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Could a poop pill curb alcohol cravings in liver disease patients?

NCT ID NCT05548452

Disease control Sponsor: Virginia Commonwealth University Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 25, 2026 · Updated 4 times

Summary

This study tests whether capsules containing bacteria from healthy people can safely reduce alcohol cravings and drinking in adults with alcohol-related liver disease and cirrhosis. About 80 participants will receive either the bacteria capsules or a placebo, and researchers will track drinking days, cravings, and liver health over several months. The goal is to see if changing gut bacteria can help people drink less and improve their liver condition.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Phase 1/2

Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.

Participants

About 80 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Nov 2022

Expected to finish

Nov 2027

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: -\>18 years of age * Advanced liver disease * Able to give written, informed consent * Alcohol as a cause of advanced liver disease * Continued sustained drinking * Having previously declined a referral to traditional AUD therapy services or having failed such treatments Exclusion Criteria: * Lack of sustained drinking * Recent or current alcoholic hepatitis * Alcohol withdrawal symptoms * Clinically significant use of illicit drugs * Uncontrolled mood disorders or primary psychotic conditions * MELD score\>17 * Unclear diagnosis of chronic liver disease * Current hepatic encephalopathy on lactulose and/or rifaximin * WBC count\<1000 * Non-elective hospitalization within last month * on dialysis * known untreated, in-situ luminal GI cancers * chronic intrinsic GI diseases (ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease or microscopic colitis, eosinophilic gastroenteritis and celiac disease) * Dysphagia within 2 weeks * History of aspiration, gastroparesis, intestinal obstruction * Ongoing absorbable antibiotic use * Severe anaphylactic food allergy * allergy to ingredients Generally Recognized As Safe in the G3 capsules (glycerol, sodium chloride, hypromellose, gellan gum, titanium dioxide, theobroma oil) * Adverse event attributable to prior IMT * ASA Class IV or V * Pregnant or nursing patients * acute illness or fever on the day of planned FMT * Immunosuppression * Other conditions which make patients are poor candidate for this study per investigator judgement

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

alcohol abuse alcoholic liver cirrhosis alcoholic liver disease cirrhosis of liver Fibrosis liver disorder

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Alcohol use disorder Cirrhosis Liver disease; alcohol-related

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center

    Richmond, Virginia, 23249, United States

  • Virginia Commonwealth University

    Richmond, Virginia, 23298, United States

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