A clinical trial to test the effectiveness of a 'poo transplant' for people with advanced liver disease is being launched
A clinical trial to test the effectiveness of a "poo transplant" for people with advanced liver disease is being launched in the UK. The Promise trial will investigate whether consuming freeze-dried stool - or "crapsules" - can improve the gut health of patients with cirrhosis, a condition where the liver is scarred and permanently damaged.
Dr Lindsey Edwards, from King's College London, which is leading the clinical trial, said: "Infections, especially resistant infections, are a death sentence to liver patients. Patients with chronic liver disease are often prescribed antibiotics, however, they are at high risk of multidrug-resistant infections.
About 300 people with liver disease will be taking part in the trial funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research UK . They will test whether stool from healthy people, which are freeze-dried into capsules that can be ingested, reduces the likelihood of getting an infection.
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