Open Label Vancomycin in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis-Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Improved Colonic Disease Activity and Associations With Changes in Host–Microbiome–Metabolomic Signatures - Takeaways - MDSpire

Open Label Vancomycin in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis-Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Improved Colonic Disease Activity and Associations With Changes in Host–Microbiome–Metabolomic Signatures

  • By

  • Mohammed Nabil Quraishi

  • Jonathan Cheesbrough

  • Peter Rimmer

  • Benjamin H Mullish

  • Naveen Sharma

  • Elena Efstathiou

  • Animesh Acharjee

  • Georgios Gkoutus

  • Arzoo Patel

  • Julian R Marchesi

  • Stephane Camuzeaux

  • Katie Chappell

  • Maria A Valdivia-Garcia

  • James Ferguson

  • Matthew J Brookes

  • Martine Walmsley

  • Amanda E Rossiter

  • Willem van Schaik

  • Ross S McInnes

  • Rachel Cooney

  • Michael Trauner

  • Andrew D Beggs

  • Tariq H Iqbal

  • Palak J Trivedi

  • December 14, 2024

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    Oral vancomycin treatment induced clinical remission in 12 of 15 patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis-associated inflammatory bowel disease.

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    Significant reductions in fecal calprotectin levels were observed after 4 weeks of oral vancomycin treatment.

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    Treatment with oral vancomycin altered gut microbiota composition, reducing Lachnospiraceae and increasing Enterobacteriaceae.

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    Metatranscriptomic analysis revealed downregulation of pathways related to short-chain fatty acid metabolism and inflammatory responses.

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    Colitis activity relapsed after vancomycin withdrawal, indicating the need for ongoing management in PSC-IBD patients.

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