Clinical trials: Gut Health
Gut Microbiota
Westlake Gut Microbiome Study
The Westlake Gut Microbiome study is a prospective cohort study. This project aims to characterize the gut microbiome among Chinese populations from different regions of China, and explore the relationships between gut microbiota…
- Trial name
- NCT04435548
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Westlake University
Zinc Deficiency, Mother and Child Malnutrition
Multi-Omic Profiling of a Zinc-Biofortified Maize Intervention in Guatemalan Mothers and Children
A trial evaluating the systemic and ecological impact of zinc-biofortified maize consumption on cellular zinc status, inflammatory biomarkers, and gut microbiota composition in a cohort of Guatemalan mothers and children.
- Trial name
- NCT07585318
- Testing
- F3 Biofortified Maize, Conventional Maize
- Where
- Guatemala
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama
Concordance Between Colonoscopy Follow up Interval Noted in Patient Letters vs. Electronic Health Record Chart, Colorectal Cancer
Colonoscopy Screening: Setting Epic Follow-up Times
Screening for colorectal cancer can reduce its incidence and mortality but is a complex, error-prone process. The value of screening with colonoscopy is in removing pre-cancerous polyps that increase one's risk for future cancer.
- Trial name
- ColoSET (NCT05631873)
- Testing
- Assistance with implementing Epic Smartlist
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 43 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Healthy Children
An Exploratory RWE Study Exploring Effects of a Goat Milk Based Young Child Formula on Health Benefits
This is an exploratory real-world study designed to gain insight into the role of the product in terms of health benefits in toddlers, with the potential to generate hypotheses on key and other exploratory objectives.
- Trial name
- NCT06287385
- Testing
- Goat-milk Based Formula
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 121 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Danone Nutricia
Infant ALL
A Clinical Trial on the Effect of Infant Formula Consumption on Growth, Immune Parameters, and Gut Health in Healthy Term Infants
The goal of this clinical trial is to study growth (weight gain per day) in healthy full-term infants who consume the investigational infant formula containing beneficial ingredients against infants consuming a control infant…
- Trial name
- NCT07867509
- Testing
- Infant Formula, Breastfeeding
- Volunteers
- 387 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- FrieslandCampina
Celiac Disease in Children, Gluten Enteropathy
Influence of a Gluten Free Food Guide on Diet Quality and Adherence to the GFD in Youth With Celiac Disease
Celiac disease (CD) is an autoimmune gastrointestinal disease that is caused by intolerance to gluten in the diet. The mainstay of treatment is a gluten-free diet (GFD).
- Conditions
- Celiac Disease in Children, Gluten Enteropathy, Diet; Deficiency, Adherence, Treatment
- Trial name
- NCT06038344
- Testing
- Gluten-free food guide teaching
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta
Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT)
Tributyrin to Promote Gut Health Among Children Undergoing Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
To determine the safety and tolerability of tributyrin among children undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT).
- Trial name
- NCT05951153
- Testing
- Tributyrin
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Celiac Disease, Celiac Disease in Children
Celiac Disease in Childhood-Adulthood Transition
Aims of this study are to evaluate adolescents with celiac disease during their transition from pediatrics to adult care, and to develop better healthcare follow-up practices.
- Conditions
- Celiac Disease, Celiac Disease in Children, Transition of Care, Follow-up
- Trial name
- CeliCAT (NCT05084937)
- Testing
- CeliCAT form
- Where
- 5 sites in Finland
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Tampere University Hospital
NASH - Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis
Dietary Modulation of Intestinal Microbiota as Trigger of Liver Health: Role of Bile Acids - "A Diet for Liver Health"
Studies in recent years have demonstrated that the commensal intestinal flora (microbiome) plays a key role in the development of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).
- Trial name
- ADLH (NCT03897218)
- Testing
- oatmeal flakes with prebiotic food supplements, millet flakes
- Where
- 3 sites in Austria, Germany and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 84 people
- Sponsor
- RWTH Aachen University
Gut Microbiome, Neurocognitive Correlates of Eating Habits
Tiny Tummies - A Milk Study
This is a 12-month, 2-arm randomized controlled trial (n=150) examining whether toddlers randomized at 12 months of age to 1.5 cup-equivalents/day of cow's milk-based dairy versus oat milk-based dairy, and followed to 24 months…
- Conditions
- Gut Microbiome, Neurocognitive Correlates of Eating Habits, Infants and Young Children, Sleep
- Trial name
- NCT07839156
- Testing
- Daily cow's milk products, Daily Oat Milk Exposure
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arizona State University
Anxiety, Bowel Habits
Test Anxiety on Bowel Health and Constipation in Students
This observational cross-sectional study aims to examine the relationship between test anxiety, bowel health, and constipation in university students.
- Conditions
- Anxiety, Bowel Habits, Constipation
- Trial name
- NCT07654959
- Testing
- Observational assessment
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lokman Hekim University
Congenital Heart Disease (CHD)
Butyric Acid Supplementation for Gut Improvement After Cardiac Surgery in Kids
Butyric acid has been shown to promote gut health and improve the microbiome in multiple adult studies. In preliminary studies in older children with inflammatory bowel disease, butyric acid was shown to be safe.
- Trial name
- BASICS-Kids (NCT06882772)
- Testing
- 2 mL SunButyrate-TG, 4 mL SunButyrate-TG
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 105 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Crohn Disease
Mother-to-Infant Transfer of Bacteriome, Fungome, Virome, and Metabolome in Health and Crohn's Disease
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), including Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), are caused by the loss of mucosal tolerance towards the commensal microbiota resulting in inflammatory responses.
- Trial name
- NCT05112497
- Testing
- No intervention procedure
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 480 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
Stage IV Breast Cancer, Stage IV Pancreatic Cancer
Prospective Cohort Study Depending on the Use of Palliative Care for Advanced Stage of Cancer Patients
This study evaluates the change of quality of life, treatment decision and utilization of health care depending on the use of palliative care in advanced cancer patients by a prospective cohort study.
- Conditions
- Stage IV Breast Cancer, Stage IV Pancreatic Cancer, Stage IV Colon Cancer, Stage IV Gastric Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT03222258
- Testing
- Early palliative care, Routine hospice care
- Where
- 15 sites in South Korea
- Volunteers
- 444 people
- Sponsor
- Seoul National University Hospital
Diarrhea Infectious, Cholera
Testing a Scalable Model of the Cholera Hospital-Based Intervention for 7 Days (CHoBI7)
The findings from previous recent randomized controlled trials of The Cholera Hospital Based Intervention for 7 Days (CHoBI7) demonstrated that this intervention was effective in significantly reducing symptomatic cholera…
- Trial name
- CHoBI7 (NCT06498817)
- Testing
- Standard Recommendation, CHoBI7 Scale-Up Program
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 1,600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Fecal Gut Microbiota
National Cohort Study on Infant Gut Microbiota and Nutrition
This study plans to collect 106,667 fecal samples from Chinese infants and children under 6 years old, with multi-dimensional stratification based on geographic location, mode of delivery, antibiotic exposure, and developmental…
- Trial name
- NCT07705685
- Testing
- Fecal sample collection and gut microbiome profiling
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 106,667 people
- Sponsor
- DiproBio (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Infectious Disease, Children, Only
Prebiotic Fructans on the Incidence of Acute Infectious Diseases in Children
The study aims to explore whether prophylactic dietary supplementation with prebiotic inulin-type fructans is able to influence the intestinal microbiota and the frequency of infectious disease episodes in kindergarten children…
- Conditions
- Infectious Disease, Children, Only, Diet Modification
- Trial name
- NCT03241355
- Testing
- prebiotic inulin-type fructan
- Volunteers
- 258 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beneo-Institute
Celiac Disease in Children
"Adding DNA-test for Screening of HLA-DQ2 and DQ8 to Improve Early Diagnosis of Celiac Disease"
Celiac Disease (CD) is an immune-mediated systemic disorder elicited by the ingestion of gluten containing cereals from the normal diet, among others wheat, rye and barley.
- Trial name
- GLUTEN-GEN (NCT06179121)
- Testing
- DNA test for screening HLA-DQ2 and DQ8 from dried blood spots to early detect Celiac Disease
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 508 people
- Sponsor
- Leiden University Medical Center
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Crohn Disease
Implementing a Multimodal RCT Intervention to Improve the Transition of Patients With Crohn's Disease From Pediatric to Adult Care
Background: Transition in care is defined as the "purposeful and planned movement of adolescents and young adults with a chronic medical condition from pediatric to adult-oriented healthcare systems/care providers." Currently…
- Conditions
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Crohn Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Adolescent Development
- Trial name
- NCT05221281
- Testing
- Multimodal intervention consisting of four core components, Standard of care
- Where
- 3 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
Microbial Colonization, Gut Microbiota
Diet Supplementation With Prebiotics to Improve Gut Health in Egyptian Children
The study described herein seeks to assess the extent to which diet supplementation of young Egyptian children, one of the most vulnerable groups to the risk of diarrhea, with prebiotic fiber can improve their gut health.
- Trial name
- NCT06561724
- Testing
- Biscuits maltodextrin, Biscuits includes prebiotics tartoufa inulin, Biscuits includes prebiotics chicory inulin
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Research Centre, Egypt