Table 1. Basic characteristics of the 8 included articles.
| First author, year | Location | Sample | FMT formula (FMT group) | Times of infusion | Mean dose (FMT) | Donor | Follow-up, wk | The median time of the recurrence | Age, intervention group | Age, control group | Female sex, experimental group | Female sex, control group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Mean (SD or range) | N | Mean (SD or range) | N | No. (%) | N | No. (%) | |||||||||
| SS. Hota, 2016 [53] |
Ontario, Canada | 28 | Fresh feces by E | 1 | 50g | R | 17 | 9 days | 16 | 75.7(14.5) | 12 | 68.8(14.2) | 16 | 11 (68.8) | 12 | 8 (66.7) |
| CR. Kelly, 2016 [49] |
NY and RI | 46 | Fresh feces by C | 2 | 64g | H | 8 | 10 days | 22 | 48 (16) | 24 | 55 (14) | 22 | 18 (82) | 24 | 19 (79) |
| E Nood, 2013 [48] |
Amsterdam. | 29 | Fresh feces by N | 2 | 141g | H | 10 | 23 days | 16 | 73(13) | 13 | 66(14) | 16 | 8 (50) | 13 | 7 (54) |
| D Kao, 2017 [50] |
Alberta | 116 | Fresh feces by C | 1 | 90g | H | 12 | NR | 59 | 57.4 (19.1) | 57 | 58.7 (18.5) | 59 | 36 (61) | 57 | 43 (75.4) |
| G. laniro, 2018 [51] |
Rome | 56 | Fresh faces by C | 4 | 50g | H | 8 | 10 days | 28 | 75 (59–91) | 28 | 74 (49–93) | 28 | 18 (64) | 28 | 21 (75) |
| C H. Lee, 2016 [52] |
Canada | 178 | Fresh feces by E | 1 | 100g | H | 13 | NR | 87 | 72.9 (15.4) | 91 | 72.2 (15.9) | 87 | 54(62.1) | 91 | 58(63.7) |
| G. Cammarota, 2015 [54] |
Rome | 39 | Fresh feces by C | 4 | 152g | RIH | 10 | 7 days | 20 | 71 (29–89) | 19 | 75 (49–93) | 20 | 12 (60) | 19 | 11 (58) |
| ZD Jiang 2017 [55] |
Texas | 49 | Fresh feces by C | 1 | 50g | H | 9 | 7 days | 25 | 75 (19–97) | 24 | 62.5 (33–88) | 25 | 21 (84.0) | 24 | 18 (75.0) |
NR: Not reported;
FMT: fecal microbiota transplantation; C: colonoscopy; E: enema; N: nasoduodenal; NY: New York; RI: Rhode Island; RIH: relatives or intimates or healthy volunteers; H: healthy donor; R: relatives or lived together.