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. 2020 Jun 27;24:100420. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100420

Table 1a.

Model input parameters – Probabilities and Health utilities.

Base case* Range Distributionβ Sources
Effectiveness data
FMT-NGT
Response rate – single infusion 0.81 0.73–0.88 Beta (422, 331) [6,20,25,33]
Response rate- multiple infusion 0.88 0.82–0.94 Beta (4,8) [6,25,33]
Recurrence rate 0.12 0.06–0.30 Beta (4, 32) [15,16,20]
FMT - colonoscopy
Response rate - single infusion 0.87 0.79–0.94 Beta (597, 432) [20,25,33,50]
Response rate- multiple infusion 0.95 0.92–0.97 Beta (25,30) [25,33,50]
Recurrence rate 0.09 0.06–0.30 Beta (3, 26) [15,16,51]
Fidaxomicin
Response rate 0.42 0.22–0.88 Beta (7,14) [20,22]
Recurrence rate 0.15 0.12–0.50 Beta (3,18) [5,19,22]
Vancomycin
Response rate 0.31 0.19–0.75 Beta (6,16) [6,19,20,50]
Recurrence rate 0.31 0.21–0.70 Beta (12,23) [6,19,22,52]
Vancomycin TP
Response rate 0.58 0.40–0.81 Beta (25,30) [49,53]
Recurrence rate 0.31 0.10–0.40 Beta (25,30) [52,53]
Mortality
CDI related mortality 0.18 0.15–0.30 Beta (9, 87) [9,27]
Other cause mortality – 65 years 0.002 - Fixed [26]
Utilities- QALYs
Cured - 65 years 0.78 0.70–1.00 Beta (21,6) [28]
Relapsed CDI 0.42 0.35–0.81 Beta (77,107) [8]
rCDI 0.42 0.35–0.81 Beta (77,107) [8]
Dead 0 0 0

Abbreviations: FMT, Feacal Microbiota Transplant; NGT, Nasogastric Tube; TP, Taper Pulsed; QALYs, Quality Adjusted Life Years; CDI, Clostridioids Difficile infection; rCDI, recurrent Clostridioids Difficile infection.

β Probabilistic sensitivity analysis, alpha and beta values for Beta distribution.