-model).~Modified version of the Sarin FMT protocol is used with microbiota material procured from unrelated healthy donors.
A subtype of Alcoholic hepatitis (AH), named severe alcoholic hepatitis (SAH) is associated with high short-term mortality (J Hepatol, 2019)~The only SAH treatment option - corticosteroids (CS) - are often contraindicated or ineffective (STOPAH Trial)~New treatment modalities for remaining patients are much needed~Fecal microbial transplantation (FMT) is one of the promising therapies~Investigators aimed to see if FMT improves survival in patients admitted with SAH, not responding to-, or non-eligible for CS.