Commercial Prebiotic Supplement Study

NCT ID: NCT03141710

Last Updated: 2017-10-25

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

12 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-05-10

Study Completion Date

2018-08-31

Brief Summary

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Previous work in 2015/16 has identified changes in the gut microbiota with prebiotic (Molkosan®) supplement. It report significant changes in metabolic health bio-markers and faecal SCFA profile in 18 health adult subjects consuming 20 ml of product twice a day. Improvement in fasting metabolic parameters was observed flowing the intervention period. A reduction on Total Cholesterol, Glucose, Triglycerides and Insulin was observed.

In this study, a lower dose (20ml/d) in subjects with type 2 diabetes will be examed, over an extended period of time (12 week period) to match the profile of the intended consumer and provide preliminary data to support a larger multi-centre trial.

Detailed Description

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The study will be conducted in males and females with type 2 diabetes managed by diet and lifestyle alone.

The participants who meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria of the study will attend a screening visit where they will complete a medical screening and sign the consent form for participation in the study. Participates will visit the Human Nutrition Unit at the Rowett Institute to provide samples at week 0 (baseline), week 6 and week 12.

Participants' height, weight, and blood pressure will also be recorded. The investigators will measure HbA1c by a finger prick blood sample to confirm whether participants are a prediabetic or type 2 diabetic subjects. A 3-day weighed intake food diary will be completed during the initial washout period (minimum of 7 days) of the study in order to note their normal eating habits. No probiotic or prebiotics to be consumed during washout period and study period.

During the study periods, participants will take 20ml of prebiotic daily over the 12 consecutive weeks.

For the study visits, each participant will undergo, on two separated occasions, an OGTT, with and without the product at week 0 (to assess acute effects, prior to chronic ingestion) and at week 12 (to assess acute effects after chronic ingestion). The two OGTTs (with and without test product) will be separated by a period of 48 hr. Thus, each participant will have four OGTTs during the study. To minimise systematic errors, one half of the participants will start with the test product OGTT and the other half will start without product OGTT. The starting order will be determined randomly. Six blood samples will be collected during the course of 3 hours (0, 30, 60, 90,120 and 180 min) using a cannulation after consuming 75 g of Polycal liquid (glucose load). Together with OGTT, breath samples will be taken every 30 min for measuring hydrogen and methane.

Only one fasted blood sample will be taken at week 6 (OGTT will not be performed at week 6).

Finger prick blood sample will be taken at week 12 to monitor for changes in HbA1c levels after prebiotic supplement.

Plasma samples will be collected from all blood samples from OGTTs and week 6 blood sample. Plasma glucose and lipid profiles (total cholesterol, HDL, LDL and triglycerides) will be measured by KONI analysis at the University of Aberdeen. Insulin will be measured by ELISA by researchers. All the plasma samples which are taken before and after taking the prebiotic supplement also be analysed for GLP-1, GIP, c-peptide and glucagon analysis by luminex assay.

GLP-1 and GIP are incretins which are produced in the intestinal mucosa and are normally secreted when food is eaten in order to reduce glycaemic exclusion by causing an increase in insulin secretion. These incretins are involved in the early stage of the insulin secretory response however the plasma insulin response is also influenced by hepatic insulin extraction which GLP-1 and GIP measurement cannot determine, therefore to optimise this, C-peptide will be also measured in this study.

All the data will be compared before and after supplementation and values are presented by means ± standard deviations.

From the faecal samples, the SCFA content of the samples to be determined by capillary gas chromatography. SCFA to be quantified against authentic standards of acetate, propionate, butyrate, valerate and the branched chain fatty acids iso-butyrate and iso-valerate. The lower limit for reliable detection of each product is 0.2 mM. DNA to be extracted at University of Aberdeen using the FastDNA spin kit for faeces following the manufacturer's instructions and quantitative PCR (qPCR). Samples and standards are prepared in 96 well plate format, enabling the use of a multichannel pipettes for setting up the running plate. PCR primer sets and amplification conditions are as described in previous studies.

The complete dataset will be analysed and values will be presented as a mean value and standard deviation. Then the baseline value and the value after supplementation (at 6 and 12 weeks) will be compared. Statistically significantly differences will be calculated by statistician with power calculate.

Conditions

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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

20ml of prebiotic per day for 12 weeks
Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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12 type 2 diabetes patients

Long-term dietary (12 weeks) intervention of 20ml of prebiotic per day

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

20 ml of prebiotic per day

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

12 volunteers will take 20ml of prebiotic per day for 12 weeks

Interventions

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20 ml of prebiotic per day

12 volunteers will take 20ml of prebiotic per day for 12 weeks

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Impaired glucose tolerance (IGT, identified by HbA1c) or type 2 diabetes (lifestyle management; identified by HbA1c) age 18-65, with BMI 18-40 kg m-2, measured at screening visit.

Exclusion Criteria

* Type 1 Diabetes, Severe gastrointestinal disorders (IBD), Kidney disease, Thromboembolic or coagulation disease, Hepatic disease, Alcohol or any other substance abuse, Eating disorders, Unregulated thyroid disease, Antibiotic use within the last 3 months, including proscribed and prescribed use. Current probiotic use or prebiotic use. Medication for glucose regulation. Female with breast feeding.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Aberdeen

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Alexandra M Johnstone, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Aberdeen, The Rowett Institute

Locations

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The Rowett Institute, Human Nutrition Unit

Aberdeen, , United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United Kingdom

Central Contacts

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Alexandra M Johnstone, PhD

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 00441224438614

Email: [email protected]

Karen Scott, PhD

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 00441224438730

Facility Contacts

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Alexandra M Johnstone, PhD

Role: primary

References

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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Marathe CS, Rayner CK, Lange K, Bound M, Wishart J, Jones KL, Kahn SE, Horowitz M. Relationships of the early insulin secretory response and oral disposition index with gastric emptying in subjects with normal glucose tolerance. Physiol Rep. 2017 Feb;5(4):e13122. doi: 10.14814/phy2.13122. Epub 2017 Feb 27.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Salonen A, Lahti L, Salojarvi J, Holtrop G, Korpela K, Duncan SH, Date P, Farquharson F, Johnstone AM, Lobley GE, Louis P, Flint HJ, de Vos WM. Impact of diet and individual variation on intestinal microbiota composition and fermentation products in obese men. ISME J. 2014 Nov;8(11):2218-30. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2014.63. Epub 2014 Apr 24.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Walker AW, Ince J, Duncan SH, Webster LM, Holtrop G, Ze X, Brown D, Stares MD, Scott P, Bergerat A, Louis P, McIntosh F, Johnstone AM, Lobley GE, Parkhill J, Flint HJ. Dominant and diet-responsive groups of bacteria within the human colonic microbiota. ISME J. 2011 Feb;5(2):220-30. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2010.118. Epub 2010 Aug 5.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Yanagimachi T, Fujita Y, Takeda Y, Honjo J, Sakagami H, Kitsunai H, Takiyama Y, Abiko A, Makino Y, Kieffer TJ, Haneda M. Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor treatment induces a greater increase in plasma levels of bioactive GIP than GLP-1 in non-diabetic subjects. Mol Metab. 2016 Dec 31;6(2):226-231. doi: 10.1016/j.molmet.2016.12.009. eCollection 2017 Feb.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 28180064 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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Study 805

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id