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. 2006 Jan;55(1):136–137. doi: 10.1136/gut.2005.079129

Table 1 Crohn's disease activity index (CDAI) in CD subjects inoculated with infective larvae (L3i). Subsequently, the five CD subjects first inoculated were reinoculated from week 27 to week 30 and four CD subjects with chronic and mostly active disease were inoculated with larvae sourced from one of the authors.

ID, age (y), sex Initial inoculation trial Reinoculation trial
Time (weeks) Time (weeks)
0–4 5–8 9–12 13–16 17–20 27 30 35 39–41 45
CD1 55 M
 Inoculum therapy 25 L3i 25 L3i
 CDAI 79 60 89 77 68 96 93 62
CD2 46 M
 Inoculum therapy 25 L3i 25 L3i
 CDAI 38 114 20 68 48 30 36
CD3 41 F
 Inoculum therapy 25 L3i P5 M15 P5 M15 P5 M7.5 25 L3i P5 M10 P5 M10 P5 M10 M10 M10
 CDAI 46 71 85 83 90 36 30 92 95
CD4 34 M
 Inoculum therapy 50 L3i P38 M30 P38 M30 P50 M30 P25 M30 P5 M30 50 L3i P5 M20 P2.5 M20 M20 P25 M30 P20 M30
 CDAI 260 230 232 264 118 60 442 60 122
CD5 21 F
 Inoculum therapy 50 L3i P10 M20 P10 M20 P13 M20 P10 P7.5 P5 25 L3i P5 P25 M20 P15 M20 P10 M20
 CDAI 144 151 103 79 73 410 180 44 61
CD6 33 F
 Inoculum therapy 50 L3i P15 M20 P10 M20 P5 M20 P5 M20 P7.5 M20
 CDAI 49 32 6 29 100
CD7 33 M
 Inoculum therapy 50 L3i A150 P25 A150 P5 A150 P5 A150 P8 A150
 CDAI 260 114 96 125 118
CD8 46 M
 Inoculum therapy 50 L3i M20 M20 M20 M20 M20
 CDAI 145 159 171 152 186
CD9 44 F
 Inoculum therapy 100 L3i P5 M20 P10 M20 P5 M20 P5 M20 P10 M20
 CDAI 173 127 106 76 125

L3i, n 3rd stage N americanus larvae inoculated percutaneously; P, prednisone n mg/day; A, azathioprine n mg/day; M, methotrexate n mg/week.