Nature Communications (Aug 2020)

Faecal microbiota transplantation for the treatment of diarrhoea induced by tyrosine-kinase inhibitors in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma

  • Gianluca Ianiro,
  • Ernesto Rossi,
  • Andrew M. Thomas,
  • Giovanni Schinzari,
  • Luca Masucci,
  • Gianluca Quaranta,
  • Carlo Romano Settanni,
  • Loris Riccardo Lopetuso,
  • Federica Armanini,
  • Aitor Blanco-Miguez,
  • Francesco Asnicar,
  • Clarissa Consolandi,
  • Roberto Iacovelli,
  • Maurizio Sanguinetti,
  • Giampaolo Tortora,
  • Antonio Gasbarrini,
  • Nicola Segata,
  • Giovanni Cammarota

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18127-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) have improved the clinical outcomes of patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC), however TKI-related diarrhoea is a common and serious adverse effect. Here the authors show in a randomized clinical trial that faecal microbiota transplantation from healthy donors can improve TKI-induced diarrhoea in patients with mRCC.