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 | ||||||||
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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.