Effect of Probiotics on Primary Hypertension

NCT ID: NCT05095350

Last Updated: 2023-12-05

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

EARLY_PHASE1

Total Enrollment

115 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-12-05

Study Completion Date

2023-06-02

Brief Summary

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Gut microbiota was found to play a causal role in the pathogenesis of hypertension. Probiotics were shown to have a potential anti-hypertensive effect in human/rodent studies. This study aims to explore the effect, safety, and underlying mechanisms of the combination of probiotics, containing 10 strains from Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium, on hypertension, compared with placebo.

Detailed Description

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Background: Primary hypertension is the leading risk factor of cardiovascular diseases and all-cause mortality, and contributes to severe global health burden. Emerging evidence has shown a close association between gut microbiota and hypertension. Fecal transplantation from hypertensive patients/animals to germ-free mice caused elevation of blood pressure, indicating a causal role of gut dysbiosis in hypertension. Probiotics were found to have a potential anti-hypertensive effect in both human and rodent studies. Based on the investigators' previous findings of metagenomics analysis of hypertensive, prehypertensive patients and healthy control, hypertensive and prehypertensive patients were lack of probiotics. Therefore, the investigators developed this study to explore the effect, safety, and underlying mechanisms of the combination of probiotics, containing 10 strains from Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium, on hypertension, compared with placebo.

Objective: To explore the effect, safety, and underlying mechanisms of the combination of probiotics on grade 1 primary hypertension and prehypertension.

Study Design: A multicenter, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled pilot study.

Data quality control and statistical analysis: The investigators have invited professional statistic analysts to assist in analyzing data and a third party to supervise data quality.

Ethics: The Ethics Committee of Fuwai Hospital approved this study. Informed consent before patient enrollment is required.

Conditions

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Hypertension

Keywords

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Hypertension Microbiome Probiotics Treatment

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators

Study Groups

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Probiotic powder

The probiotic powder contains 10 strains from Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium genus. Participants will orally take two sachets daily and last for 8 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Probiotic powder

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Probiotic powder containing 10 strains from Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium genus.

Placebo powder

The placebo powder consists of maltodextrin and contains no probiotics. Participants will orally take two sachets daily and last for 8 weeks.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo powder

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Placebo powder containing maltodextrin and no probiotics.

Interventions

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Probiotic powder

Probiotic powder containing 10 strains from Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium genus.

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Placebo powder

Placebo powder containing maltodextrin and no probiotics.

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Age 18\~60 years.
2. Grade 1 hypertension and part of prehypertension (initial diagnosis or free from antihypertensive drugs within 2 weeks): 130 mmHg ≤ Average office SBP \< 160 mmHg, and/or 85 mmHg ≤ Average office DBP \< 100 mmHg, according to the "2018 Chinese Guidelines for Prevention and Treatment of Hypertension" and "National guideline for hypertension management in China (2019)".
3. Patients with informed consent after thorough explanation.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Antibiotics or probiotics usage within the last 2 weeks.
2. Participants of other clinical trials currently or within last 3 months.
3. Antihypertensive medications usage currently or within last 2 weeks.
4. Diagnosed secondary hypertension
5. History of diabetes mellitus.
6. History of peripheral atherosclerosis.
7. Severe hepatic or renal diseases (ALT \>3 times the upper limit of normal value, or end-stage renal disease on dialysis or eGFR \<30 mL/min/1.73 m2, or serum creatinine \>2.5 mg/dl \[\>221 μmol/L\]).
8. History of stroke (not including lacunar infarction and transient ischemic attack \[TIA\]).
9. History of coronary heart disease.
10. Sustained atrial fibrillation or arrhythmias at recruitment disturbing the electronic BP measurement.
11. NYHA class III-IV heart failure; Hospitalization for chronic heart failure exacerbation within last 6 months.
12. Severe valvular diseases; Potential for surgery or percutaneous valve replacement within the study period.
13. Dilated cardiomyopathy; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Rheumatic heart disease; Congenital heart disease.
14. Other severe diseases influencing the entry or survival of participants, such as malignant tumor or acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
15. Cognitive impairment or severe neuropsychiatric comorbidities who are incapable of providing their own informed consent.
16. Participants preparing for or under pregnancy and/or lactation.
17. With special diet habits, such as vegetarians.
18. Active gastritis or enteritis; gastrointestinal ulcers or bleeding; post-gastrointestinal surgery, such as intestinal excision.
19. Other conditions inappropriate for recruitment according to the investigators.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Beijing Municipal Education Commission

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Fuwai Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Jun Cai

Professor, Director of Hypertension Center

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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JUN CAI

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Fuwai Hospital

Locations

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Fu Wai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China

Site Status

Longgang District People's Hospital of Shenzhen

Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

Site Status

Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University

Wuhan, Hubei, China

Site Status

The Second Affiliated Hospital of Baotou Medical Collage

Baotou, Neimenggu, China

Site Status

Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine

Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China

Site Status

Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital

Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Site Status

Countries

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China

References

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Li J, Zhao F, Wang Y, Chen J, Tao J, Tian G, Wu S, Liu W, Cui Q, Geng B, Zhang W, Weldon R, Auguste K, Yang L, Liu X, Chen L, Yang X, Zhu B, Cai J. Gut microbiota dysbiosis contributes to the development of hypertension. Microbiome. 2017 Feb 1;5(1):14. doi: 10.1186/s40168-016-0222-x.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 28143587 (View on PubMed)

Wilck N, Matus MG, Kearney SM, Olesen SW, Forslund K, Bartolomaeus H, Haase S, Mahler A, Balogh A, Marko L, Vvedenskaya O, Kleiner FH, Tsvetkov D, Klug L, Costea PI, Sunagawa S, Maier L, Rakova N, Schatz V, Neubert P, Fratzer C, Krannich A, Gollasch M, Grohme DA, Corte-Real BF, Gerlach RG, Basic M, Typas A, Wu C, Titze JM, Jantsch J, Boschmann M, Dechend R, Kleinewietfeld M, Kempa S, Bork P, Linker RA, Alm EJ, Muller DN. Salt-responsive gut commensal modulates TH17 axis and disease. Nature. 2017 Nov 30;551(7682):585-589. doi: 10.1038/nature24628. Epub 2017 Nov 15.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 29143823 (View on PubMed)

Robles-Vera I, Toral M, de la Visitacion N, Sanchez M, Gomez-Guzman M, Romero M, Yang T, Izquierdo-Garcia JL, Jimenez R, Ruiz-Cabello J, Guerra-Hernandez E, Raizada MK, Perez-Vizcaino F, Duarte J. Probiotics Prevent Dysbiosis and the Rise in Blood Pressure in Genetic Hypertension: Role of Short-Chain Fatty Acids. Mol Nutr Food Res. 2020 Mar;64(6):e1900616. doi: 10.1002/mnfr.201900616. Epub 2020 Feb 6.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 31953983 (View on PubMed)

Khalesi S, Sun J, Buys N, Jayasinghe R. Effect of probiotics on blood pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized, controlled trials. Hypertension. 2014 Oct;64(4):897-903. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.114.03469. Epub 2014 Jul 21.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 25047574 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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PROB(2017-BJJW)

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id