Evaluation of a Probiotic on LDL-cholesterol Levels

NCT ID: NCT04029818

Last Updated: 2019-11-15

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE1

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-05-24

Study Completion Date

2019-07-31

Brief Summary

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The aim of the present study is to evaluate the ability of Bifidobacterium BSL\_PS404 in reducing LDL-cholesterol levels in healthy individuals.

Detailed Description

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There is a strong correlation between LDL-cholesterol and cardiovascular diseases.

Conjugated bile acids help to break down and emulsify dietary fat into micelles that promote their absorption by the enterocytes. The disruption or alteration of these micelles may interfere with the absorption of cholesterol.

Several intestinal bacteria strains are capable of carrying out numerous biotransformations of bile salts during their enterohepatic circulation, such as the hydrolysis of the conjugated bile acids by the action of hydrolases. The mechanism proposed to explain the cholesterol-lowering activity of these probiotic strains is that, due to the greater bile salt hydroxylation in the intestine, the formation of micelles would decrease and, therefore, the absorption of cholesterol and lipids would be decrease too. In addition, probiotics may also increase the excretion of bile acids in the stool, possibly by binding or absorbing them. This increase in fecal secretion of bile acids would require an increase in the hepatic catabolism of cholesterol for the synthesis of bile acids. All these processes may help to reduce LDL-cholesterol levels Bifidobacterium BSL\_PS404 is a bacterium isolated from maternal milk with QPS category that presents a high hydrolase activity that exceeds in more than 20% the activity of other reference strains.

Conditions

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Cardiovascular Diseases LDL-cholesterol

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Probiotic

Volunteers will take a capsule with Bifidobacterium BSL\_PS404 (3x109 cfu) daily.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Bifidobacterium BSL_PS404

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Each participant will consume 1 capsule daily at lunch for 8 weeks.

Placebo

Volunteers will take a capsule with maltodextrin daily.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Each participant will consume 1 capsule daily at lunch for 8 weeks.

Interventions

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Bifidobacterium BSL_PS404

Each participant will consume 1 capsule daily at lunch for 8 weeks.

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Placebo

Each participant will consume 1 capsule daily at lunch for 8 weeks.

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Levels of LDL-cholesterol between 100 and 190 mg/dL.
* Accept freely to participate in the study and sign the informed consent document.

Exclusion Criteria

* Be pregnant.
* Have planned to carry out a dietary intervention or exercise practice with the aim of losing weight in the coming weeks.
* Having a serious illness.
* Having diabetes.
* Having a cerebrovascular disease.
* Being allergic to any group of antibiotics.
* Take probiotics in the form of supplements at least 4 weeks before.
* Take antibiotics at least 4 weeks before.
* Being taking products or drugs to control cholesterol levels
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Biosearch S.A.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Miguel Quesada, MD, PhD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Medical specialist in Endocrinology, Hospital San Cecilio de Granada

Locations

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Hospital San Cecilio

Granada, Andalusia, Spain

Site Status

Countries

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Spain

Other Identifiers

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P046

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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