Starch-entrapped Microspheres [Nutrabiotix Fiber] for Gut Health
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Резюме
Описание
The long-term objective of our research program is to show that targeted colonic delivery of natural specific fermentable carbohydrates will maintain and promote gut health by changing the gut microbiota [prebiotic effect], by increasing "protective and growth promoting" factors such as butyrate, and enhancing intestinal barrier function. These health-promoting functions may prevent and treat a wide range of disorders associated with an abnormal microbiota (dysbiosis) and/or disrupted gut barrier function. Examples of disorders associated with dysbiosis and disrupted gut barrier (leaky gut) are allergic disorders, inflammatory bowel disease, diverticular disease, colon polyps and cancer, alcoholic liver disease, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH- the most common liver disease in the USA), and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS, the most common GI illness in the US with a high loss of productivity and a high rate of utilization of health care resources).
Nutrabiotix fiber is a prebiotic and is able to promote gut health through changes in the stool microbiota composition favoring saccharolytic bacteria like Bifidobacteria and diminishing proteolytic bacteria like Clostridia. This change in the intestinal microbiota composition should result in increases in the products of carbohydrate fermentation [SCFA] and decreases in the products of protein breakdown [indoles and phenols] in the stool. Also, the fiber is well tolerated and without side effects and is an effective fiber that increases stool bulk and regulates bowel movement.
Дати
| Последна проверка: | 03/31/2018 |
| Първо изпратено: | 09/22/2010 |
| Очаквано записване подадено: | 09/26/2010 |
| Първо публикувано: | 09/27/2010 |
| Изпратена последна актуализация: | 04/10/2018 |
| Последна актуализация публикувана: | 04/11/2018 |
| Действителна начална дата на проучването: | 06/30/2010 |
| Приблизителна дата на първично завършване: | 09/30/2019 |
| Очаквана дата на завършване на проучването: | 09/30/2019 |
Състояние или заболяване
Интервенция / лечение
Dietary Supplement: Nutrabiotix
Dietary Supplement: Psyllium
Фаза
Групи за ръце
| Arm | Интервенция / лечение |
|---|---|
| Active Comparator: Psyllium Subjects will take 4 capsules containing 1 gram psyllium fiber 3 times a day (12g total per day) | Dietary Supplement: Psyllium 12g total per day (4 capsules containing 1 gram psyllium fiber 3 times a day) |
| Experimental: Nutrabiotix 9g Subjects take a total of 9g of Nutrabiotix a day (3 capsules of 1g Nutrabiotix 3 times a day) | |
| Experimental: Nutrabiotix 12g Subjects take a total of 12g of Nutrabiotix a day (4 capsules of 1g Nutrabiotix 3 times a day) |
Критерии за допустимост
| Възрасти, отговарящи на условията за проучване | 18 Years Да се 18 Years |
| Полове, допустими за проучване | All |
| Приема здрави доброволци | Да |
| Критерии | Inclusion Criteria: - Healthy, asymptomatic 18 to 65 years subjects with BMI 20-30 and self described unsatisfactory bowel habit Exclusion Criteria: 1. Abnormalities in CBC (Hgb <12 g/dL, platelet count <100 000, WBC <4000 or >10 000); 2. Abnormal liver function tests (ALT, AST, alkaline phosphatase, or bilirubin >1.5 times normal range); 3. Abnormal renal function tests (BUN or creatinine >1.5 times normal range); 4. Low serum albumin (<3 g/dL); 5) Abnormal TSH level; (6) High CRP; (7) Significant GI symptoms (except for constipation or occasional rectal bleeding due to hemorrhoids); (8) Prior intestinal resection; (9) Patient history of GI diseases [except for hemorrhoids or occasional (<3 times a week) heartburn]; (10) Antibiotic use within last 12 weeks prior to enrollment; (11) Lean (BMI <25) or obese (BMI>30) subjects because obesity could be associated with abnormal microbiota; (12) Significant cardiac or respiratory diseases (defined by requiring daily medication for management of their diseases); (13) Severe hypertension (defined as uncontrolled hypertension in spite of therapy, or requirement of more than one medication to treat hypertension; well-controlled, mild hypertension may be included); (14) Insulin-requiring and/or poorly controlled diabetes (well-controlled diabetics with HbA1c <6 may be enrolled); (15) Significant psychological disorders; (16) Drug and/or alcohol abuse; (17) Unwillingness to consent to the study; (18) Plan to have a major change of the dietary habit during the following 5 months; (19) Subjects younger than 18 or older than 65. Older subjects are excluded in this initial study because of high co-morbidity in older subjects. Children are excluded for this initial Phase I study where the safety is not established; (20) Pregnant and lactating women due to lack of information about safety of the product in pregnant and lactating women. |
Резултат
Първични изходни мерки
1. Subject satisfaction [2011]
Вторични изходни мерки
1. stool weight [2011]
