The Impact of MS-20 on Gut Microbiota Composition in Adult Individuals

NCT ID: NCT04674839

Last Updated: 2020-12-23

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

100 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-10-18

Study Completion Date

2020-11-20

Brief Summary

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MicrSoy-20 (MS-20), a fermented soymilk product, has been approved as an Over the counter (OTC) drug in 2011. The therapeutic effect of MS-20 is to ameliorate symptoms such as fatigue and loss of appetite caused by cancer chemotherapy. Animal study revealed orally administration of MS-20 daily for 4 weeks altered the gut microbiota composition in mice. In addition, MS-20 could activate dendritic cell and improve immunotherapy response rate. Thus, it was hypothesis that MS-20 improves host immune activity thus ameliorate fatigue and increase weight is through alteration the gut microbiota composition.

In this study, the ability of MS-20 in modulating gut microbiota and the subset of microbiome to be altered by MS-20 was investigated.

Detailed Description

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This is a double-blind, placebo-controlled, investigator-initiated randomized trial to evaluate the impact of MS-20 on gut microbiota composition and abundance in healthy people. Approximately 100 subjects who meet the criteria of this study are planned to be enrolled. Eligible subjects will be randomized to receive placebo or MS-20 in a 1:1 ratio with 50 subjects in each arm.

The study comprises of a 7 days screening period, a 8-week treatment period and a 8-week follow-up period. Eligible subjects will receive MS-20 or placebo every day during the treatment period. Participants should not use any probiotics and prebiotics during the trial. In addition, All medications (especially antibiotics) should be recorded and documented, however, fluoroquinolones and vancomycin will be banned during the trial.

The fecal gut microbiota, serum, and urea were collect at indicated time. The gut microbiota composition, gut microbiota metabolite, and serum biochemical items will be analysed.

Conditions

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Microbiota

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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MS-20

8 ml/day for 8 weeks

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

MS-20

Intervention Type DRUG

fermented soymilk product

Placebo

8 ml/day for 8 weeks

Group Type OTHER

Placebo

Intervention Type OTHER

No active ingredient

Interventions

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MS-20

fermented soymilk product

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

No active ingredient

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Male or female subjects aged between 20 and 65 years old.
2. The subject is able to provide written informed consent by himself/herself and agrees to comply with all protocol requirements.
3. The subject agrees to comply with the following two requirements:

1. comply with all follow-up visit requirements according to the trial protocol.
2. comply with all requirement regarding fecal samples collection, storage and delivery according to the trial protocol.

Exclusion Criteria

1. The subject has soybean allergy.
2. The subject is pregnant or lactating.
3. The subject has received or is receiving chemotherapy.
4. The subject has received any antibiotic, antifungals or antivirals (excluding topical agents and antiviral prophylaxis for hepatitis B virus) within 30 days prior to visit 1 .
5. The subject has a clinically significant, currently active or underlying diarrhea (soft or loose stools more than three times in 24 hours) of infectious etiologies.
6. The subject has received any steroids, immunosuppressant or anti-inflammation drugs within 30 days prior to visit 1.
7. The subject has received probiotics or prebiotics 30 days prior to visit 1
8. The subject who has been diagnosed a chronic kidney disease, chronic gut inflammatory disease, cancer, or autoimmune disease within 1 year before participating this study.
9. Alcohol abuse, and smoking abuse.
10. The subject has active inflammatory bowel disease or gastric ulcer.
11. The subject currently is participating in studies involving other investigational drugs, medical devices, functional foods, or cosmetic.
12. The subject is considered by the investigator as not suitable for the trial.
13. The subject is judged by the investigator as not suitable for the trial due to concerns about possible non-compliance or severe concomitant illnesses.
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Microbio Co Ltd

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Microbio Group

Taipei, , Taiwan

Site Status

Countries

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Taiwan

Other Identifiers

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MS20CLIIS01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id