Citation

Doll JPK, Vázquez-Castellanos JF, Schaub AC, Schweinfurth N, Kettelhack C, Schneider E, Yamanbaeva G, Mählmann L, Brand S, Beglinger C, Borgwardt S, Raes J, Schmidt A, Lang UE. Front. Psychiatry 2022; 13.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, Frontiers Media)

DOI

10.3389/fpsyt.2022.815422

PMID

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Abstract

Depression is a debilitating disorder, and at least one third of patients do not respond to therapy. Associations between gut microbiota and depression have been observed in recent years, opening novel treatment avenues. Here, we present the first two patients with major depressive disorder ever treated with fecal microbiota transplantation as add-on therapy. Both improved their depressive symptoms 4 weeks after the transplantation. Effects lasted up to 8 weeks in one patient. Gastrointestinal symptoms, constipation in particular, were reflected in microbiome changes and improved in one patient. This report suggests further FMT studies in depression could be worth pursuing and adds to awareness as well as safety assurance, both crucial in determining the potential of FMT in depression treatment. Copyright © 2022 Doll, Vázquez-Castellanos, Schaub, Schweinfurth, Kettelhack, Schneider, Yamanbaeva, Mählmann, Brand, Beglinger, Borgwardt, Raes, Schmidt and Lang.

Language: en

Keywords

adult; human; female; case report; psychotherapy; depression; randomized controlled trial; suicide attempt; major depression; controlled study; antidepressant agent; clinical article; rating scale; middle aged; nonhuman; benzodiazepine; flatulence; Beck Depression Inventory; treatment response; Article; clinical effectiveness; treatment duration; Bacteroides; bloating; stomach pain; eructation; bacterium; Hamilton Depression Rating Scale; microbial diversity; community structure; fecal microbiota transplantation; Alistipes; bacterial load; Blautia; calgranulin; chronic constipation; Clostridiales; Clostridium; Coprococcus; digestive system disease assessment; Faecalibacterium; feces level; Firmicutes; FMT; gastrointestinal; Gastrointestinal Rating Scale; Lachnospiraceae; microbiome-gut-brain axis (MGBA); Oscillibacter; Prevotella; Roseburia; Ruminococcus; species evenness; species richness; Victivallis