BiomeBakery Project

NCT ID: NCT06796712

Last Updated: 2026-01-14

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

74 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-05-01

Study Completion Date

2026-03-31

Brief Summary

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This study aims to investigate the chronic effects of prebiotic fibre-fortified functional bakery product on cognitive, affective, inflammatory, metabolic, and anthropometric outcomes in healthy adults aged 60-75 years with mild to moderate subjective cognitive complaints.

Detailed Description

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This study will employ a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled parallel design to investigate the chronic effects of an 12 week prebiotic fibre-fortified functional bakery product on cognitive, affective, inflammatory, metabolic, and anthropometric outcomes in healthy older adults with mild to moderate subjective cognitive complaints.

Seventy four participants will be randomised (1:1 ratio, matched by age, sex, and fibre intake) to Intervention or Placebo groups where they will be consuming a prebiotic fibre-fortified functional bakery product (containing 10g prebiotic fibre/day) or a regular bakery product (containing 0g prebiotic fibre/day), respectively, for 12-weeks. Outcome measures will be acquired before and after a 12-week chronic supplementation. These will include cognitive measures of overall cognitive functioning, immediate and delayed verbal memory, executive functions; affective measures of depression and anxiety symptomatology; gastrointestinal symptomatology; inflammatory measure of high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP); metabolic measures of lipid profiles (total-C, LDL-C, HDL-C, triglycerides), Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) and systolic and diastolic blood pressure; and anthropometric measures of height, weight, hip and waist circumference.

Conditions

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Cognition Affect (Mental Function) C Reactive Protein

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Active: Prebiotic fibre-fortified bread roll

Subjects will consume a prebiotic fibre-fortified bread roll (10g of added prebiotic fibre/day).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Prebiotic fibre fortified bread roll

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Subjects will consume a prebiotic fibre-fortified bread roll (10g of added prebiotic fibre/day).

Placebo: Regular bread roll

Subjects will consume a regular bread roll (0g of added prebiotic fibre blend/day).

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Regular bread roll

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Subjects will consume a regular bread roll (0g of added prebiotic fibre blend/day).

Interventions

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Prebiotic fibre fortified bread roll

Subjects will consume a prebiotic fibre-fortified bread roll (10g of added prebiotic fibre/day).

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Regular bread roll

Subjects will consume a regular bread roll (0g of added prebiotic fibre blend/day).

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Aging between 60-75 years old
* Having normal vision and hearing
* Having a normal body mass index (BMI\<30)
* Having mild to moderate subjective cognitive complaints
* Consuming bread (5 or more times a week)

Exclusion Criteria

* Smoking
* Having food allergies
* Following restrictive and/or unbalanced diets
* Changing dietary intake majorly in past month
* Being diagnosed with any psychiatric or neurologic conditions (e.g. schizophrenia, depression, dementia) including eating disorders
* Being diagnosed with any cardiometabolic diseases (including type II diabetes and cardiovascular disease), or suffering from hypertension or thrombosis related disorders or suffer from thyroid disease
* Being anaemic
* Currently taking anticoagulants, antiplatelet medication, antidepressants, proton-pump inhibitors
* Currently consuming prebiotic or probiotic supplements
* Continuous antibiotic use for \> 3 days within 1 month prior to enrolment
* Continuous use of weight-loss drug for \> 1 month before screening
* Having a significant gastrointestinal (GI) condition affecting absorption including (but not limited to) inflammatory bowel disease; total colectomy or bariatric surgery; irritable bowel disease; end stage renal disease; active cancer, or treatment for any cancer, in last 3 years
* Having a high fibre intake defined as \> 20g of fibre/day
* Wheat and/or gluten intolerance and having coeliac disease
Minimum Eligible Age

60 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Innovate UK

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Myota Limited

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Puratos Limited

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Thriva Limited

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Reading

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Piril Hepsomali

Principle Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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University of Reading, School of Psychology and Clinical Languages

Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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United Kingdom

Other Identifiers

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UREC 24/36

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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