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A Study to Evaluate the Effect of Diet on the Tolerability of FOS in Healthy Volunteers

A study testing FOS in people with Healthy, run by Kaleido Biosciences at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The primary objective of this study is to determine the 5-day tolerability of one commercially available prebiotic food ingredient, FOS, in healthy human subjects with and without diet control. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 65 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Healthy
What is being tested?
FOS
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
7 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Nov 2015to Dec 2015
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 65 years
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Be able to give written informed consent;
  • Be male or female of any race, between 18 and 65 years of age;
  • Have a BMI > 20 \& < 27 kg/m2;
  • Be willing to follow a controlled low fiber diet for a period of 11 days;

Who cannot join

  • Are less than 18 and greater than 65 years of age;
  • Are hypersensitive to any of the components of FOS;
  • Are currently taking probiotic or prebiotic supplements, or have taken them in the past 28 days;
  • Unwilling to avoid probiotics/prebiotics supplements for the duration of the study;
  • Have a significant acute or chronic, unstable and untreated disease or any condition which contraindicates, in the investigators judgment, entry to the study;
  • Subject is a smoker;
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  • Subject has a history of drug and/or alcohol abuse at the time of enrollment;
  • Taken a medication that the investigator believes would interfere with the objectives of the study, pose a safety risk or confound the interpretation of the study results;
  • Individuals who, in the opinion of the investigator, are considered to be poor attendees or unlikely for any reason to be able to comply with the trial;
  • Subjects may not be receiving treatment involving experimental drugs;
  • If the subject has been in a recent experimental trial, these must have been completed not less than 60 days prior to this study;

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Kaleido Biosciences

    Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138

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About this study

Official title: An Open-label Study to Evaluate the Effect of Diet on the Tolerability of FOS, a Commercially Available Prebiotic, in Healthy Volunteers

The primary objective of this study is to determine the 5-day tolerability of one commercially available prebiotic food ingredient, FOS, in healthy human subjects with and without diet control.

Conditions
Healthy
Being tested
FOS
Keywords
Prebiotic, FOS, fructooligosaccharide, polyglycan, microbiome, microbiota, Healthy Volunteers

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • FOSDietary supplement

Study groups in NCT02628678
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Fructooligosaccharide (FOS)OtherSubjects will be required to take 8 grams of FOS per day for a total of 10 days.
Receives: Dietary Supplement: FOS

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Number of subjects with Adverse Events

    Measured: 22 days

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. The effect of controlling diet on the tolerability of FOS by analyzing the gut microbiome

    Measured: 22 days

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted11 Dec 2015 (estimated)
  2. Study startNov 2015
  3. Primary completionDec 2015
  4. Study completionDec 2015

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Basic science
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
7 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02628678
Sponsor's protocol ID
G006-HU-PD
Status last verified
Aug 2016
First submitted
2 Dec 2015
Last updated
30 Aug 2016
Results posted
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing FOS in people with Healthy, run by Kaleido Biosciences at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 11 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 30 Aug 2016. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Number of subjects with Adverse Events (time frame: 22 days). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 30 Aug 2016.

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